NJHSA Announces New VP of Workforce Development Services
The Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies is pleased to announce that Sarah Welch will be assuming the newly established position of Vice President of Workforce Development Services, effective August 2, 2021. In this role, Sarah will serve as the lead staff for NJHSA sponsored initiatives, trainings, advocacy efforts and other program offerings related to the workforce development service arena of NJHSA member agencies. She will also assume primary responsibility for the implementation of the NJHSA US national Jobs Initiative, which is being established with dedicated grant funding. Continue reading here.
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Welcome Cindy Smith, New Executive Director at JFS of Western NC
Cindy Smith was recently appointed Executive Director of JFS of Western North Carolina in Asheville following a national search. Cindy joins the Asheville community by way of Seal Beach, CA. She served in various roles for the Jewish Federation of Orange County (formerly Jewish Federation & Family Services – JFFS), most recently as the Director of Community Engagement. Her passion for engaging and supporting underserved communities and helping those who are most critically in need is what landed her on the doorstep of JFFS in 2013. She spearheaded the efforts of a new department, focusing her work on team leadership, and program development and fundraising for families with young children, young professionals, Holocaust survivors and community in crisis. Learn more about Cindy here.
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NJHSA Launches Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Affinity Group
With a strong commitment to bringing together and supporting professional staff from NJHSA member agencies that are engaged in efforts to advance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and as follow up to requests following the recent NJHSA Annual Conference, we are pleased establish the
NJHSA DEI Affinity Group.
The NJHSA DEI Affinity Group will create a safe space for professionals affiliated with NJHSA member agencies who are working to advance DEI initiatives within their agency. This Group will provide a venue to share information, discuss challenges, brainstorm relevant topics and lend support to one another. Learn more about the group and register for the first meeting here. |
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Former NJHSA Board Chair Reflects on Time Served
Houstonians are particularly proud of Larry Reader’s role in forming the Jewish national organization that is now pivotal in the human services arena. Reader recently completed his service on the international board of the Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies, having served as a founding board member and audit committee chair since its inception in 2018.
“Looking back on my 13 years of service to AJFCA and currently NJHSA, words such as forward-thinking, creativity, collaboration, supportive and organizational changes come to mind as the new state-of-the-art volunteer service organization, NJHSA, was created,” said Reader. Read the entire piece here.
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Announcing Cohort 4 of Leading Edge's CEO Onboarding Program
Leading Edge is proud to announce the participants in the fourth cohort of its CEO Onboarding Program, the first-of-its-kind leadership development program for new top executives leading nonprofits in the North American Jewish community.
The Network is especially proud to recognize two NJHSA member agency Executives who have been selected to participate in this prestigious national training effort:
All those participating are in the first 30 months of their tenure and face new challenges and opportunities as the Jewish nonprofit sector adapts to the ebbing of the COVID-19 crisis.
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What is the Child Tax Credit?
July 7th | 4pm ET
Join NJHSA and the Interreligious Working Group on Domestic Human Needs for an update from Gene Sperling, Senior Advisor to the Biden Administration, and other experts on the historic expansion of the Child Tax Credit.
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NETWORK CALENDAR
View the NJHSA Calendar for a complete list of calls and webinars.
Visit the Calls & Webinars page in the Members Only section for registration links.
All presentations are recorded. Video and audio recordings as well as presentations and additional resources can be found on in the Resource Library in the Members Only section.
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Help Ensure Families Access the Child Tax Credit – Payments Begin in July
The American Rescue plan included a historic expansion of the CTC to $3,000 per child and $3,600 per child under 6 for families making under $150,000 a year, with optional advanced payments beginning on July 15th. This new program will impact 39 million households and is expected to cut child poverty in half. A permanent address is not required to receive the credit, making families experiencing homelessness eligible as well. We need your help to spread the word! Families who filed taxes in 2020 and 2021 will be automatically eligible, however an estimated 9 million children whose families do not file taxes may miss out. The IRS has opened up a special online portal for those who do not file taxes so that they can receive these critical funds. More information is available at ChildTaxCredit.gov.
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Outreach and Support for US Donor Advised Funds
Senators King (I-ME) and Grassley (R-IA) introduced the “Accelerating Charitable Efforts Act,” a bill that would sharply undermine donor-advised funds (DAFs) and private foundations. Please find information about DAFs here and a summary of the legislation here. NJHSA is working with JFNA to bring our concerns to Congress, particularly to those members who sit on the Senate Finance and House Ways and Means Committees and to Congressional leadership.
