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.
Employment Services
29699 Southfield Road
Southfield, MI 48076
Phone: (248) 559-5000
Fax: (248) 559-0773
Web site: www.jvsdet.org
Contact Person: Diane Schwartz
Provides job placement, career development and
educational services for job seekers and specialized
employment-related services to individuals with
disabilities.
Women to Work
JVS Displaced Homemaker Program
29699 Southfield Road
Southfield, MI 48076
Phone: (248) 559-5000
Fax: (248) 559-0773
Web site: www.jvsdet.org
Contact Person: Karol Friedman
For individuals who have lost their primary source of
income and are unemployed or underemployed.
Provides group counseling, vocational assessment and
advocacy services.
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KAD1MA
15999 Southfield Road, second floor
Southfield, MI 48076
Phone: (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 reintegration into the community.
OAKLAND COUNTY CHILD CARE
COUNCIL
2111 Cass Lake Road, Suite 104
Keego Harbor, MI 48320
Phone: (248) 681-9192
Fax: (248) 738-6230
E-Mail: oakland4c@advdata.net
Web site: www.oaland4c.org
Contact Person: Sue Allen, executive director
Provides child-care referrals, child-care information
services, training and workshops, newsletters,
consultation, advocacy for children and families,
information brochures and pamphlets, coordination of
family services and community resources.
OAKLAND COUNTY COMMUNITY
HEALTH AUTHORITY-CMHA
1200 N. Telegraph Road, Bldg. 38E
Pontiac, MI 48341
Phone: (248) 858-1210
Information and eligibility: (800) 810-3772
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.
WINDOWS/FAMILY VIOLENCE
PREVENTION
ORCHARDS CHILDREN'S SERVICES
30215 Southfield Road
Southfield, MI 48076
Phone: (248) 258-0440
Fax: (248) 258-0458
Web site: www.orchards.org
Contact Person: Debra Dinco
Child welfare agency serving more than 4,100 children
through foster care, adoption and family preservation
services. After-school arts programs.
Jewish Family Service
24123 Greenfield Road
Southfield, MI 48075
Phone: (248) 559-1500
Fax: (248) 559-9858
6960 Orchard Lake Road #202
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
Phone: (248) 737-5055
SAFE PLACE
E-Mail: eyashinsky@jfsdetroit
Web site: www.jfsdetroit.org
Contact Person: Ellen Yashinsky-Chute
A coordinated response to domestic violence. Individual
and group counseling, crisis intervention, emergency
Safe Place shelter, transition planning, information and
referral, dating violence seminars, access to medical
and legal support.
National Council of Jewish Women,
Greater Detroit Section
26400 Lahser Road, Suite 100
Southfield, MI 48034
Phone: (248) 355-3300
Fax: (248) 355-9951
E-Mail: ncjwcjh@speedlink.net
Web site: www.ncjwgds.org
Contact Person:
Provides an apartment shelter for battered
Jewishindividuals and their children. Educates the
public about domestic violence.
Y40 EZRA
26641 Harding
Oak Park, MI 48237
Phone: (248) 548-3663
Fax: (248) 548-3207
E-Mail: yadezra@flash.net
Web site: www.yadezra.com or
www.yadezra.org
Contact Person: Lea Luger
Kosher food pantry provides food and delivery to those
in need. Contributions and volunteer workers are
appreciated.
SPACE FOR CHANGING FAMILIES
BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT
National Council of Jewish Women
26400 Lahser Road, Suite 100
Southfield, MI 48034
Phone: (248) 355-9936
Fax: (248) 355-9951
E-Mail:
Web site: www.ncjwgds.org
Contact Person: Judy Kotzen
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RESOLlei
Adults Grieving the Death of a Parent
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 adults cope with and
experience when a parent dies.
(of the Conservative Rabbis
of Metropolitan Detroit)
Children's Bereavement Support Group
Six Monday evenings, 5:30 to 7 p.m. Children grieving
the death of 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.
COUNCIL OF ORTHODOX
RABBIS/VAAD HARABONIM
BET DIN
Phone: (248) 547-7970
Contact Person: Rabbi David A. Nelson,
coordinator
16947 10 Mile Road
Southfield, MI 48075
Phone: (248) 559-5005
Fax: (248) 559-5202
E-Mail: cordetroit@hotmail.com
Contact Person: Rabbi Chaskel Grubner
Spousal Bereavement Support Group
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.
JEWISH FAMILY SERVICE
TEMPLE ISRAEL SUPPORT GROUPS
Temple Israel
5725 Walnut Lake Road
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
Phone: (248) 661-5700
Fax: (248) 661-1302
E-Mail: kprovize@temple-Israel.org
Web site: www.Temple-Israel.org
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.
24123 Greenfield Road
Southfield, MI 48075
Phone: (248) 559-1500
Fax: (248) 737-9858
6960 Orchard Lake Road
West Bloomfield, MI 48322
Phone: (248) 737-5055, (248) 559-1500
E-Mail: eyashinsky@jfsdetroit.org
Web site: www.jfsdetroit.org
Contact Person: Ellen Yashinksy-Chute, M.S.W
Individual, family and couples counseling. Couples
groups for court-mandated high-conflict divorced
parents. Support groups for children of divorce.
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