If you, or someone you know needs help, call the

JEWISH ASSISTANCE PROJECT

248-592-2650 /jewishdetroit.org/help

Financial Assistance • Food • Health Care • Housing • Clothing & Household Items
Employment Services • Mental Health Services • Scholarships • Transportation • Jewish Spiritual Care

Services free or on a sliding scale

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

HOUSING

SCHOLARSHIPS

Emergency Financial Assistance

Affordable Senior Housing
with Kosher Meals
Jewish Senior Life
248-661-2838
vvww.jsItni.org

Child Day Care Scholarships
Jewish Community Center,
Sarah and Irving Pitt
Child Development Center
248-661-1000
wwwjccdet.org/cdc

Crisis assistance for housing, utilities, basic needs, and
developing self-sufficiency plans

Jewish Family Service
248-592-2313
vvvvw.jfsdetroit.org

Home Owner Emergency Relief

May include mortgage payment assistance, interest free
loans, loan modification, housing transition and foreclosure
prevention
Jewish Housing Association
248-592-3980

www.jhamd.org

No Interest Loans
Hebrew Free Loan
248-723-8184
wwwhfldetroit.org

No Interest College Student Loans
Jewish Educational Loan Service GELS)
248-559-5000
vvww.jvsdet.org/teens.htm

Financial Literacy, Debt and Credit
Management
JVS
248-233- 4422
wvvw.jvsdet.org

FOOD

Food Stamp Enrollment for Seniors
(60+)
Jewish Family Service
248-592-2313
wwwjfsdetroit.org
Yad Ezra
248-548-3663
www.yadezra.org

Kosher Food Pantry
Yad Ezra
248-548-3663
www.yadezra.org

Kosher Lunch Bunch

Government subsidized kosher hot lunch
available for seniors 65+

Operated by Emerald Kitchen
Jewish Community Center (Oak Park)
248-967-4030
wvvw.jccdet.org

Kosher Meals on Wheels
Jewish Family Service and National Council of Jewish
Women
248-592-2313
vv-vvw.jfsdetroit.org

HEALTH CARE

Project Chessed

Medical, dental and
pharmaceutical care for
adults with no health
insurance

Jewish Family Service
248-592-2300
www.jfsdetroitorg/
projectchessed.htm

Assistance for Home Buyers
JVS
248-233-4243
wvvw.jvsdet.org

Jewish Community Center
Membership Scholarships
wwvv.jccdet.org
JCC - Oak Park Building
248-432-5605
JCC - West Bloomfield Building
248-432-5496

Safe Place: Temporary Housing for
Victims of Domestic Violence
Jewish Family Service and
National Council of
Jewish Women
248-592-2313
vvvvvv.j fsdetroit.org/domestic.htm

Jewish Education Scholarships
Contact the specific day school or
congregation for information

CLOTHING &
HOUSEHOLD ITEMS

Jewish Summer Camp Scholarships
Jewish Community Center Day Camps
248-661-1000
www.jccdet.org
Tamarack Camps
248-647-1100
vvwvv.tamarackcamps.com

Council Thrift Shop
National Council of
Jewish Women
248-548-6664 - Berkley
248-542-2600 - Royal Oak
wwwncjwgds.org

TRANSPORTATION

EMPLOYMENT

SERVICES

Career Development and Employment Services
JVS
248-559-5000
vvvvvv.jvsdet.org
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Resoutt eS,

Web-based
Employment Services
JVS
248-559-5000
www.parnossahworksdetroit.org

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Job Training

Accredited certificate program in the full Microsoft Office Suite
for the unemployed or underemployed

David B. Hermelin ORT Resource Center
248-432-5411
wwwhermelinort.org

MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

Counseling Services for Children/Teens, Adults,
Couples and Families
Jewish Family Service
248-592-2313
www.jfsdetroit.org

Clinical, Vocational
and Rehabilitative Services
for Adults with Mental Illness
Kadima
248-559-8235
wvvw.kadimacenter.org

Escorted Rides for Seniors
and People with Disabilities
Jewish Family Service
248-592-2266
wvvw.jfsdetroit.org

The Jewish Assistance Project is an initiative that
combines the strengths of Federation's partners to
offer a coordinated system of services. With one
simple phone call or visit to any of the following
agencies, you can access a broad array of services to
fit your specific needs.
JEWISH ASSISTANCE PROJECT
commuNrry AGEN CIES

David B. Hermelin ORT Resource Center
Hebrew Free Loan
Jewish Community Center
Jewish Housing Association
Jewish Family Service
Jewish Senior Life
JVS
Kadima
National Council of Jewish Women
Tamarack Camps
Yad Ezra

To make a gift to the Jewish Federation to help those
in need, go to jewishdetroit.org, call: 888-902-HOPE,
or send to: Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit,
P.O. Box 2030, Bloomfield Hills, MI 48303-2030

When you give, you give hope.

Jewish

IF) Federation

of Metropolitan Detroit