Live
At JABA, our mission is to ensure that individuals and families live better. We believe that living as part of a community promotes healthy aging, so all JABA owned and run living options promote a sense of community. Whether you are seeking independent living or living with assistance, JABA continues to establish and preserve living communities that increase options for living better.
Enjoy
Living as an elder should be an enjoyable part of your life. Why not enjoy yourself as part of a community that learns, plays and works together? At JABA, we have designed our Community Centers and our Adult Care Centers to promote fun and fellowship.
Support
JABA is all about lending support to seniors in need of assistance. Whether that includes basic information, case management, insurance counseling, home delivered meals — or any of the many other available services — we want you to think of JABA as a source of support for you or your loved ones. Most of our support is offered as a gift to those who cannot pay. See individual programs for more details.
Give
JABA is able to do all that it does because of generous volunteers and donors. We value contributions of time as well as dollars and promise to put your talents and your donations to very good use.
In the past five years, government funding has diminished. Luckily, individual and corporate contributions have begun to rise. Your assistance is greatly appreciated and needed.
Learn
What’s good for us as we age is good for our entire community — from planning for neighborhood growth, to promoting local foods and collaborating for the best use of resources. This is the philosophy behind JABA’s mission, “to promote, establish and preserve sustainable communities for healthy aging that benefit individuals and families of all ages.”
Jefferson School Project
The mission of the Jefferson School Community Partnership is to create the Jefferson School Lifelong Learning Center. The Jefferson School is in the heart of downtown Charlottesville, VA and will be renovated to house the Jefferson School Lifelong Learning Center. This new center will honor the history of African Americans in Charlottesville and draw people of all ages and backgrounds from the entire community for a variety of educational, cultural, social and recreational offerings. JABA is one of several organizations that will be located in this new center.
The shared vision with other tenants is to serve diverse, multi-generational audiences and provide program offerings that compliment each other, and to ensure that the school will play a vital civic and educational role for local citizens and visitors for generations to come.
The Jefferson School Lifelong Learning Center is scheduled to open late Autumn 2011. For more information about the Jefferson School, see their website.
- Physical Aspect of Jefferson School Project »
- The Jefferson School will be fully restored according to the Secretary of the Interior's guidelines for historic preservation, conserving major historical features of the school, while accommodating a range of new tenants and activities.
- The Jefferson School site will be developed to create an attractive landscape setting, offer parking, be accessible to pedestrians and those traveling by car and public transpiration.
- Life Inside Jefferson »
The Jefferson School Lifelong Learning Center will be a dynamic center that will include a variety of tenants:
- JABA will operate a public cafe and community center offering educational, social, recreational, and fitness activities for all with an emphasis on older adults
- African American Heritage Center/Museum
- Montessori School
- Carver Recreation Center
- Space for local farmers and food producers to create and sell prepared food
- An alternative health center including massage therapy, yoga, and nutrition counseling
- Osher Lifelong Learning Institute offering classes on a variety of topics
- Other potential tenants
