Fax: (248) 559-0773
A nonprofit organization that helps people meet life
challenges affecting their self-sufficiency. Offers a
broad range of vocational services, adult day care for
at-risk elderly and other senior programming.
Jewish Vocational Service-
Employment Services
29699 Southfield Road
Southfield, MI 48076
(248) 559-5000
Fax: (248) 559-0773
Contact Person: Linda Remington
Provides job placement, career development and
educational services for job seekers and specialized
employment-related services to individuals with
disabilities.
Jewish Vocational Service-
Women to Work or JVS Displaced
Homemaker Program
29699 Southfield Road
Southfield, MI 48076
JVS
The Agency That Works!
JVS offers state-of-the-art
programs and services to:
• People seeking employment
or a new career direction
• College students interested in
educational planning and
scholarship counseling
• Adults with physical,
developmental, emotional and
other disabling conditions
• Businesses looking for
employees and employment
services
Jewish Vocational Service
29699 Southfield Road
Southfield, MI 48076
(248) 559-5000
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(248) 559-5000
Fax: (248) 559-0773
For women who find themselves separated, divorced,
widowed, or with disabled spouses. Provides group
counseling, vocational assessment and advocacy services.
Kadima
29431 Smithfield Road, Suite 1
Southfield, MI 48076
(248) 559-8235
Fax: (248) 559-0229
Contact Person: Janette Shallal
Offers adults with mental illness residential options,
outpatient services and supported employment as part
of rehabilitation. Helps to maximize independence,
social functioning and re-integration into the community.
Oakland County Community Health
1200 N. Telegraph Road, Bldg. 38E
Pontiac, MI 48341
(248) 858-1210
(800) 341-2003 customer services
Fax: (248) 975-9768
Serving the mental health needs of Oakland County
citizens for over 30 years. We serve adults and children
with developmental disabilities, children with severe
emotional disturbances, and adults with mental illness.
Orchards Children's Services
30215 Southfield Road
Southfield, MI 48076
(248) 258-0440
Fax: (248) 258-0458
Child welfare agency serving more than 4,100 children
through foster care, adoption and family preservation
services. Sergei Fedorov Day Camp. After-school arts
programs.
Project Reach
Women's American ORT
6735 Telegraph Road, Suite 150
Bloomfield Twp., MI 48301
(248) 723-8860
Fax: (248) 723-8861
Contact Person: Terri Rossman
Women's American OK's response to domestic violence
and families in crisis. Educational and parenting
materials will be collected throughout the community.
SPACE for Changing Families
National Council of Jewish Women
26400 Lahser Road, Suite 100
Southfield, MI 48034
(248) 355-9936
Fax: (248) 355-9951
A Sampling of Programs:
Bereavement Support Group for Adults Grieving
the Death of a Parent
Contact Person: Judy Kotzen
Six Monday evenings, 7 to 9 p.m. For adult children
coping with a parent's death. Provides a safe place to
discuss the issues and feelings adult children cope with
and experience when a parent dies.
Caregiver Support Group
Contact Person: Judy Kotzen
Four Thursday afternoons or evenings, 1 to 2:30 p.m.or
7 to 8:30 p.m. This group is for primary caregivers to a
loved one. The goal is to share the burden of the
caregiver role, and to give and get feedback in a
supportive atmosphere.
Children's Bereavement Support Group
Contact Person: Judy Kotzen
Six Monday evenings, 5:45 to 7 p.m. Children who lost
a loved one are placed in age-appropriate groups.
Provides a safe setting to come to some acceptance
and understanding. Also a concurrent parent (or
caregiver) support group.
Spousal Bereavement Support Group
Contact Person: Judy Kotzen
Eight consecutive Tuesday evenings, 7 to 9 p.m. For
men and women grieving the death of their
spouse/partner. Provides an overview of the grieving
experience. Offers a safe place for grieving
spouses/partners to give and get support.
Stress Reduction Workshop
Contact Person: Judy Kotzen
One-session workshop offered regularly throughout the
year, usually from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Helps participants
learn stress-reduction techniques and to implement
them regularly into their lifestyle.
Support Groups
Temple Israel
5725 Walnut Lake Road
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
(248) 661-5700
Fax: (248) 661-1302
E-Mail: kprovize@temple-Israel.org
Website: www.Temple-IsraeLorg
Contact Person: Kari K. Provizer, ACSW
Sponsored by the Caring Community Committee. Free
to the Jewish community. Includes Alcoholics
Anonymous, Alzheimers Group, Pre-Marital Group,
Bereavement Support, Divorce Support, our physically
challenged F.U.N. (Flourish, Unite, Nurture) Group and
more.Call the Family Life Center for more information.