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any people in the Jewish com-
munity are unaware of all the
programs available to them in
Detroit. That was one of the key findings
of the Community Study, undertaken
this year by the Jewish Fund, which was
established from proceeds of the sale of
Sinai Hospital to Detroit Medical Center
in 1997.
To ensure that Metro Detroit’s Jewish
communal agencies have the right pro-
grams in place, the fund conducted a
broad-based study, at a cost of $86,700,
that assessed the most
pressing health and
social welfare needs of
the community.
“As a foundation
that directs much of
its annual funding to
Jewish agencies and
Jewish projects, the
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Jewish Fund wants to
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be sure that its invest-
ments are going to
the most necessary programs and having
the greatest impact,” said Karen Sosnick
Schoenberg, chair of the Jewish Fund’s
board of directors. “Additionally, data
from the study will give key stakeholders
the information they need to plan for the
long-term health and vitality of the local
Jewish community.”
The Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit also plans to use the study’s find-
ings to better allocate its resources.

STUDY METHODOLOGY
The Community Study had several com-
ponents and took part in two phases
beginning in February. In the first stage,
Jewish teens ages 13-17, Jewish adults
and agency staff members took separate

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online surveys. More than 1,400 people
responded.
For seniors who wanted to participate
but did not have internet access, a toll-free
line was made available and the survey
was done by phone. The survey links were
fully accessible and not controlled by IDs
and passwords, which allowed survey
links to be passed from person to person
for maximum participation. No incentives
were offered.
After this phase was completed, three
focus groups were held with 24 Jewish
communal professional leaders so they
could provide their impressions of needs
in the community.
Although the study “relies mostly on a
convenience sample and is more likely to
reflect the opinions of those most closely
tied to the Jewish Federation than the
entire Jewish population in the region, the
content of the survey provides reasonable
assessments of perceptions of community
needs,” according to Dr. Matt Grossmann,
director of the Institute for Public Policy
and Social Research at Michigan State
University, who analyzed the methodology
of the study for the Jewish News.

LACK OF AWARENESS
The community study revealed that the
majority of community members sur-
veyed were not aware of the breadth and
depth of health and social welfare services
available to them, such as financial assis-
tance with utility bills or rides to the doc-
tor, to name a few. Not knowing where to
go to get help and concern about the cost
and stigma associated with a service were
other barriers identified.
“People don’t seem to know where to
look for help or they perhaps don’t even
know that they should look,” said Linda

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