2016
32%
17%
Broward County offers more than a dozen services as outlined below. 1. Goodman Jewish Family Services ◦ Financial Assistance Program ◦ Homelessness Case Manager ◦ Food Pantry, ◦ Clothing Pantry, ◦ Domestic Abuse (including shelter and housing assistance  for those fleeing abusive relationships ◦ Behavioral Health sliding fee scale ◦ Case management for seniors (Significant time spent connecting lower income seniors to resources) ◦ Social Skills and Pre-Vocational training for young adults on the spectrum. 2. Chabad of S. Broward ◦ Financial Assistance Program ◦ Also Jewish Sunday School for kids with special needs 3. Chabad of Las Olas ◦ Financial Assistance Program ◦ Also Life skills and vocational training for people with disabilities 4. Chabad of SW Broward ◦ Homeless Diversion Shelter 5. Soref JCC ◦ Food Pantry 6. We Are One ◦ Glatt Kosher Food Pantry 7. JAFCO ◦ Children's Village ◦ Children's Emergency Shelter) ◦ Programs for kids with special needs (including respite for parents) 8. Lubavitch Hebrew Academy ◦ Kosher free lunches & breakfast for Title 1 students 9. Nourish NOW ◦ Home delivered meals for frail seniors that are waitlisted for OAA meals 10. Indigent Burial Program 11. Preschool scholarships at 18 different Jewish preschools ◦ We give the funds to the schools, so technically I should list all the schools out. 12. JARC ◦ Housing, plus, for adults with cognitive challenges 13. Yacholet ◦ Housing, plus therapy, for young Jewish women after completing drug or alcohol rehab, etc. 14. Chabad of North Broward Friendship Circle ◦ Programs for adults and kids with special needs 15. David Posnack JCC ◦ Programs for adults and kids with special needs ◦ Camp for Kids with Special Needs 16. Chai Lifeline ◦ Camp for kids with cancer and other life-limiting diseases 17. LEV ◦ Pluralistic Sunday school for kids with special needs 18. South Florida Jewish Academy ◦ School for kids with special needs ◦ Camp for kids with special needs 19. Jewish Family Home Care ◦ Home Care Subsidies for Broward Jewish Seniors 20. Jewish Fertility Foundation ◦ Financial Assistance for invitro fertilization and surrogacy 21. Sharsheret ◦ Assistance for community members with cancer 22. Victor Center for Jewish Genetic Diseases ◦ Testing for genetic diseases before pregnancies 23. Financial assistance for Survivors and other senior survivors of trauma 24. Cantor Center ◦ Adult Day Care and associated programs (serving frail elderly and those with dementia 25. Sunshine Circle ◦ Connecting homebound seniors to volunteers for home visits and phone calls.
$2,420,760 for FY 2025 - 2026
• 23% of all adults in Jewish households have been through a divorce.
• 2,000 person waitlist for the federally funded senior meal program • Severe shortage of affordable housing
