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FEATURED CHARITY OF THE MONTH: JEWISH FAMILY & CHILDREN’S SERVICE By Alison Bailin Batz clinics, small businesses, and more. Many foster care

Founded in 1935, Jewish Family & Children’s educational and/or employment goals. Service (JFCS) is a non-profit, non-sectarian organization that strengthens the community COUNSELING & BEHAVIORAL HEALTH by providing behavioral health, healthcare and social JFCS employs a staff of therapists, clinicians, psyservices to children, families and adults of all ages, in chiatrists, and nurse practitioners who serve more than accordance with a Jewish value system that cares for all 12,000 people across the Valley every year with the goal humanity. of helping people of all ages learn how to more effecThe organization has been making headlines all year long, most notably when it underwent its reaccredita- ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE ABUSE tion process through the Council on Accreditation, Substance abuse among young teens is not uncommon which partners with human service organizations and, just like any adult, recovering from it requires supworldwide to improve service delivery outcomes by port. JFCS has developed an innovative treatment plan developing, applying, and promoting rigorous stan- for teens age 12-17 and their families to help during this dards. The result: JFCS earned the highest level of difficult time. accreditation available.

In addition, JFCS was also honored for the seventh year The Shelter Without Walls domestic violence program with the Excellence in Giving Transparency Certificate, addresses the unmet needs of Maricopa County surviawarded to nonprofits that reveal challenges and suc- vors of domestic violence and their children, who are cesses they have experienced in reaching their goals, residing outside of a shelter setting, and are struggling to promoting a community that holds themselves to a attain and/or maintain safety and independence, whether higher standard of openness and accountability. or not still living with their abuser.

JFCS was honored to earn its first-ever Platinum Seal of Transparency from GuideStar, the world’s largest nonprofit database this past spring.

A chief reason for all the headline-making honors is the sheer number of quality programs offered through the organization on a daily basis including:

INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE

JFCS offers an integrated healthcare program where clients are treated by a collaborative team of therapists, clinicians, medical doctors, psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, and other healthcare professionals. The coordinated care efforts of this multidisciplinary team treat every aspect of a client’s well-being.

TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD

In 2009, the Department of Child Safety reached out to JFCS in an effort to help children in foster care and group homes as they approached adulthood. In response, JFCS developed Transition to Adulthood, which helps young adults with career planning, college enrollment, housing, daily living skills, finance management and behavioral health issues.

REAL WORLD JOB DEVELOPMENT

Founded in 2006, this program helps young adults 16 to 24 learn how to apply their knowledge and skills to find gainful employment. Participants in this program have gone on to find work in schools, hospitals, veterinary youth enrolled in this program manage to achieve their tively cope with life’s difficult circumstances.

SHELTER WITHOUT WALLS

OUTPATIENT MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

JFCS operates four outpatient clinics in Maricopa County. Services include individual, group and family therapy to address a number of mental health and substance use disorder issues. Clinicians are trained in trauma-informed approaches, motivational interviewing, cognitive therapies and person-centered therapeutic approaches that are solution focused.

MEMORY CAFÉ

Memory Café is a meeting place for those with changes in their thinking or memory, mild cognitive impairment due to Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder, along with their care partners. Meetings are held at the same location each month and will include meaningful and fun activities to engage the participants and stimulate their minds and bodies.

For more information on all services available and to

find out how you can help, visit www.jfcsaz.org.