Our mission: Empowering individuals from diverse communities to find employment and build careers, while partnering with employers to hire, develop and retain productive workforces. A 501(c)(3) non-profit, nonsectarian organization founded in 1938, today JVS is among the largest providers of adult education and workforce development services in Greater Boston, serving a diverse clientele representing over 100 nations and speaking more than 80 languages. JVS targets the majority of its services to economically disadvantaged adults, most of whom are unemployed job-seekers or low-wage workers in need of career advancement.