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As we near February, we can't wait to reveal the PowerNET 2023 registration. You'll notice many updates and improvements to this year's conference. We have already heard from numerous sponsors eager to join us in Dallas. This year we're featuring three off-site visits highlighting JFS Dallas programs, and did we mention line dancing? Get your cowboy boots out!
Wishing you a happy new year,
The Network Staff
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National Member Highlight: RespectAbility
Feb. 8 | 2:00 p.m. EST
Learn more here.
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NETLab: Addictions Symposium
Tuesdays, January 24 & 31
12:00-3:00 p.m. EST
In collaboration with JAAN, the Jewish Addiction Awareness Network, a leading resource across the U.S. and Canada, we will highlight examples of the sector’s response and facilitate collective action to meet the challenge of addiction in the Jewish community and beyond.
This NETLab is an offering of The Network's Center for Innovation and Research, with funding from The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation.
Register here.
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The Network has many NETGroup, NETTalk, and NETLab offerings throughout the upcoming months. Please join the Network to learn more about partners, national members, NETGroups and more. |
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CEO/COO Check-In Chats -
Continue in 2023
The Network's CEO/COO Check-In Chats will continue in 2023. Join Network executives and senior-level staff on Wednesdays at 4 p.m. EST. Connect with peers from across The Network to address challenges and share successes!
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Welcome Helene Lotman as CEO of
JFCS SunCoast
After completing an eight-month national search, the JFCS Board of Directors is excited to welcome Dr. Helene Lotman to the position of CEO and President. Helene stepped into the role on Jan. 3, 2023.
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JVS SoCal Announces New CEO
JVS SoCal is pleased to announce that Jeff Carr has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the agency. Jeff is a seasoned leader with three decades of experience serving those on the margins of society. He joins the agency after having served as the Chief Executive for Albertina Kerr Centers, a large human services agency in Oregon; and he previously served as Chief of Staff to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
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JFS Western MA Welcomes
New CEO
The Board of Directors at JFS is pleased to announce the hiring of our new incoming Chief Executive Officer, Rabbi James Greene. James brings over two decades of expertise in the Jewish nonprofit world from the interdenominational space of Jewish Community Centers and Independent camps.
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Visit Revolutionary Community for People With Dementia in Amsterdam
In Hogeweyk, people living with severe dementia also live a normal life. Network agency executives and professionals who work with individuals living with dementia, Holocaust survivors, and their caregivers can visit and study this groundbreaking community in person. Register soon, there are only 7 spots remaining! The trip runs from Monday, Jan. 30 to Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023. Learn more here.
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STAY TUNED FOR AN EMAIL WITH REGISTRATION
Check The Network's website for details.
WORKSHOP SUBMISSION UPDATE
The PowerNET Workshop Committee had a most challenging task as a large number of proposals were received, well in excess of the number of session blocks that will be available in Dallas. Following a thoughtful review of all submissions, 35 workshops have been accepted. The schedule is being organized and descriptions will be shared in the next couple of weeks.
AWARD NOMINATIONS
Every year at PowerNET, we recognize exceptional programs and individuals who have worked to make a difference in the lives of others. Nominations are accepted in two categories: Leadership and Impact. Please nominate an outstanding program and/or individuals you feel deserve to be recognized at PowerNET 2023.
The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. Award decisions will be communicated in early March after the Review Committee has met.
Please note that leaders and programs that have previously won an award are not eligible. Learn more here.
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Working for a Jewish human service agency is a highly rewarding career.
Search for jobs or contact Megan Manelli to post an open position.
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Senior Medicare Patrol Projects
The mission of the SMP program is to empower and assist Medicare beneficiaries, their families, and caregivers to prevent, detect, and report health care fraud, errors, and abuse. Through outreach, counseling, and education, SMP increases awareness and understanding of health care programs to protect beneficiaries from the economic and health-related consequences associated with Medicare fraud, errors, and abuse.
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ACL Alzheimer's Disease Programs Initiative - State and Community Grant Program
There are two application options contained in this single FOA: Grants to States (Option A) and Grants to Communities (Option B). No entity is eligible to apply for both State and Community options and no entity is eligible to hold more than one ADPI grant at any one time.
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The goal of the Disability Grant Program (CFDA# 16.529) is to create sustainable change within and between organizations that improves the response to individuals with disabilities and Deaf individuals who are victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, and to hold perpetrators of such crimes accountable.
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Enterprise and Wells Fargo Foundation Announce $20M Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge
The second Housing Affordability Breakthrough Challenge will focus on three categories: Financing, Construction, Access, and Resident Support. Innovators are invited to compete for grants of up to $3 million and two years of technical assistance to transform ideas into solutions that can be replicated in the real world. Applications will open on Jan. 31, 2023, and submissions will be accepted until March 3, 2023.
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Strengthening Jewish Chaplaincy
These grants are only available to US member agencies, and an information call is scheduled for February 13 at 12 p.m. EST.
The Chaplaincy Innovation Lab at Brandeis University invites grant applications for Jewish chaplaincy demonstration projects to project teams who propose creative, evidence-based ways, Jewish chaplains
meet the demand for innovative spiritual and emotional support for people typically underserved.
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NETGroups
Join The Network's Member Agency Only NETGroups. More than 40 professional groups meet over Zoom video conferencing to connect, learn, share and support each other.
Contact Lisa Loraine Smith to learn
more about NETGroups.
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INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST
REMEMBRANCE DAY
On January 27, 1945, Nazi Germany’s largest concentration and extermination camp – Auschwitz-Birkenau – was liberated. For many, Auschwitz came to represent the horrors inflicted by the Nazi regime and its systematic effort to annihilate Europe's Jewish population.
Decades later, January 27, was established as International Holocaust Remembrance Day – a day when we remember and commemorate the six million Jews who perished, those who survived, and those precious survivors who are still with us.
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Save the date for the Jewish Disability Advocacy Day of Action on
February 15th!
Join the Jewish Federations of North America, the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, and The Network for a virtual JDAD kick-off at 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. EST. We will come together for a program of education, advocacy, empowerment, and impact. REGISTER HERE Contact JDAD@jewishfederations.org with questions.
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Unpacking Key Health, Mental Health, Disability, and Long-Term Services
& Supports Achievements in the Recently Enacted Omnibus Appropriations Package and What’s Next?
On Thursday, February 2, at 12 p.m. ET, join the Jewish Federations of North America and The Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies as we dive deeply into the health, mental health, disability, and long-term services and support achievements in Congress’ 2023 spending package and learn how these new policies and investments will help Jewish human service and other agencies care for people in our communities. Click here to register.
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Jewish Perinatal Loss Summit 2023
There are few losses as painful as the loss of an unborn or a newly born child. They are far more common than we imagine.
This conference seeks to engage in a dialogue about how to fill this gap and provide stronger support for families suffering from perinatal loss.
The conference is free and is on February 1, 9, and 15 at 8 pm est.
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Refugee Shabbat 2023
Refugee Shabbat 2023, which will take place on February 3-4, is a moment for congregations, organizations, and individuals in the United States and around the world to dedicate a Shabbat experience to refugees and asylum seekers. This past year has seen millions of people displaced from and within Ukraine, asylum seekers turned away from borders, and over 100 million people displaced from their homes for the first time in history. This is a critical moment for all of us to reaffirm and redouble our support for refugees and asylum seekers.
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