Holocaust Survivors Support Group -
Program for Holocaust Survivors &
Families
Fleischman Residence / Jewish Home
and Aging Services
6710 W. Maple Road
West Bloomfield, VI 48322
Jewish Community Center - JPM Bldg.
15110 W. 10 Mile Road
Oak Park, VI 48237
Contact: Dr. Charles Silow
Phone: (248) 661-2999, ext. 299
Fax: (248) 661-1628
Email: drchazz@aol.com
Dr. Charles Silow facilitates support
groups for Holocaust survivors sponsored
by Jewish Home & Aging Services.
Individual therapy sessions also available.
JACS - Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically
Dependent Persons & Significant Others
Jewish Family Service
24123 Greenfield Road
Southfield, VI 48075
Contact: Emilie Dauch
Phone: (248) 559-1500; (248) 737-5055
Fax: (248) 559-9858
Email: edauch@jfsdetroit.org
Web Site: www.jfsdetroit.org
Weekly support groups.
JARC
30301 Northwestern Hwy., Suite 100
Farmington Hills, VI 48334
Contact: Randee Klein
Phone: (248) 538-6611
Fax: (248) 538-6615
Email: jarc@jarc.org
Web Site: www.jarc.org
Group homes and independent living
services, case management and skill
training for adults with developmental
disabilities. Respite care and advocacy for
families with children with any disability.
JARC-Harris Children and Family Division
The Harris Division provides services for
families of children with any disability,
including in-home respite, resources and
referrals, advocacy with schools, com-
munity/government agencies, planning
for future residential placement.
Jewish Community Services
619 Wallenberg St.
Flint, VI 48502
Contact: Susan Gertner
Phone: (810) 767-5922
Fax: (810) 767-9024
Email: jfcs@tm.net
Web Site: http://users.tmnet/flint/
Teen, family, adult and senior adult serv-
ices and programming, day camp, trans-
portation, information, intervention and
referral service, Russian acculturation
and Shalom Flint.
Jewish Family Service
24123 Greenfield Road
Southfield, VI 48075
Contact: Ellen Yashinsky-Chute, M.S.W.
Phone: (248) 559-1500 (248) 737-5055
Fax: (248) 559-9858
Email: eyashinsky@jfsdetroit.og
Web Site: www.jfsdetroit.org
Helping people cope with depression,
grief and loss, divorce, pre-marital and
blended family issues and other life
changes by providing individual, family
and group counseling for all ages.
JVS
Rose & Sidney Diem Bldg.
29699 Southfield Road
Southfield, VI 48076
Phone: (248) 559-5000
Fax: (248) 559-0773
Arnold E. Frank Bldg.
4250 Woodward Ave.
Detroit, VI 48201
Phone: (313) 833-8100
Fax: (313) 833-3393
Web Site: www.jvsdet.org
A nonprofit organization that helps peo-
ple meet life challenges affecting their
self-sufficiency. Offers a broad range of
vocational services, adult day care for at-
risk elderly and other senior program-
ming.
Career Development and Employment
Services
Contact: Diane Schwartz
Phone: (248) 559-5000
Fax: (248) 559-0773
Email: cdes@jvsdet.org
Provides job placement, career develop-
ment and educational services for job
seekers and specialized employment-relat-
ed services to individuals with disabilities.
Women to Work or Displaced
Homemaker Program
Contact: Nancy Penman
Phone: (248) 559-5000
Fax: (248) 559-0773
Email: npenman@jvsdet.org
For individuals who have lost their pri-
mary source of income and are unem-
ployed or underemployed. Provides
group counseling, vocational assess-
ment and advocacy services.
Kadima
15999 West 12 Vile Road, 2nd floor
Southfield, VI 48076
Contact: Janette Shallal
Phone: (248) 559-8235
Fax: (248) 559-0229
Offers adults with mental illness resi-
dential options, counseling services and
supported employment. Helps to maxi-
mize independence, social functioning
and re-integration into the community.
Oakland County Child Care Council
2111 Cass Lake Road, Suite 104
Keego Harbor, VI 48320
Contact: Sue Allen, executive director
Phone: (248) 681-9192
Fax: (248) 738-6230
Email: info@oaklandchildcare.org
Web Site: www.oaklandchildcare.org
Provides free childcare referrals, childcare
information services, training and work-
shops, newsletters, consultation, advoca-
cy 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; (800) 810-3772
information and referral
Fax: (248) 975-9768
Web Site: www.occmha.org
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, VI 48076
Contact: Debra Dinco
Phone: (248) 258-0440
Fax: (248) 258-0458
Email: gdolan @orchards.org
Web Site: www.orchards.org
Child welfare agency serving more than
4,100 children through foster care, adop-
tion and family preservation services.
After-school arts programs.
Safe Place
National Council of Jewish Women,
Greater Detroit Section
26400 Lahser Road, Suite 100
Southfield, VI 48034
Contact: Ellen Yashinsky-Chute, M.S.W.
Phone: (248) 355-3300
Fax: (248) 355-9951
Email: ncjwcjh@speedlink.net
Web Site: www.ncjwgds.org
Provides an apartment shelter for bat-
tered Jewish individuals and their chil-
dren. Educates the public about domes-
tic violence.
Single Jewish Parents Network
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit's Alliance for Jewish Education
Contact: Linda Orbach-Shear
Phone: (248) 205-2542 (248) 645-7860
Fax: (248) 645-7867
Email: orbach-shear@jfmd.org
Web Site: www.thisisfederation.org
Develops and supports fun family
Jewish education programming aimed at
integrating single parent families into the
Jewish community.
SPACE for Changing Families
Bereavement Support Group for
Adults Grieving the Death of a Parent
National Council of Jewish Women
26400 Lahser Road, Suite 100
Southfield, VI 48034
Contact: Judy Kotzen
Phone: (248) 355-9936
Fax: (248) 355-9951
Web Site: www.ncjwgds.org
Six Tuesday 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.
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