Please have an appropriate leader or staff member in your organization complete this survey to help inform these efforts. Thanks in advance for your assistance.  

If you have any questions about this survey, or for more information, please contact Elizabeth Cullen at Jewish Federations of North America. 

Please note: The Jewish Together PPE Shopping Portal is available to all Jewish organizations to help source PPE needs.

With a strong commitment to bringing together and supporting all the NJHSA professionals who work with Orthodox communities we are establishing the Working With Orthodox Communities Affinity Group.

This Affinity Group will focus on current practices and issues of concern to these professionals. Topics will include but are not limited to:

Those interested are encouraged to email Megan to be added to the list and receive the call registration link for the Inaugural Working With Orthodox Communities Affinity Group Call on Thursday November 19th at noon. Please come prepared to answer the questions below, at the inaugural meeting.

NJHSA invites the participation of NJHSA US member agencies in good standing to join in a collaborative response to a Request for Proposals issued by the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) and its Center for Advancing Holocaust Survivor Care. The focus for this Request for Proposals is for National Networks to provide for Innovations in Person-Centered, Trauma-informed Supportive Services for Older Adults with Histories of Trauma with a program response utilizing technology to address social isolation. The JFNA and its Center for Advancing Holocaust Survivor Care is issuing this RFP as an initiative of its grant from the US Administration for Community Living (ACL). Learn more here.

Visit the Calls & Webinars page in the Members Only section to register for the call.

NJHSA, with generous funding support from a prominent national foundation, announced an opportunity for Network U.S. member agencies in good standing to apply for funding to support capacity building and/or capital purchases/improvement to address the needs of those struggling with issues of food insecurity related to the impact of COVID-19. Executives are welcome to invite whomever they feel is appropriate from their agency to attend. The call will be recorded and shared in the Network's Resource Library. Click here to learn more about the funding opportunity. (US Members Only)

November 18th | 12:30pm ET | REGISTER

Newly released gold-standard evaluation documents significant employment and wag e gains for immigrant workers. Early results from an on-going randomized control trial show that the English for Advancement project succeeds in helping English-language learners get jobs, increase their wages, and retain employment over two years compared to a control group. Results will be shared by Mark Elliott of Economic Mobility Corporation and discussed by a distinguished panel including MA Education Secretary Jim Peyser, Tracy Palandjian of Social Finance, and moderated by Jerry Rubin of JVS. Also featuring recorded interviews with students, instructors, coaches, and partners. Learn more here.

Lili Stadler, a senior at The Weber School in Atlanta, spent the summer and fall of 2020 interning with the Blue Dove Foundation. Lili has been passionate about mental health advocacy her whole life, and her curiosity about her peers led her to create a mental health survey for the Atlanta Jewish teen community. Learn more about her findings here.

In a cozy office in Rockville, Maryland Kris Price answers the call for those in need. “I’m so sorry to hear that," she tells a caller. Price is a trained intake specialist with the Jewish Social Service Agency or JSSA. Soon after COVID-19 struck, JSSA partnered with The Jewish Federation of Greater Washington and a network of several other organizations to provide a central entry point - one telephone number - that anyone can call to find out how to get assistance for everything from housing to mental health services to employment, to food and finances. Continue reading here.

On Wednesday, November 4th, Andrew Fowlkes, Founder of Start Co, discussed assessing and planning around factors that can derail agency efforts; understanding better partner alignments or misalignments, bargaining power with clients, and threats of other solutions and competing interests. Click here to access the recording.

Talking Scale | Wednesday, December 9th | 1pm ET

Friday, November 6th | 11am ET | REGISTER

Tuesday, November 17th 1pm ET | REGISTER

Affordable housing continues to be a complex component in the continuum of poverty. From lack of affordable housing, limited government support, to the challenges those living in poverty have keeping up with rent or mortgage payments, the housing agenda often seems too overwhelming to tackle. In this webinar, the Housing Workgroup of the National Affinity Group on Jewish Poverty will give an update on the dialogue already underway about affordable housing. We will also learn about an innovative model being administered by Jewish Family Services of Rochester that is helping to support and stabilize an affordable housing community there. Learn more here.

