In Fiscal Year 2025 alone, JCCGCI has provided 110,661 rides to over 6,125 clients—a significant leap from last year’s total of 90,661 rides to 4,327 clients. On average, the program has been providing 345 rides each day, with an average daily participant rate of 198 across 321 service days. Our program continues to expand its reach and impact. These numbers represent far more than data- they reflect independence restored, isolation prevented, and communities strengthened.

JCCGCI’s Transportation Program is one of the largest and most impactful of its kind in New York City, ensuring that older adults, Holocaust survivors, and individuals with mobility challenges across Brooklyn and Staten Island can access medical care, social services, nutrition programs, recreational activities, and essential errands with ease and dignity. By providing safe, reliable, and affordable rides, the program helps thousands of vulnerable New Yorkers remain independent, connected, and engaged in their communities.

Pictured Above: Holocaust survivors and clients aboard a JCCGCI shuttle bus.

What Our Clients Are Saying

For our riders, this program is not just about getting from one place to another. It’s about being able to live independently, maintain vital connections, and age with dignity.

• “It helps me a lot, I wouldn’t know how to manage without your services. The van drivers are really helpful and punctual. Thank you.”

• “Without this transportation, I cannot go. I’m helpless. If not for them, we couldn’t exist. We need this service, please.”

• “I am a 98 year old Holocaust survivor, have an aide, walker and limited friends. Thank you for providing this service.”

• “This transportation is very important for us because the kids on the buses are violent, and this way we have the transportation to take us back and forth safely.”

Each testimonial reminds us that this program is a lifeline—one that enables access to therapy, medical treatments, socialization, and essential services that might otherwise be out of reach.

Public transportation is not always an option for older adults; whether because of mobility challenges, limited transit access, or safety concerns. Many cannot afford private car services, leaving them homebound and isolated. JCCGCI bridges that gap. With a fleet of wheelchair-accessible minibuses and partnerships with car, ambulette, ambulance, and bus companies, we ensure that Brooklyn’s seniors get where they need to go, safely and reliably.

Our approach is also uniquely culturally and linguistically competent. With staff who speak Russian, Yiddish, Spanish, Haitian Creole, Urdu, Polish, and more, we are able to serve the diverse communities of Brooklyn with compassion and understanding.

“This year’s success is a true testament to the strength of our program, our incredible staff, and the ongoing support of our partners,” said Avigail Adler, Director of JCCGCI’s Older Adult Transportation Program. “We are deeply grateful to our funders—the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, the NYC Department for the Aging (DFTA), NYS Department of Transportation (NYS DOT), the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD), NYS Office for the Aging (NYSOFA), the NYC Council, the Brooklyn Borough President, FJC, the Leader Family Fund, the Metzger Price Fund, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, G’miluth Chessed, and all those who sustain this vital work. Their support ensures that thousands of older adults across Brooklyn can live independently, access critical care, and remain connected to their communities.”

From medical appointments and shopping trips to visits with friends and community centers, every ride represents more than a journey. It represents dignity, independence, and hope. As demand continues to grow, JCCGCI remains committed to expanding services, improving accessibility, and ensuring that no older adult is left behind.

We are proud of the extraordinary progress achieved this year—and even more proud of the lives touched by every mile traveled.