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New Federal Funding Opportunity for US Nonprofit Communal Organizations:
Cooperative Agreement to Support Navigators in Federally-Facilitated Exchanges
On June 4th, the Biden Administration announced a new cooperative agreement funding opportunity to support navigators in Federally-Facilitated Exchanges (FFE) authorized under the Affordable Care Act (ACA); nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply. Each year, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) makes grant awards to organizations who serve as Navigators in states with FFEs. Continue reading here. |
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NJHSA Urges USDA to Support Emergency Feeding
NJHSA partnered with the United Fresh Produce Association to thank USDA for its commitment to invest $1 billion in emergency food programs and urging USDA to prioritize the purchase of a wide variety of high quality fresh fruits and vegetables beyond the current TEFAP box program and expanding distribution opportunities through nonprofits and schools with demonstrated experience. Click here to read the letter.
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NJHSA Endorses Closing the Meal Gap Act
NJHSA has endorsed the Closing the Meal Gap Act of 2021, which will soon be introduced by Senator Gillibrand and Representative Adams. The bill aims to raise the baseline benefits for all SNAP households as well as allocate more money to families with larger medical and housing expenses and eliminate the arbitrary time limits on benefits for all Americans. As the cost of food continues to surpass the amount given for SNAP benefits every year, this act will help eliminate that growing gap and provide effective financial support to families in need, including those in U.S. territories.
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MONTH OF ACTION
President Biden announced a “Month of Action” focused on helping Americans get vaccinated in the lead-up to July 4th.
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The America Society of Aging & NJHSA Presents THE LEGACY INTERVIEWS
Mark your calendars! NJHSA is pleased to be partnering with the American Society on Aging to bring you the The Legacy Interviews, a new web series hosted by Ken Dychtwald of Age Wave. The interviews will air every Wednesday at 1pm PT/4pm ET beginning June 23rd.
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Spread the Love
The National Center for Lesbian Rights just launched its #WeServeWithLove campaign, which spreads love from faith-based providers serving low-income communities to #LGBTQ people and families. Check out the campaign website at weservewithlove.org and share it with your networks to show that LGBTQ people and their families are loved by communities of faith.
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Free Online Jewish Leadership Training for Jews with Disabilities
Are you a Jew with a disability who wants to get a job or key volunteer role where you can help strengthen the Jewish community? Join NJHSA and a coalition of more than 20 Jewish organizations for free virtual “Leaders of the Future” trainings. Learn more here.
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ACL/CMS Webinar: Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy Among Direct Service Workers
July 1st | 3pm ET
Vaccine uptake among direct service workers (DSWs) is particularly important for personal health and safety and to the many individuals that DSWs support, due to the high contact, personal nature of home care. However, DSWs experience many barriers to vaccination including culturally competent and accessible information, paid sick leave and/or time off, and transportation.
In this webinar, experts in the field will discuss demographics of the DSW workforce, barriers to vaccination, strategies to increase vaccine confidence and uptake, and promising practices. Learn more and register here.
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NETWORK AFFINITY GROUPS
Join NJHSA’s Member Agency ONLY affinity groups. There are more than 20 professional groups that meet over Zoom video conferencing where participants have the opportunity to connect, learn, share and support each other. Whether it be to resolve specific agency challenges or define larger Network projects, the affinity groups bring like professionals together on a regular basis.
Contact Lisa Loraine Smith, to learn more about the groups or visit the Affinity & Facebook Groups page in the Members Only section of the NJHSA website.
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American Legion Child Welfare Foundation
Child Welfare Grant
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The Foundation accepts proposals from nonprofit organizations for projects which meet one of the Foundation's two basic purposes: (1) To contribute to the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual welfare of children through the dissemination of knowledge about new and innovative organizations and/or their programs designed to benefit youth; and (2) To contribute to the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual welfare of children through the dissemination of knowledge already possessed by well-established organizations, to the end that such information can be more adequately used by society.
Deadline: 15 July 2021.
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National Alliance for Grieving Children
Grief Reach
This program will expand capacity and increase access of bereavement services for grieving youth with local organizations.
Grants are made only to private, nonprofit organizations. Individuals or government agencies are ineligible.
Deadline: 19 July 2021
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NEXT for AUTISM
Color the Spectrum Community Grants
Grants will be awarded to support the transition from school to adulthood in the following three areas: home, work and social. The application categories include: Home: Thousands of autistic adults are in need of quality living environments. Grants in this focus area should address the need to design and/or develop and maintain high quality living environments for adults with autism. Work: Autistic individuals experience under and unemployment. Grants to address this area should address the need for autistic adults to gain and retain paid employment. Social: Disconnection and isolation are not uncommon for autistic adults. Grants focused in this area should support autistic adults to make connections, build relationships, and establish friendships.
Deadline: 1 August 2021
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CAREER OPPORTUNITIES
Working for a Jewish human service agency is a highly rewarding career.
A listing of open positions at member agencies can be found HERE.
Member agencies are welcome to post career opportunities with the Network as a benefit of membership. Positions will be posted for 90 days.
Non-members may post positions for 60 days for a fee. Contact Megan Manelli for more information.
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