Under this arrangement, the Welfareville School provided formal education to orphans and wards of Welfareville Institutions which it subsequently called "special education units,'' with the Social Welfare Administration retaining jurisdiction of the institutions.

[13][14] For many years since its establishment, there have been calls to change the name of the school to remove the stigma associated with it as the "dumping ground of society's rejects.

[21] This led to the dispersal of the special education units of JFMS in Metro Manila and outskirts.

[14][15] At present, JFMS is directly supervised by the Schools Division Office of Mandaluyong which oversees all public and private elementary and secondary educational institutions, including alternative learning systems in its jurisdiction.

[3] As of 2015, JFMS had a total of 104 personnel complement, including 39 elementary and 36 secondary special education teachers.

[1] The main campus of JFMS sits on a portion of 56-hectare government land which is now the sprawling Welfareville Compound.

The units of JFMS are located in Metro Manila, except for the National Training School for Boys which is situated in Tanay, Rizal.

[15] People affiliated with JFMS as students, graduates, and teaching and non-teaching personnel are called "Fabellans."