**Non-Members are encouraged to contact Karen Rosen, Director of Membership,

Building on the success of the annual Jewish Disability Advocacy Day on Capitol Hill, NJHSA has partnered with JFNA to bring you Jewish Disability Advocacy Month (JDAM) in February, a monthlong virtual educational and community-building experience culminating in a week of action and advocacy. The programming will be designed to fight societal stigma surrounding individuals with disabilities and promote opportunities for full inclusion in the Jewish community and beyond. JFNA needs your help! Key to JDAM’s success is support of local partner agencies like you. There is no cost to being a Local Partner and the event is free for participants. Learn more here.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) launched a new toolkit designed for state Medicaid agencies to strengthen their infrastructure and develop robust home and community-based services (HCBS) for eligible beneficiaries. This toolkit is the latest in a series of CMS efforts to promote high quality, person-centered HCBS to safely transition older adults and individuals with disabilities back to their homes and communities, and decrease reliance on institutional care. The toolkit provides states with examples of innovative state models and best practices to rebalance their long-term services and supports (LTSS) programs to expand the use of HCBS over institutional services. Learn more here.

From November 12th-30th, @ServetheMoment will mobilize Jewish young adults and college students (ages 18-29) to complete acts of service and learning targeted towards combating the food insecurity crisis exacerbated by COVID-19. The US is facing the most severe food insecurity crisis since the Great Depression. Food insecurity has increased by 70% since the start of the pandemic, with Black, Latinx, and Indigenous families disproportionately affected by both food insecurity and COVID-19. Join @RepairtheWorld and the #JewishServiceAlliance to #ServetheMoment through volunteering with organizations providing critical assistance this fall. This month, join us to #VolunteerVirtually, serve in person following CDC guidelines, learn about food insecurity, and mobilize our communities to join us: servethemoment.org

COA is hosting live virtual Introduction to COA webinars for organizations interested in accreditation. The webinar provides an introduction to COA and their accreditation process. It is perfect for anyone seeking accreditation for the first time, interested in what is required to become accredited, or mandated to become accredited by state or federal legislation (such as the Family First Prevention Services Act). Participants will gain an understanding of the key concepts that define COA, the steps toward becoming accredited, and the benefits of accreditation. There will also be a Q&A portion for us to answer any questions you might have.

The November sessions are scheduled for:

Join COA for this live webinar as they explore how the logic model and Performance & Quality Improvement (PQI) standards are connected. Learn how logic models can be a tool for program management, fundraising and advocacy efforts. Please note, this webinar will not provide a detailed review of how to develop a logic model. For foundational information on developing logic models, please view COA's Introduction to Logic Models self-paced training. Click here to reserve your spot today.

The Network encourages member agency professionals and lay leaders to participate in the First e-Summit of European Jewish Leaders, a virtual conference. During the e-Summit, ECJC and JDC will offer the most innovative and relevant program, including plenary sessions, parallel sessions, group discussions, guided tours to European cities, presentation of innovative solutions, and supporting communities’ challenges. Learn more here.

WRJ, through its YES (Youth, Education, & Special Projects) Fund, has announced a pilot grant called the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Initiative to allocate funds to support programs, projects, and initiatives beyond Reform institutions that are committed to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in the Jewish community. This initiative is in response to encouraging creative approaches to today’s society. A typical grant will be in the $5,000-$10,000 range and grant applications are due at the close of business on Friday, December 4, 2020. For more information on the DEI Grant, please contact Natalie Boles at nboles@wrj.org.

A listing of open positions at member agencies can be found here.

Non-members may post positions for 60 days for a fee. Email Megan to learn more.