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NETWORK News offers regular updates, advocacy alerts, funding opportunities, call/webinar details, upcoming events, tools & resources, member highlights, and available career opportunities.
Check your email every other Friday for the NETWORK News.
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2018 NJHSA Conference |Unifying Our Human Service Voice
Sheraton Grand Chicago | April 29- May 1, 2018
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Network Updates
The Network is interested in your agency. We want to know about your programs. Share your successes with everyone. Send
Megan your press releases, news stories, Facebook updates, etc . . .
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It is with mixed emotions that the Board of Directors and professional leadership of the Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies (The Network) announces the upcoming retirement of Genie Cohen from her position of Chief Program Officer with The Network, effective May 11, 2018. Learn more about Genie here.
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As a first initiative of the newly established NJHSA Lay Leadership Committee, a brief survey has been developed so that the Network may garner data on needed topics of interest for the Lay Leadership of Network Member Agencies.
To help with these efforts to meet the needs of Lay Leadership (Board Chairs, Board Members, etc.), we would like executives to share this survey with the members of your Board:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7YJNBMC
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The responses collected from this survey will help to inform the content of future Network offerings which would be developed specifically to meet the needs of lay leadership of NJHSA Member Agencies. Please direct questions to
Anna Feldman, Chair, NJHSA Lay Leadership Committee
or to Reuben Rotman, CEO, NJHSA.
Many thanks, in advance, for your assistance with this important effort.
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The Network is COA's newest sponsoring organization. NJHSA will join COA's Sponsor Advisory Council (SAC) comprised of one representative from each national Sponsoring Organization. The SAC advises the
Council On Accreditation on its process and standards, helps recruit site reviewers and standards panelists, assists in recognition efforts and promotes accreditation in the field.
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Network Advocacy Updates
Re-position your agency and align yourself with The
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WORK to advance causes and policy.
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The Network encourages you to contact your Members of Congress and urge them to Oppose the Farm Bill because of likely cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Learn more here.
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NJHSA Advocates for LGBT Older Adults and Protecting SNAP Benefits
An important part of advocacy sometimes lies with engaging federal agencies, as opposed to Congress. This month, the Network joined with The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) to provide comments on two proposed federal rules which would impact populations our agencies serve: (1) letter in support of data collection on the needs of transgender older adults in the Administration for Community Living's (ACL) new longitudinal National Survey of Older Americans Act Participants (NSOAAP) -- In short, the survey measures the efficacy of federally-funded aging programs like Meals on Wheels in reaching the most vulnerable populations in our country (like LGBT older adults); and (2) letter in opposition to a proposed rule by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to impose even stricter limits on the amount of time childless adults (i.e. adults not raising minor children) can receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, which could result in an end to food assistance for hundreds of thousands of Americans.
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NJHSA joined JFNA's sign-on letter opposing H.R. 620, the ADA Education and Reform Act, along with 55 national Jewish. These 55 organizations represent the diverse heart of the organized Jewish community including all of the main religious streams; rabbinical and cantorial organizations; those specifically focusing on disability inclusion and ones promoting social justice and civil rights, social service networks; groups working with young people and older adults; and many others. Click here to view the letter which was sent to Senators McConnell and Schumer. All Senate offices were copied. A press release was also disseminated.
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Network Calls & Webinars
Calls and webinars are designed for NJHSA member agency professionals and lay leaders
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Beyond the Rainbow: Trans and Non-Binary Sensitivity & Inclusion Training | Wednesday, May 9th, 2pm ET | Learn more and register here.
Drawing from over 15 years of experience working directly with transgender communities and developing comprehensive and innovative programming to support transgender individuals along with personal experience as a trans social worker, educator and writer, Phoenix Schneider provides a transgender sensitivity training that empowers participants to embrace trans, non-binary and gender diverse communities and equips them with the tools to be able to support and provide affirming spaces for transgender and non-binary people of all ages.
