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it's down to 58-42. And by 1996,
it will reach the agreed-upon
sticking point: 57-43.
(The current 58-42 ratio is cal-
culated by dividing $13.5 mil-
lion by about $23 million, the
amount of money Federation
has available for distribution af-
ter paying off Campaign oper-
ating costs and subtracting
pledges from contributors who
don't pay up by the end of the
year.)
Mr. Nachman says the shift
in dollars is appropriate.
"Even Israelis and the Israeli
government have expressed a
desire to help strengthen the
American Jewish community,"
Mr. Nachman says. "Consistent
with this desire is a feeling
among our metro Detroit board
members, as well as board mem-
bers of federations across the
country, that we had better at-
tend to needs of our own com-
munities, or else we might not
be around for Israel in the fu-
ture."
Also in line with the keep-
more-at-home philosophy, less
metro Detroit money will go to
national Jewish agencies in
1995. Last year, groups like the
American Jewish Congress and
Anti-Defamation League got a
$838,746 chunk of the $26 mil-
lion Campaign. This year, that
total allocation was reduced to
$806,738.
Locally, one division — the
community services division —
received less money than last
year, although the division, as a
whole, still receives more than
any other under Federation's fi-
nancial umbrella.
The community services divi-
sion includes the Jewish Fami-
ly Service, Jewish Vocational
Service, Resettlement and oth-
er agencies that help popula-
tions in need. The total
allocation dropped from $3.3
million last year to just under
$3.2 million this year.
Part of the decrease is due to
the sale of Borman Hall nursing
home, which previously added
thousands of dollars to the Jew-
ish Home for Aged's budget.
The evolution of community

priorities, however, is the main
reason for a decrease to this di-
vision's allocations, leaders say.
Although the unemployed, fi-
nancially strapped and other-
wise needy don't fall outside the
scope of their concern, these
causes — which were for years
the main target of community
dollars — have taken somewhat
of a back burner to other issues.
To counter assimilation and
apathy, the concerns ranking
highest include formal Jewish
education, outreach to teen-
agers and college youth, as well
as services to non-institutional-
ized frail elderly.
The fourth priority is Jewish
educational services for youth
with special needs. The Agency
for Jewish Education has re-
ceived a special $45,000 alloca-
tion to implement programs for
students with slight to severe
disabilities.
Although the Campaign in-
creased this year, extra dollars
might not be enough to cover
cuts from other funding sources.
Leaders worry that proposed
federal cutbacks will affect Med-
icaid recipients, people with low
incomes, refugees and other pop-
ulations at risk.
Last year, local Jewish agen-
cies received more than $9.2 mil-
lion in government support. This
does not include funding for
Jewish Federation Apartments
from the department of Housing
and Urban Development and
Medicaid reimbursement to
Sinai Hospital.
While future government sup-
port is uncertain at this time,
cutbacks could be as much as 35
percent over the next seven
years, according to Federation.
"We're not sure what this
means for Campaign 1996," says
Howard Neistein, Federation's
planning director. "Programs
like HUD, Medicaid and assis-
tance to refugees are integral to
what our local Jewish agencies
depend upon to provide help to
the local Jewish community.
Without that assistance it is un-
clear that the Federation would
have the ability to absorb the dif-
ference."

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