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The Federation Community Annual Campaign is the most trusted, most envied fundraising vehicle in the world. Every year, the $850+ million campaign literally turns the lights on for the world’s 13 million Jews; providing the basic infrastructure in which members of our community get help and give it.

Each year, the Jewish Federation annual campaign pumps much-needed dollars into family services; nursing homes, JCCs, Jewish summer camps and a host of Israel experiences. Into Hillels, day schools and synagogue programs. Learn about the work that we do together through the UJA Federation Campaign by scrolling below.

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The Needy

As state cutbacks continue to affect social services, 350,000 American Jews are living below the poverty line, and another 500,000 live in low-income housing. Federation dollars help provide emergency cash assistance, food programs, low-income housing and job placement assistance.

Problem --> According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 22.1% of Americans 18 and older suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder.
action --> Annual campaign dollars provide mental health services to some 870,000 American adults and children, Jews and non-Jews.
18 Flu Shots for the Needy: $36

One Month of Hot Meals at a Community Kitchen: $72

Family or Child Counseling Session: $100

6 Months of Diapers for a Low-Income Mother: $365

JCC Membership for a Needy Family: $500

Weekly Services of School Psychologist at a Local Day School: $900


The Elderly
http://www.ujc.org/njps_elderly
A million North American Jews are over 65. The federation leads all humanitarian networks in providing a complete system of senior care. That includes services that let the elderly stay in their homes; adult day care, Meals-on-Wheels and respite care; assisted living and skilled nursing care all the way through to acute medical and end-of-life care.

Problem --> 27% of all older adults live in naturally occurring retirement communities (NORCs).

action --> campaign dollars enable federations and their agencies to set the standard for service delivery to this population, including home modifications, social activities and home-delivered meals and transportation.
Home Visit for a Local Homebound Senior: $36

One Day of Care for a Victim of Alzheimer's: $60

A Personal Alert Monitor for a Senior Living at Home: $100

One Month of Kosher Meals-On-Wheels for the Homebound: $150

One Year of Transportation to the Doctor or Pharmacy: $365

A One-Month Subsidy Over-and-Above Medicaid for One Jewish Nursing Home Resident: $3300


Israel
http://www.ujc.org/israel
After four years of violence, the Israeli economy is now making a comeback. But even as the country’s GNP rises, those already vulnerable are becoming even more so, as the gap between rich and poor grows ever wider. With this economic gap come social challenges among Israel’s lower-income populations, particularly Ethiopian Israelis and other new immigrants. The federation community is working with new and existing partners to provide long-term solutions. That includes educational programs and scholarship opportunities; job training and retraining; and new business loans.

Problem --> More than 10% of the 313,000 Israeli girls between the ages of 12-17 have experienced sexual abuse, domestic violence and/or destructive behaviors, yet only half of them receive care.

action --> Annual campaign dollars are helping to develop a pioneering community framework that helps at-risk girls regain control over their lives.
Eyeglasses for One Needy Elderly Person: $100

A 5-Month Hebrew Language Class for a New Immigrant: $120

One Month of Pre-School for an At-Risk Ethiopian Israeli Child: $365

250 Hours of Training for One Immigrant Woman To Become a Caregiver to the Elderly: $840

One Year's Rent & Basic Expenses for a New Immigrant Family: $5000

One Droput Prevention Program for 15 At-Risk Immigrant Teenagers: $7500


The World
http://www.ujc.org/worldjewry
Of the 230,000 destitute Jewish elderly in the FSU, all of whom are supported by the federation-supported Hesed welfare network, 58% are “fortunate” to be characterized as Nazi victims, which makes them eligible for Holocaust restitution. That means they each receive about $260 a year in food, medicine, and home care. Those who don’t meet this classification depend for the most part on us, the Federation community. But increasing costs have forced us to drop the least needy of our caseload and decrease the extent of our services. We are now delivering services totaling just over $150/year per person to those who remain on the list. That leaves many elderly Jews alone, hungry, and deciding between rent and medicine.

33,000 Jews in Argentina receive supermarket debit cards, job retraining and/or mortgage subsidies. In Central and Eastern Europe, we’re helping to sustain Holocaust survivors and assist all Jews in reconnecting to their heritage.

Problem --> A 2003 report found that almost 18 million children in the FSU were living in conditions of extreme poverty, existing on less than $2.15 a day.

action --> The annual campaign-sponsored Children's Initiative has provided relief to more than 14,000 impoverished jewish children since 2002.
One Fresh Monthly Food Package in the FSU for an Elderly Shut-In: $18

A Year's Supply of Medicines for an Elderly Client: $36

Medicine for an Argentinean Newborn: $120

Yearly Homecare Service for a Bedridden Elderly Person: $390

85 Winter Relief Packages - Blankets, Fuel, Clothing - in the FSU: $5000


The Future
http://www.ujc.org/njps_education
Federation is committed to securing the future of the Jewish community, through advocacy and education. Federation scholarships, subsidies and special programs help Jews of all ages and affiliations engage in Jewish life. They also help defray the high cost of being Jewish, which can include $10,000 for day school, $1,000 for synagogue membership, $700 for summer day camp, and $500 for family membership at the JCC.

Problem --> Only about 20% of adult Jews engage in Jewish learning in any given year.

action --> The federation system has developed a new curriculum called Limudim, designed as a gateway learning program to inspire Jewish adults to reconnect with the Jewish community through Jewish learning.
One 'Tot Shabbat' Program at the JCC: $72

25 New Books for a Jewish Library in the FSU: $200

Shabbat Dinner at Campus Hillel for 40 Students: $360

A Stipend for Jewish Day School Teacher To Studyin Israel: $1000

Scholarship for One Participant on a Year-Long Israel Program: $5000

A One-Year Jewish Day School Scholarship: $8000

Your Overseas Partners
The Jewish Agency for Israel connects the federation community in an unmatched global partnership singularly devoted to ensuring the future of the Jewish people with a strong Israel at its heart. The Jewish Agency works in communities around the world with a dual purpose: To keep the promise to every Jew, who for any reason, at any time, wants to come home to Israel; and to put Israel into the lives of the Jewish world’s next generation. Through dynamic partnership platforms with the people of Israel, such as Partnership 2000 and Youth Futures, the Jewish Agency creates equal opportunity for at-risk immigrants and young people, strengthens Israel’s vulnerable communities, and connects all of the Jewish people in shaping the future character of Israeli society.

The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, with financial support from the federation community, sponsors programs of relief, rescue and renewal and helps Israel address its most urgent social challenges. Whenever and wherever a Jewish community is threatened, JDC offers rescue. For Jewish communities in distress, JDC offers aid. Since the fall of communist regimes, JDC has been helping European communities rebuild Jewish life. JDC provides assistance to the State of Israel as it addresses the social service needs of children at risk, struggling immigrant populations, the elderly and the disabled. And in times of crisis -- natural disasters, war, famine -- JDC offers aid to non-Jews to fulfill the Jewish tenet to repair the world.

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