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Canadian Network Events
NJHSA is actively planning NETWORK events! SAVE THE DATES so you don't miss out on networking opportunities.
- Pushing the Boundaries: Disability, Inclusion and Jewish Community will take place this weekend in Toronto. This is the first national Canadian conference of its kind designed for people with disabilities and their family members, self advocates, policy makers, professionals and volunteers who are dedicated to creating inclusive Jewish communities.
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Jewish Family & Child Service of Greater Toronto will celebrate its 150th anniversary with a gala on May 9, in which it will reflect on Jewish life in Toronto from 1868 to the present, through an interactive exhibit that will tell the story of the organization's history. In order to create a timeline of past events, JF&CS appointed an archivist to sift through the Ontario Jewish Archives. Read more in the Canadian Jewish News.
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Network Member Highlights
The best part of our NETWORK is sharing successes. We want to promote your organizations. Let your fellow member agencies know what's going on in your community! Share updates with
Megan, Director of Marketing & Communica
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- JEVS Human Services was named a top workplace for the second consecutive year. Top Workplaces, a list of the best places to work in the Delaware Valley, is based solely on employee feedback that is gathered through a third-party survey administered by research partner Energage, LLC, a leading provider of technology-based employee engagement tools. The anonymous survey measured several aspects of workplace culture. Learn more here.
- In response to the senseless murders of 17 high school students and faculty in Parkland, Florida and the 19 other school shootings since the beginning of 2018, Sandy Hook Promise (SHP) is launching the Say Something Anonymous Reporting System into schools across the country, including an accelerated rollout in four of the most at-risk states for gun violence. Jewish Community Service of South Florida has been working with Sandy Hook Promise to develop an anonymous reporting system for school students all over the country. Learn more here.
- After years of discussion, planning and eventually packing, Jewish Family and Children's Service of Minneapolis reached its long-awaited goal at the end of February - moving into its first "forever home" - just a few weeks after its 108th birthday! Amid the moving trucks, boxes, and other excitement, staff members got their first look at the finished building and their new offices. It was an exciting moment for all involved. Continue reading here.
- "The #MeToo movement has given voice to many who have experienced harassment and abuse in professional and personal relationships. It has begun to shed a bit of light on the depth and prevalence of the closely-related issues of sexual harassment, sexual assault and domestic abuse." Learn more about this movement in a recent Jewish Boston blog written by Elizabeth Schon Vainer, Director of Journey to Safety at Jewish Family & Children's Service of Boston.
- Jewish Family Service of San Antonio prepared a 2:30 video for the BIG GIVE (a community day of giving), in late March. The powerful presentation of JFS mission impact on vulnerable lives in the community. All funds donated to JFS during the Big Give will be used to assure there are NO FINANCIAL BARRIERS to access mental health and social services for Jewish seniors as well as the entire San Antonio community in need.
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Network Resources
Share practical tools and resources you find helpful with the NETWORK through our Facebook groups.
- JPRO Online -- Learn with leading experts on contemporary Jewry, interact with colleagues from across our sector, and take away practical learning that will inform your work. Learn more here.
- Jewish communal professionals in the Southeast US can now apply for this first cohort of JELI-Southeast. The Jewish Experiential Leadership Institute prepares emerging community leaders by training them to weave Jewish ethics, values and thought into the day-to-day management of their organizations and programs. Learn more and apply here.
- Click here for the JFNA Grants Bulletin.
- Tackling Poverty Today | Tuesday, May 8th, 9am ET | UJA-Federation of New York, 130 East 59th Street, New York City | Learn more and register here
How do we best address the diverse needs of the 1.6 million people living in poverty in the New York City area today? Join UJA-Federation philanthropists, professionals, and other leaders in the nonprofit, public, and for-profit sectors -- as well as committed community members -- to learn, foster collaborations, and strategize about how to best address poverty in the greater New York community today. Together, we can inspire one another to affect real change.
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Network Career Opportunities
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