Jewish Family & Career Services Inc

TO TRANSFORM LIVES.

CLINICAL SERVICES: PROVIDES A FULL RANGE OF THERAPEUTIC SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES ACROSS THE AGE SPAN. EXPERTISE INCLUDES RELATIONAL PSYCHOTHERAPY AS WELL AS ART, YOGA AND PLAY THERAPY WHEN APPROPRIATE. OTHER AREAS OF EXPERTISE INCLUDE TRAUMA-INFORMED COUNSELING FOR SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY SUBSTANCE USE AND ADDICTION. OTHER SERVICES AVAILABLE INCLUDE PSYCHIATRIC MEDICATION MANAGEMENT FOR ADULTS, PSYCHO-EDUCATIONAL EVALUATIONS FOR CHILDREN AND THE PAL PROGRAM, 1:1 MENTORING FOR JEWISH CHILDREN IN NEED OF SAFE AND STABLE ADULT COMPANIONSHIP. IN FY21, MORE THAN 10,944 COUNSELING HOURS WERE PROVIDED TO MORE THAN 1,078 CLIENTS. SURVEYS, MENTAL HEALTH ASSESSMENTS AND FOLLOW UP SERVICES INDICATED: -74% OF CLIENTS SURVEYED REPORTED MAKING PROGRESS TOWARD MEETING THEIR GOALS. -98% OF CLIENTS SURVEYED REPORTED THAT COUNSELING SERVICES ARE HELPING TO IMPROVE THEIR SITUATION. -98% OF CLIENTS SURVEYED WOULD RECOMMEND JF&CS COUNSELING TO A FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER IN NEED.

INDEPENDENCEWORKS / SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT INITIATIVE: SERVED 28 INDIVIDUALS THROUGH SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT SERVICES OF WHICH 25 ELECTED TO PURSUE EMPLOYMENT, 20 WERE EMPLOYED AND 16 RETAINED EMPLOYMENT FOR AT LEAST 180 DAYS. JF&CS' ZIMMERMAN-HOROWITZ INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAM (ZHILP) SERVED 31 INDIVIDUALS. SURVEYS AND/OR ASSESSMENTS INDICATE: -100% OF EMPLOYER SATISFACTION SURVEYS INDICATED SATISFACTION WITH CLIENT JOB PERFORMANCE. -100% OF INDIVIDUALS ENROLLED IN ZHILP PARTICIPATED IN SOCIAL OUTINGS AT LEAST ONCE PER WEEK, HOWEVER COMMUNITY OUTINGS WERE DISCOURAGED DUE TO COVID-19, LIMITING OUTINGS TO DRIVES AND CAR OUTINGS. -95% OF INDIVIDUALS ENROLLED IN ZHILP MAINTAINED THEIR HEALTH, HOWEVER, THE COVID-19 INFECTION WAS FATAL FOR ONE CLIENT AND SEVERELY IMPACTED A FEW OF OUR CLIENTS WHO EXPERIENCED SYMPTOMS AND WERE SUPPORTED IN THEIR GROUP HOME. THREE CLIENTS REQUIRED ADDITIONAL MEDICAL SUPPORT AND WERE HOSPITALIZED BRIEFLY.

