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would have to remodel and 
diversify to provide training 
in addition to one-on-one 
counseling. 
“Hundreds of people were 
coming in every week,” 
Rosenbaum said. “They 
represented a segment of 
the workforce who had 
never before experienced 
unemployment. They were 
coming in feeling like they had 
been delivered the message 
that something was wrong 
with them. We had to create 
resources for them that not 
only offered them new job-
hunting skills, but also gave 
them a social support group 
and showed them they were 
not alone.”
In a continually and 
rapidly changing job market, 
Rosenbaum said it’
s natural 
for many people to feel like 

they want to climb into bed 
and pull the covers over their 
heads. During the last 10 years, 
Rosenberg said that JVS staff 
do their best to keep up with 
the latest job searching skills 
and to teach their clients that 
job searching is very different 
in today’
s job market, when it 
may be computer algorithms 
and not people sifting through 

applicant resumes. 
Rosenbaum said with the 
opening of the JVS operations 
at Durfee Innovation 
Society in Detroit in the 
former Durfee Intermediate 
School, where her mother 
and grandmother attended 
school, her personal 
connection to improving 
the lives of Detroiters in the 

neighborhoods where they 
reside has come full circle. 
Rosenbaum will continue to 
consult for the Commission on 
Accreditation of Rehabilitation 
Facilities in helping JVS 
enhance the quality of its 
rehabilitation and employment 
services for people with 
disabilities and specialized 
services for older adults.
Personally, she looks 
forward to reconnecting with 
family and friends, picking up 
her long-neglected guitar and 
escaping the cold Michigan 
winter for warmer climes.
“JVS will always hold a 
special place in my heart,” 
Rosenbaum said. “I leave 
feeling confident that our 
talented and caring staff 
and lay leaders will continue 
to passionately serve our 
mission.” 

“I leave feeling confi
 dent that 
our talented and caring staff
 
and lay leaders will continue
to passionately serve
our mission.”

— LEAH ROSENBAUM

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