The current economic crisis has impacted Jarvie significantly.  Along with many other organizations, Jarvie has had to face declining revenue due to the considerable reduction of the Service’s endowment.  This has created a challenge in fulfilling our mission and funding all our programs.  Jarvie’s leadership has had to set priorities in terms of determining what initiatives can continue in light of diminished resources.  The Individual Service Program, in providing lifetime support to older individuals, represents Jarvie’s core mission.  Jarvie makes a commitment to provide financial assistance and social work support to our Beneficiaries so that they can “live not merely exist” both now and in perpetuity.

To ensure that this commitment to our current Beneficiaries can be met, Jarvie’s governing body (the Jarvie Commonweal Service Committee [JCSC]), determined at its March 2009 meeting that the grave realities of the current financial situation dictated the suspension of admission of new Beneficiaries for three years, effective immediately.  This decision was undertaken after much serious reflection and discussion as an unfortunate but essential step to ensure that Jarvie can fulfill its commitments to its current Beneficiaries.  The JCSC will review this decision each time it meets, which is three times a year, and may decide to decrease or increase the length of time that the admission of new Beneficiaries will be suspended depending upon the status of the economy and the strength of Jarvie’s financial situation.

Jarvie staff will periodically update this posting to let potential referrers of Beneficiaries know the status of admissions.  Joe Garner, Coordinator of Intake, Outreach and Assessment has already begun to inform those applicants on our wait list, as well as their referral sources, of this situation, and to make recommendations for referrals to other community resources or programs.