SINAI HOSPITAL ail "Life and Death Decisions" a panel discussion on advance directives — living wills, durable power of attorney and verbal instructions. Agencies Brace For Likely Cuts 4 RUTH LITTMANN STAFF WRITER 12:30 p.m., Friday, February 26, 1993 Jaffee Hall Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit Jimmy Prentis Morris Building 15110 West Ten Mile Road, Oak Park, Michigan 48237 PANELISTS: Robert E. Reed, M.D. Executive Vice President, Medical Affairs Co-Chair, Bioethics Committee Sinai Hospital Virginia Benner, J.D. Vice President, Human Resources and Legal Services Member, Medical Ethics Committee Sinai Hospital Thomas Thomlinson, Ph.D. Medical Ethicist, Co-Director, Center for Ethics and Humanities Michigan State University Co-Chair, Bioethics Committee Sinai Hospital Oscar Bigman, M.D. Pulmonary Medicine Specialist Member, Medical Ethics Committee Sinai Hospital This program is free of charge. All are welcome to attend. 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Maple • 540-3468 F our Jewish agencies that receive money from the United Way for Southeastern Mich- igan are bracing for a possi- ble 11.2 percent allocation cut starting in July. The 1992 United Way Campaign for Southeast- ern Michigan raised $5.7 million less than the pre- vious year's total, which means the Jewish Voca- tional Service might face a $66,567 reduction in United Way funding. The Jewish Family Service, which received $800,000 from the United Way last year, might lose $82,000 of that amount this July, when alloca- tions are made. Sinai Hospital and the Jewish Community Center also might receive cuts, the JCC's in excess of $60,000. The 11.2 percent reduc- tions apply to all agencies that receive United Way assistance. The cuts come in conjunction with a slow fund-raising year and a new allocation process. According to this new process, the United Way gives agencies money on the basis of how effective- ly their programs address 21 community problem areas and needs, said Myron Liner, United Way vice president of agency relations for Southeastern Michigan. Mr. Liner stressed that some $2,400,000 in special funds exist to mitigate the agencies' losses. The United Way designated seven "emphasis areas" which will receive these special funds this year. Emphasis areas include children and youth in cri- sis, crime, inaccessible health care, substance abuse and addiction, teen- age pregnancy and parent- ing, as well as unemploy- ment. Agencies that offer ser- vices targeting these areas may qualify for "emphasis funds," which Mr. Liner says, may or may not recoup their 11.2 percent losses. United Way cutbacks come as no surprise to local Jewish agencies. JVS Executive Director Bar- bara Nurenberg said the United Way told agencies to prepare for the budget axe two years ago. But in a year of in- creased need, the cuts may result in a devastat- ing blow to the unem- ployed and others JVS serves. If unreplaced, the_, $66,567 JVS loses from -4-4 United Way's former $441,089 allocation will result in longer waiting lists for employment-relat- L ed services, Mrs. Nuren- berg predicts. This will primarily affect the general popula- tion — people hard hit by the recession, including blue and white collar workers who are unem- ployed and ineligible for special government assis- tance. Waiting lists already have grown in the past year. Currently, people are put on hold for five to Agencies will try to recoup losses through special funds. 10 weeks before receiving job placement services and career development assis- tance. If the agency loses money, Mrs. Nurenberg says JVS will likely cut two staff positions. This will make the waiting lists for employment-related services even longer, she said. "That's pretty devastat- ing for someone who needs services now." Mrs. Nurenberg and Alan Goodman, executive director of the Jewish Family Service, hope their agencies qualify for emphasis funds. However, they express uncertainty over how the new alloca- tion process will unfold. The JFS already has sustained losses. Between December and January, JFS laid off 12 employees in its home-care program. In an effort to conserve funds, other employees are sharing the tasks of a clinical social work super- visor who was not replaced. ._/