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Jewish Family Service is among the larger
beneficiaries of the Jewish Fund.
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grants just approved, the
Jewish Fund has dis-
bursed over $4 million to
Jewish and non-sectarian agencies in its
first year.
Established with proceeds from the
sale of Sinai Hospital in January 1997,
the $61 million fund is intended as a
source of ongoing funding for Jewish
health care and community-based pro-
grams in the Jewish and general com-
munities.
On Tuesday, Aug. 25, the Jewish
Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's
Board of Directors approved $2.3 mil-
lion in new grants to agencies ranging
from Jewish Family Service to Macomb
County Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers
($20,000), a group that trains health
volunteers to make home visits to the
frail and isolated elderly.
Included in the $2.3 million was
$858,619 for 22 Detroit Medical
Center and DMC/Sinai/Grace pro-
grams, including nursing training in
Jewish values and practices and genetic
screening for Ashkenazi Jews.
Other grantees were:
• Jewish Family Service: $193,209
to upgrade and modernize the escorted
door-to-door transportation program
for the elderly and the frail elderly.
• Jewish Family Service/Jewish
Apartments and Services: $163,800 for
in-home support of 73 frail older
adults.
• Commission on Jewish Eldercare
Services: $137,300 for a computer net-
work that links the five agencies under
the aegis of COJES.
• Jewish Home and Aging
Services/Jewish Vocational Service:
$137,300 for startup costs associated
with the Alzheimer's disease adult day
care program at JVS sites in Southfield
and West Bloomfield.
• Special Needs Task Force, a
Federation-sponsored consortium of
six agencies, including Kadima and
JARC: $75,000 for a voucher program
to help people with special needs get
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short-term support services.
• Jewish Community Center:
$50,000 to integrate children with dis-
•abilities into the summer day camp
program.
• Jewish Community Center/Jewish
Association for Residential
Care/Community Living Centers:
$48,180 to provide programming at
the JCC for mildly disabled adults.
• Jewish Association for Residential
Care (JARC): $73,000 to establish a
third "transition" home for adults with
mild developmental disabilities.
• Kadima: $78,000 for staffing sup-
port to allow 75 clients to remain in
their own apartments.
• Chai Lifeline: $50,000 to provide
a second session at Camp Simcha for
children with cancer.
• Michigan AIDS Fund: $30,000 to
help with delivery of services.
• Deaf and Hearing-Impaired
Services: $10,000 far interpreting ser-
vices for blind and deaf older adults.
• Michigan Women's Foundation:
$25,000 to address women's health
issues. MWF, based in Livonia, pro-
vides grants to organizations that help
women overcome barriers to getting
health care.
• Orchards Children's Services:
$40,000 to develop and staff a basic pri-
mary care medical clinic for foster chit-
dren and families awaiting adoption.
• Hospice of Michigan: $50,000 to
subsidize patients unable to afford
inpatient care.
• Boysville: $40,000 for a health
education and disease prevention pro-
gram for young women.
• Gilda's Club: $40,000 to fund
support groups for adults and children
with cancer.
• Communities in Schools: $25,000
to fund physical health teams working
with high-risk youth in Detroit schools.
• Lula Belle Stewart Center, Inc.:
$40,000 to provide pre-and post-natal
care and parenting skills to pregnant
teens and their families at this west-side
Detroit health care and family supp6rt
center.
The Jewish Fund will make its third
round of grants in August next year. ❑
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