BEN MASSELL DENTAL CLINIC: PROVIDES THE MOST ADVANCED AND COMPREHENSIVE DENTAL CARE AND ACCESS TO OTHER INTEGRATED HEALTH SERVICES TO ATLANTA'S UNEMPLOYED AND WORKING POOR THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF 59 VOLUNTEER DENTISTS, 2 VOLUNTEER HYGIENISTS, 1 VOLUNTEER LAB TECHNICIAN AND FOUR GRADUATE DENTAL RESIDENTS (ROTATION OF 2 EVERY TWO WEEKS) WHO PROVIDED 2,178 HOURS OF DENTAL SERVICES, IN ADDITION TO SERVICES PROVIDED BY OUR MENTAL HEALTH STAFF AND REFERRALS BY OUR SOCIAL SERVICES STAFF TO PRIMARY HEALTH AND SAFETY NET PROVIDERS. THE CLINIC IS THE FIRST CHARITABLE CLINIC PROVIDING ORAL HEALTH TO UTILIZE A "PATIENT HEALTH IMPROVEMENT" EVALUATION METHODOLOGY. DATA INDICATES: -VOLUNTEER DENTISTS SERVED 920 UNIQUE PATIENTS, (AT OR BELOW 125% FEDERAL POVERTY GUIDELINES) AND UNINSURED, PROVIDING 7,223 COMPREHENSIVE DENTAL PROCEDURES (NOT INCLUDING MENTAL & PRIMARY HEALTH SERVICES) REPRESENTING AN ESTIMATED FAIR MARKET VALUE OF OVER 1.4 MILLION, AT NO COST TO PATIENTS. -EXTRAPOLATING FROM SURVEYED PATIENT RESPONSES, APPROXIMATELY 10% OF PATIENTS USE THE CLINIC AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM, AN ESTIMATED SAVINGS TO THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM OF MORE THAN 50,000. -53% OF PATIENTS WHO INDICATED A LEVEL OF PAIN AT THEIR INITIAL VISIT REPORTED ALLEVIATION OF PAIN DURING THE 9-MONTH PERIOD OF THIS REPORT.

AVIV OLDER ADULT SERVICES: PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE AND PROACTIVE ANSWERS FOR OLDER ADULTS AND THEIR FAMILIES THROUGH COUNSELING, GERIATRIC CARE MANAGEMENT, FRIENDLY VISITS, HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR SUPPORT SERVICES, CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND CAREGIVER SUPPORT. FULL SERVICE SUPPORTS THE IDEA THAT OLDER ADULTS NEED TO LIVE SAFELY AND COMFORTABLY IN THEIR OWN HOMES. SERVICES PROVIDED TO PARTICIPANTS WITHOUT CAREGIVERS ALLOW THEM TO REMAIN IN THEIR HOME AND PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES. SURVEYS INDICATE: -93% OF OLDER ADULT RECIPIENTS REPORTED FEELING LESS SOCIALLY ISOLATED. -89% OF OLDER ADULT RECIPIENTS REMAINED IN THE HOME OF THEIR CHOOSING. -92% OF CAREGIVERS REPORT FEELING BETTER ABLE TO MANAGE THEIR STRESS. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE: PROVIDES FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND TEMPORARY CASE MANAGEMENT TO THOSE EXPERIENCING AN INTERRUPTION IN INCOME OR OTHER UNEXPECTED FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. THE GOAL OF EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE IS TO MITIGATE THE NEGATIVE IMPACT BY FUNDING CRITICAL NEEDS (I.E., HOUSING, UTILITIES, WORK RELATED TRANSPORTATION COSTS) WHILE CONNECTING THE CLIENT TO ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR STABILITY. UNEXPECTED LOSS OF INCOME OR EXPENSES THREATEN HOUSING STABILITY; 79% OF REQUESTS FOR ASSISTANCE ARE FOR RENT/MORTGAGE PAYMENTS. IMPACT OF THE PROGRAM INCLUDES: 187 PEOPLE RECEIVED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE WITH 557,109 BEING DISTRIBUTED TO THOSE EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. AT 90 DAY FOLLOW UP: -73% REPORTED HOUSING STABILITY -87% SAID THEY HAD MAINTAINED THE SAME HOUSING -80% REPORTED STABILITY WITH MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CARE FOOD ASSISTANCE /MAOS CHITIM: ONE IN EVERY 7.5 PEOPLE IN GEORGIA RELY ON A FOOD PANTRY AND FOOD ASSISTANCE AS THEIR MAIN SOURCE OF FOOD, OUR FOOD PANTRY ADDRESSES FOOD INSECURITY FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES. IMPACT OF THE PROGRAM INCLUDE: -OF THOSE REQUESTING ASSISTANCE, 60% REPORTED STABLE ACCESS TO FOOD