2018
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3.6%
Detroit invests in several services as shown below. Detroit has the amazing https://jhelpdetroit.org/ which outlines all the support services. Federation partner agencies in the field of human services are JFS, Gesher, JSL, and Hebrew Free Loan. However, we also provide financial support to non-partner agencies including JARC, Detroit Chesed, Friendship Circle, Yad Ezra, NCJW, etc. 1. Jewish Family Service of Metro Detroit: Behavioral health services accepting medicaid/medicare and sliding scale prices, older adult services such as transportation, home care, and case management 2. Gesher Human Services: Employment coaching and training, day program for adults with dementia, residential services for adults with severe and persistent mental illness 3. JARC: Residential services for adults with developmental and cognitive disabilities 4. The J: Offers Opening the Doors services for youth with disabilities, older adult programming, ECC and day camp offer scholarships 5. Jewish Senior Life: Residential living community (independent, assisted, and memory care) for over 900 older adults and a day program for those with dementia 6. Friendship Circle: After school program and summer camp for youth with special needs, art studio program for young adults with disabilities, job skills training program for young adults with disabilities (cafe and bakery) 7. Detroit Chesed: Orthodox serving volunteer organization providing shabbos and holiday meals, home goods gemach, etc 8. Hebrew Free Loan: Zero interest loans for personal and business use, including debt consolidation program (in partnership with Gesher) and IVF loans 9.Yad Ezra: Food pantry for low income Jewish households 10. NCJW MI: Includes Kosher Meals on Wheels (in partnership with JFS) 11. Day School Special Education and Mental Health Supports
$ 8,385,300 (Does not include funding for State of Michigan Grant, rent support, endowment income, or other Federation stewarded/managed support.
• Decline in Median Household Income Adjusted for inflation, income dropped from $150,000 in 2005 to $135,000 in 2018 for households with children. •High Demand for Social & Mental Health Services in the Jewish Community. Critical need to support families in crisis, older adults, and individuals with disabilities.
• No community-wide Jewish Early Childhood Center financial need based scholarships • Insufficient funding for older adult housing subsidies (both independent and assisted living) at Jewish Senior Life • Insufficient funding for Jewish older adult in-home care subsidies • Scholarships for Jewish summer camp and Jewish Day School • Funding to address food insecurity of low income households through food distribution at Yad Ezra • Insufficient funding for special education resources for Jewish day school students
