Is My Child Eligible?
To be eligible for the GMW Right Start Voucher, a child must be:
- The first child in the family to attend a Jewish early childhood program in Greater MetroWest NJ.
- Enrolling in a Jewish early childhood program in GMW for the first time.
- A member of a family where at least one parent or guardian identifies as Jewish, regardless of background, knowledge, family make-up, or observance and whether affiliated, unaffiliated, interfaith, or non-traditional.
- Enrolling in a GMW Right Start School for the 2023-24 school year beginning September 2023.
- A resident in Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest’s catchment area (Essex, Morris, Sussex, Union, and parts of Somerset counties).
- Enrolling in 2’s program* where the child attends independently and meets five days per week. The program may be half-day or full-day.*If enrolling in a school that begins older than the 2’s, GMW Right Start tuition vouchers are available for the school’s point of entry.
Participating Schools
Chabad Jewish Center of Basking Ridge, Zimmer Preschool, Basking Ridge |
Congregation AABJ&D, Lauren Elise Beir Nursery School, West Orange |
Congregation Agudath Israel Early Childhood Center, Caldwell |
Congregation Beth El, Thelma K. Reisman Preschool, South Orange |
Congregation B’nai Israel Preschool, Milburn |
Congregation B’nai Jeshurun, Rabbi Barry H. Greene Early Childhood Center, Short Hills |
Golda Och Academy, West Orange |
Gottesman RTW Academy, Randolph |
JCC Metrowest, Sharon & Stephen Seiden Early Childhood Center, West Orange |
Jewish Educational Center, Elizabeth |
Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy, Livingston |
Morristown Jewish Center Beit Yisrael, Shalom Yeladim – Judie Gerstein Early Learning Center, Morristown |
Oheb Shalom Congregation, Mickey Fried Preschool, South Orange |
Cheder Lubavitch of Morristown, Morristown |
Shomrei Emunah Preschool, Montclair |
Suburban Torah, Iris & Errol Berman Early Childhood Center, Livingston |
Temple Beth Shalom, Livingston |
Temple B’nai Abraham, The Early School, Livingston |
Temple Bnai Or Preschool, Morristown |
Temple Emanu-El Early Childhood Education Program, Westfield |
Temple Har Shalom, The Orchard Academy at Mountain Top School, Warren |
Temple Ner Tamid, Shoresh Preschool |
Temple Sharey Tefilo Israel, Iris Family Center for Early Childhood Education, South Orange |
Temple Sinai Early Childhood Education Program, Summit |
YM-YWHA of Union County, Union |
For help finding a program that best fits your family, please be in touch with Emily Fox, Director of Jewish Educational Initiatives at efox@jfedgmw.org or (973) 929-3145.
Have questions or need help finding a program that best fits your family? Contact Emily Fox at efox@jfedgmw.org
GMW Right Start was created to increase awareness and access to Jewish early childhood programs for Greater MetroWest families and is made possible by the generosity of The Cooperman Family Fund for a Jewish Future of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater MetroWest.
Matching funding is provided by the national JEWISH RIGHT START® program, an initiative of the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago, made possible through the generosity of an anonymous donor.