JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE
NEW S L E T T
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ANNUAL MEETING MARKS HISTORIC MERGER
Jewish Family Service and
Resettlement Service recently held their
joint Annual Installation Meeting at
Congregation Adat Shalom. Along with
the installation of new officers and board
members, this meeting recognized the
recent decision to merge Resettlement
Service and the Jewish House of Shelter
with Jewish Family Service.
L to R: John Marx, Brent Triest and Alan
Goodman congratulate out-going R/S
President Betsy Winkelman.
Since its creation in 1937, Resettlement
Service has been linked with Jewish
Family Service, sharing administrative
staff, program resources and office space.
In its early days, which date back to
1902, the Jewish House of Shelter was a
Detroit home which provide temporary lodg-
ing for Jewish transients. Today, the
program, which is operated by JFS, provides
temporary housing to appropriate clients and
continues to receive funding from the
Federation's Allied Jewish Campaign.
"The merger of RS and JHS with
Jewish Family Service allows form to fol-
low function", according to Alan
Goodman, JFS Executive Director. In
practical terms, the merger officially
makes Resettlement Service a department
of JFS, eliminating its Board of Directors,
but keeping day-to-day operations intact.
Clients will continue to receive the same
services. The merger allows for greater
integration of client services within JFS.
and unifies all agency services under one
Board of Directors.
Highlighting the Annual Meeting was a
slide show and display board which chron-
icled the history of Resettlement Service
and the Jewish House of Shelter. Betsy
Winkelman, President, Resettlement
Service and Jerry Bielfield, President,
Jewish House of Shelter, were honored for
their dedication and past service. The
staffs and boards of JFS and RS were
commended for facilitating a smooth tran-
sition during this historic merger period.
The agency's Mission Statement and by-
laws were revised to accomodate the merger.
MISSION STATEMENT
The Jewish Family Service is an agency
whose purpose is to provide social services
and mental health services, primarily to
Jewish individuals and families in the metro-
politan Detroit area. Included within these
services is the reception, resettlement and
integration of new Americans into the com-
munity. In order to fulfill this mission, the
agency uses a variety of social work method-
ologies and offers a range of programs
aimed at promoting the welfare of individuals
and the maintenance of healthy family life.
Revised and approved: April, 1995
JFS RECEIVES AIDS FUNDING
Jewish Family Service is pleased to
announce receipt of a one-year grant
award from the Michigan AIDS Fund
(MAF). The grant, in the amount of
$14,000, will provide funding for counsel-
ing and transportation services for persons
living with HIV/AIDS.
The Michigan AIDS Fund was founded
in 1990, under the auspices of the Council
of Michigan Foundations, as a mechanism
to encourage needed innovative programs
that respond to the emerging HIV/AIDS
crisis within the State of Michigan. The
Fund represents a compilation of resources
pooled by Michigan private and coporate
foundations, including The Kresge
Foundation; The Mott Foundation; The
Kellogg Foundation; The Skillman
Foundation and Blue Cross and Blue
Shield of Michigan. Thirty-four grant
awards were distributed on a competitive
basis for FY 1995-96.
Jewish Family Service will use the
MAF funding to provide individual and
group counseling (both in the home setting
and at the agency) to individuals living
with HIV/AIDS. The services will be
designed to benefit the Jewish community
and will be offered in a culturally sensitive
manner. Additionally, transportation to
essential medical and counseling appoint-
ments will be funded through the
resources of the grant. The Michigan
AIDS Fund grant is a natural extension of
the agency's existing AIDS Services
Program. The agency currently offers an
HIV/AIDS Family Support Group, for
family members of persons living with
HIV/AIDS. This Group is fully funded by
the Ryan White Title I C.A.R.E. Act.
For further information about the
agency's services to persons with
HIV/AIDS or their family members,
please contact Elissa Driker-Ohren,
MSW, at (810) 559-1500.
CHRISTINA CRAWFORD:
SECOND ANNUAL STOCKER LECTURE
Jewish Family Service recently present-
ed the second annual Reva Stocker Educa-
tional Lecture Series. This year's featured
guest speaker was Christina Crawford.
"From Violence to Healing" to an audi-
ence consisting of community members
and social service professionals.
The Reva Stocker Educational Lecture
Series was first pre-
sented last year
through the resources
of a Jewish
Federation of
Metropolitan Detroit
endowment estab-
lished on behalf of
JFS, by Reva Stocker.
The goal of the annu-
al spring lecture
series is to present an
educational lecture on
a topic of concern for
today's family. The
Stocker Lecture
Series is a service of
the
agency's WIN-
L to R: John Marx, JFS President; Stewart Weiner, Co-Chair,
DOWS
Program on
Education Forum Committee; Margaret Weiner, JFS Associate
Family Abuse
Executive Director; Christina Crawford; Kathleen Wilson-Fink, Co-
Prevention and is
Chair, Education Forum Committee.
planned each year by
Ms. Crawford is an advocate for the
the agency's Education Forum Board
rights of women and children and a pio-
Committee.
neer in making child abuse an issue of
For further information about the
national concern. She is the author of the
Reva Stocker Lecture Series, please
recently-published No Safe Place and of
contact Margaret Weiner, MSW, JFS
the previously published Mommie Dearest
Associate Executive Director, at
and Survivor. She spoke on the topic:
(810) 559-1500.
CITIZEN PROJECT LAUNCHED
On May 17 and 18, 1995, 212 new
Americans were processed for citizenship
by naturalization during stage I of the
Citizenship Project offered by the JFS
Resettlement Service department on behalf
of its clients. According to the Hebrew
Immigrant AID Society (I-HAS) staff, this
workshop was the largest to have been
held in any of the 51 cities where they
have been of assistance. Margaret Demant
and Ann Mandelbaum Mann coordinated
this project involving more than 40 volun-
teers. Offered in cooperation with HIAS,
the workshops provided assistance to RS
clients in filing applications for citizenship.
Stage H of the project involves
Citizenship Preparatory classes now being
taught by volunteers from JFS and The
American Jewish Committee.
Stage III will occur in September when
applicants will take the Citizenship Test,
which will be administered by
Volunteers assist applicants in completing
forms required for citizenship.
Resettlement Service on behalf of the
Educational Testing Service.
A community-wide swearing-in cere-
mony and celebration is currently in the
planning stages.
For further information on this his-
toric project, or to participate as a vol-
unteer, please contact Rachel
Yoskowitz, Director, Resettlement
Service Department, at (810) 559-4566.
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