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Brainstorming solutions: Deanne Ginns Gruenberg, owner of the Self Esteem Shop in Clawson and
child and adolescent therapist; Jodie Jacobs, table leader; Sara Kraft, social worker in private
practice; Orly Kennet, Bloomfield Hills parent; Onisia Martin, school social worker.

said Sara Kraft, a school social
worker who recently started a
private practice for children and
parents. “I wanted to help children
become more resilient, and now I
want to help the parents become
more resilient, too.”
Jodie Jacobs of Farmington
Hills attended the program to gain
knowledge she could use in her roles
as a parent and a licensed social
worker.
“Trauma doesn’t discriminate,”
said Jacobs, “but this gives me hope
for any community … if you put the

right resources together …”
Through his work with teens
in crisis, Rabbi Yarden Blumstein,
teen director for Friendship Circle
of Michigan, said, “We need to
approach this based on the idea
that this is a reality, and then we
will start utilizing solution-based
approaches.”
The program was sponsored by
Friendship Circle’s UMatter, the
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit mental health initiative “We
Need to Talk,” Kadima and Jewish
Family Service. ■

JFS Grant for Chronic Care Management

Jewish Family Service received
a $20,000 grant from the
Jewish Women’s Foundation of
Metropolitan Detroit that will go
toward testing a new interdisciplin-
ary approach to supporting commu-
nity members through chronic care
management.
A JFS care manager will be
placed in a primary care practice to
serve more vulnerable older adults.
This partnership relies on an evi-
dence-based AIMS model from Rush
University Medical Center. AIMS,
or Ambulatory Integration of the
Medical and Social, is an approach
that addresses the gap between an
individual’s medical needs and the
potential social and environmental
barriers that may interfere with their
care. JFS will be working with the

University of Michigan to evaluate
the program’s implementation and
outcomes.
“This grant enhances our capacity
to address chronic disease manage-
ment barriers in underserved com-
munities,” said Yuliya Gaydayenko,
chief program officer, older adults,
“which, in turn, will greatly enhance
the quality of life of many vulnerable
older adults.”
This funding will also help create a
bilingual (Russian/English) network
of support and community resourc-
es for older adults who might be
experiencing cognitive, behavioral,
language and cultural barriers to
receiving proper care.
This program is also funded by
the DMC Foundation and the Jewish
Fund. ■

Jewish Detroit’s Resource for Connecting
You to the Help You Need

If you or someone you know could use some assistance,
the Jewish community is here to help. One call or visit to
jhelp.org is all it takes to connect you to the resources
that can make a difference.

JHELP is for: Children, Teens, Families,
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