Please join JFNA on Wednesday March 10th at 4pm ET for their 2021 Health Policy Outlook webinar. Over the past year, JFNA's health policy objectives have been upended by COVID-19. This webinar will highlight some of the key policy issues being advocated on for federations, Network member agencies, and their partner agencies including Medicaid funding, Telehealth, and Vaccine & COVID-19 Testing Distribution. Please register at least ten minutes prior to the virtual gathering using the following link: 

The Center on Aging and Trauma of The Jewish Federations of North America’s Holocaust Survivor Initiative is inviting your organization to participate in a national survey on Person-Centered, Trauma-Informed (PCTI) Care. The Center on Aging and Trauma is a grantee of the Administration for Community Living, and is working to build the capacity of aging service providers to provide PCTI care to older adults with a history of trauma and their family caregivers. In working towards this goal, they are collecting information about the capacity of organizations that work with older adults and family caregivers to provide PCTI care – critical information your organization can provide. Learn more here.

At the outset of the pandemic, a group of ten vocational/counseling psychologists, a career practitioner from JVS Boston, and a sociologist convened to discuss the unemployment crisis. They concurred that the challenges evoked by the massive job losses required comprehensive and flexible sources of support and skill building. Building on the excellent services that are already available via employment and career transition agencies, training programs, and independent providers, the team designed six 75-90 minute workshops to be used in tandem or independently to support individuals who are unemployed and underemployed. Continue reading here.

JDC Eshel's 5-Year (2021-2025) Strategic Plan for Optimal Aging is based on fifty years of activity in the field of aging in Israel, conducted in collaboration with the government, local authorities and civil society. The cornerstones of this strategic plan is an ability to operate using a single agreed-upon compass, to bridge language gaps, to pool resources and to combine forces within the older adult industry in Israel. Learn more and register here.

Introduction to Nevut: Supporting Lone Soldiers from Israel

Once they Return Home to the US/Canada

Network member agencies are invited to join a webinar to learn about Nevut, a national non-profit established in 2017 to support Lone Soldiers who served in the Israeli Defense Force (IDF), and following their service, returned home to the US, Canada or Europe.

With chapters throughout the US and the UK, Nevut connects Lone Soldier veterans with a range of resources to strengthen their emotional, educational and financial health. Learn more and register here.

Taking a thoughtful look at the many ways in which the commitment to DEI manifests itself among the member agencies of our Network, the findings of this survey provide us with much content in the ways in which DEI is reflected among Network member agency leadership, staff, board and agency values. Learn more here.

Click here for positive details, suggesting that earmarks are on track for a return this session in some format and that nonprofit human services projects will be welcome requests.

Since, last November, approximately 15 communities have reached out to receive updates and guidance on earmark opportunities. The window of opportunity to plan, develop and begin important early advocacy to line up an earmark request is fast closing. So if you are thinking about submitting an earmark request this year, please email Rob Goldberg to briefly discuss and to determine whether you should join the earmark distribution list and go forward.

Last week, the House of Representatives passed the $1.9 Trillion American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. Action on COVID relief now moves to the Senate, where the legislation will be taken directly to the Senate floor. Due to the rules governing reconciliation bills, any changes and final passage by the Senate now only require a simple majority vote. Read the analysis now.

JEVS Human Services is launching their first podcast, Where Policy Meets People, later this month! WPMP connects important public policy issues to real people. Investigate how JEVS’ mission intersects with the policies that shape their community and economy, the people solving the challenges identified by those policies, and the impact on people on the ground. Want a sneak peek? Take a listen to the trailer below.

Jewish Camps are looking to expand their mental health supports for campers and staff this summer – offering amazing opportunities to engage with youth and young adults while also enjoying nature, arts and crafts, and training youth leaders!

These day and overnight camps draw from broad communities – and you need not live nearby to apply for a summer position.

These roles vary in scope, but all support camper and/or staff wellbeing and get to be a part of a Community of Practice alongside other camp mental health professionals.

Summers take place full-time at camp, with a varying amount of remote work leading up during the spring.

See job postings with details: www.jewishcamp.org/jobs.

The brief, Reframing Childhood Adversity: Promoting Upstream Approaches includes recommendations for communicating about adverse childhood experiences and how prevention strategies work.

Learn more and register here.

Working with The Anne Frank Center USA, The Blue Card created the B'nei Mitzvah Simcha Project, an engaging program for B'nei Mitzvah students. Many Bar and Bat Mitzvah students seek to enrich their experience of this milestone event by strengthening their ties to the global Jewish community and by performing tzedakah, an act of charity.

Participate in this six hour virtual training designed to strengthen clinician's competence and confidence to effectively work with suicide risk and suicide loss. The training is officially accredited by both the APA and the NASW!

NJHSA Members agency professionals interested and seeking CEUs are encouraged to register with the code NJHSA25 for a discounted rate. Register here.