Since it's founding in 1972, under a NYC Human Resources Administration grant administered by the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, the JCCRP has been providing services on a non-sectarian basis to those in need, and advocating for issues of concern to the community. At the time of its founding, the Far Rockaway section of the Peninsula was in transition and there were fears that the neighborhood would be abandoned and lost as a Jewish community. Today, the JCCRP is a vibrant organization whose involvement includes providing social and neighborhood preservation services, and serving as an umbrella organization consisting of the approximately 45 Jewish organizations based on the Rockaway Peninsula. They include synagogues, yeshivot and social services organizations.