A Commitment to Caring.
A History of Hope.
Our Mission
JEVS Human Services is a nonprofit, nonsectarian organization that benefits the community by enhancing the employability and self-sufficiency of the individuals it serves through a broad range of support programs. JEVS Human Services is guided by the traditional value that the greatest social good is assisting individuals to take responsibility for themselves. By addressing critical and adverse social and economic conditions, JEVS Human Services seeks to create an environment where: those who can, work; each who will, achieve; all who care, serve.
Our History
Founded in 1941 by 25 Jewish concerned citizens, Jewish Employment and Vocational Service was established to help Jewish refugees adjust to life in Philadelphia. Today, JEVS Human Services is one of the largest, private nonprofit organizations in the Delaware Valley. We are an organization that makes hope happen for nearly 16,000 individuals each year, focusing on individuals with physical, developmental, and emotional challenges, as well as those facing adverse socio-economic conditions, including unemployment and underemployment.
Operating with an annual budget
of nearly $72 million, JEVS Human Services and its support staff of nearly
1,000 employees run more than 20 successful programs that provide skills
development, job readiness and career services, vocational rehabilitation,
recovery services, adult and residential day services, and in-home personal
assistance.
