THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Economy Affecting Jewish Agencies (Continued from Page 1) concerns facing the Jewish community, and that Federation's other local agencies are coping withg the situation from their own perspective. Federation's budgeting and planning divisions are beginning the most intensive phase of al- locating funds for the coming fiscal year they will have to decide how to divide the "pie" of avail- able 1982 Allied Jewish Campaign proceeds so ( at the agencies' critical __.,.eeds are met as closely as possible. Spokesmen from Jewish Family Service and Jewish Vocational Service told the board they are seeing sig- nificant changes in their clientele: more newly un- employed persons who prey- iously had held responsible jobs; more women heading single-parent families and without the resources or job experience to cope finan- cially; and life-style prob- lems which stem from these events. Albert Ascher, executive director of Jewish Voca- tional Service, said that in the past most job counseling clients were working but were seeking upgrading; two-thirds of those cur- rently in counseling are un- employed. Many are young people in their 20s, unpre- pared economically for the recession and unprepared psychologically for the "failure" they think it im- plies. Further, an increas- ing number of students are seeking JVS scholarship aid. In another area, federal cutbacks and reductions in state funding have affected rehabilitation programs that have been a vital part of JVS in its service to the mentally and physically handicapped. One conse- quence of the economic downturn, said Ascher in citing an example, is that some retarded persons who were enabled to find jobs considered menial are "now losing them to able-bodied people." Margaret Weiner, assistant director of the Jewish Family Service, said that the agency al- ways has dealt with "at- risk" clients: unmarried mothers, children from broken homes, aged, iso- lated persons. Currently, she said, 43 percent of the agency's clientele are re- ceiving some type of fi- nancial assistance; of these, three-quarters are elderly, living on Social Security and small pen- sions. From July 1981, when JFS first participated in a United Foundation pro- gram to counsel the unem- ployed and under- employed, until February 1982, 70 persons sought such assistance from the agency, "and it's going up each month," Mrs. Weiner said. For these people, un- employment is "a psychological catastrophe" — the fact of their previous success as wage earners contributes to their feelings of humiliation and guilt. Children who used to do well in school are experienc- ing stress as a result of fam- ily dislocation. Mrs. Weiner said that a counseling group set up for adolescents had to be arranged at night "be- cause all of them had to work during the day." The agency spokesmen said that with additional United Foundation and Federation funding, it has been possible to increase staff assistance somewhat in the emergency. However, other avenues of funding must be pursued vigorously since. it can be expected that * * * UHS Announces Cutbacks The following is excerp- ted from a statement issued this week by the United He- brew Schools: "The United Hebrew Schools of Metropolitan De- troit is in the process of re- organization and change to make the institution more educationally efficient. The board of directors of the United Hebrew Schools is grappling with the problem of an inflationary budget and is attempting to develop ogram that is consistent h the goals and objec- tives of an intensive He- brew program .. . "In order to continue the high level and high quality of service to the Jewish community, the United He- brew Schools is forced to cut back on some of its services in order to survive in the current inflationary cli- mate. "The United Hebrew Schools will be unable to offer, during the course of the next year, take- home transportation for our children. We will v provide transportation from the public school to the United Hebrew Schools. The reason is that we are currently servicing single parent families and working parents who are unable to bring their children to school in the afternoon. "We are also forced to cut back on the number of days of our high school. Our stu- dents will still maintain the high level of an eight- hour-per-week intensive Hebraica and Judaica pro- gram on the high school level. The school will meet on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons and on Sunday mornings. 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JVS President Nora Barron announced that the agency has just re- ceived from United Community Services and the Hudson-Weber Foundation a $40,000 grant which will help service newly unem- ployed persons, primar- ily those being assisted by six family service agencies in the met- ropolitan area. Jewish Family Service, whose president, Helen Shevin, helped introduce the subject at the Board of Governors meeting, has funded a significant cash re- lief program for 15 years and serviced poor clients ever since JFS opened its doors. Federation Vice President Dr. Conrad L. Giles reported that national concerns over the economy and its impact also were ex- pressed at the quarterly meeting of the Council of Jewish Federations in Washington. The_CJF board called upon federations to take an active part in social action programs, coalitions and advocacy approaches to keep public officials in- formed about the effects of budget reductions. 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