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A Gaggle Of
Grants

The Jewish Fund releases Sinai money to agencies
that service the elderly and at-risk populations.

JULIE EDGAR
News Editor

Robert Stewart Photography

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O

ver 20 agencies and pro-
grams — many of which
serve the elderly and at-risk
populations — received
nearly $2 million this week in the first
round of grants from a fund formed
with the proceeds of the sale of Sinai
Hospital in early 1996.
The $60 million-plus Jewish Fund
will be an ongoing source of revenue
for social service and health care agen-
cies, most of them Jewish. The 22-
member board that oversees the fund
will meet quarterly to review proposals
and twice-yearly to make grants.
A request for proposals went out
last September to 27 agencies. Of the
27 that submitted proposals, 20
received grants totalling just under
$1.8 million.
The Jewish Fund grants will sup-
plement other sources of funding in
some cases.
A handful of non-sectarian organiza-
tions, some of them under the aegis of
Detroit Medical Center and DMC-
Sinai, also received grants. They
include the Detroit Initiative Task
Force; Detroit Neighborhood and Fam-
ily Initiative; World Medical Relief;
AIDS Partnership of Michigan;
National Bone Marrow Transplant
Link; and the Epilepsy Center of
Michigan.
After one year, agencies may re-
apply for the grants.
"It's good news," said Dr. Charlie
Silow, director of the DMC-Sinai's
Holocaust Survivor Program, which
received a $21,500 grant to expand ser-
vices for indigent Holocaust survivors
and outreach programs for the regular
survivor population. The program, cre-
ated at Sinai in 1993, offers individual
counseling to survivors and provides
cultural programming, including a
monthly Yiddish film series and a
makeshift coffeehouse at the Jewish
Community Center in Oak Park.
Jewish Vocational Service and Jewish
Home and Aging Services, both of

which plan to provide adult-day care
services for 120-140 older adults with
Alzheimer's and other dementia disor-
ders, received $350,000 for renovations
at the JVS building and operations at
the proposed adult day care center in
West Bloomfield. JVS received an addi-
tional $60,000 to support its MedLink
program, which provides medical
assessments to homeless individuals.
A $224,000 grant was awarded to
Jewish Family Service and Jewish Fed-
eration Apartments to expand its in-
home support services, which range
from meal preparation to medication
reminders to transportation for med-
ical appointments.
Kadima, a Jewish agency that serves
people with chronic mental illness,
received $25,000 to cover medical
costs for 10 low-income adults and to
help maintain 10 older adults who live
in their own apartments but are at risk
for premature nursing home place-
ment, eviction or institutionalization.
Other grantees include:
• Jewish Association for Residential
Care: Received $41,115 to provide
support services for people on waiting
lists for placement in JARC homes
and another $77,580 for respite care
for 30 families caring for relatives with
developmental disabilities.
• Fresh Air Society: Received
$10,000 to support a 4-week camp for
children with special needs.
• Michigan Jewish AIDS Coalition:
Received $14,593 for a new parent
education curriculum.
• DMC-Sinai's OB/GYN Depart-
ment: Received $12,000 to subsidize
the cost of Tay/Sachs screenings.
OB/GYN, along with DMC-Sinai's
Women's Health Breast Care Center,
Ophthalmology and Radiation/Oncol-
gy departments, received grants for
equipment and other programs.
• Jewish Family Service: Received
$115,572 to expand its citizen prepa-
ration services.
• Jewish Federation Apartments:
Received $66,000 to replace an expir-
in2, HUD grant for its Congregate
Housing Services Program.

