JSSA has been helping people across the Washington metropolitan area meet emotional, social, and physical challenges for more than 100 years.  A nonsectarian provider, we serve people of all religious backgrounds, races and ethnicities, helping the youngest child to the most fragile senior, from individuals to entire families.  Our wide range of counseling, vocational, educational, in-home support, nursing and hospice care and social services assist more than 15,000 people a year.  For whatever life issues you or your family may confront, remember the many outstanding services we offer, and...think JSSA.

Read our clients' stories...

"When Sam turned 14, he became withdrawn and moody and abandoned his schoolwork.  His grades dropped, he argued frequently with his parents and brother.  His pediatrician recommended JSSA.  Our evaluation revealed that Sam had a previously undetected learning disability--one reason school had always been so frustrating and friendships difficult.  As his clinical social worker, I helped Sam, his parents and the school to develop and implement a program to help Sam deal with his learning disability.  Counseling helped Sam sort out his feelings, and through a therapy group he connected with other teens facing similar issues.  We also provided parent support and family counseling.  Adolescence can be a challenging time.  JSSA helped Sam and his family through a crisis and onto a positive path."

Suspecting Asperger Syndrome, a Fairfax elementary school teacher referred six-year old Rebecca and her parents... more My focus was on helping Lisa, a young adult, lead a life that wasn't defined by her disability... more A Rockville family practitioner referred a patient overwhelmed with the responsibilities of an aging parent... more When my mother decided to forgo further cancer treatment, she knew she did not want to die in a hospital... more When a long-time patient began to fail, a Bethesda oncologist referred Frank's family to JSSA 's hospice... more