THE PRIYA FUND COMMITMENT STAFF LEADING BY EXAMPLE

TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION

Jewish Family Service of Greater Dallas is committed to creating and promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace that is representative of the community we serve. Our goal is to ensure a welcoming environment for all members of our staff, board, volunteers, and clients, while continuing to honor the Jewish Values that our agency was founded on – Tikkun Olam (to repair the world), Tzedek (fairness), Chesed (acts of kindness), and Kavod (respect).

This commitment strengthens our ability to hire, retain and grow our greatest assets – our employees – and it allows us to fulfill our mission to provide effective, accessible, and comprehensive whole-person care that promotes lifelong self-sufficiency and well-being for the Greater Dallas community.

Tactics:

• Intentional recruiting and hiring to ensure staff diversity.

• Holding quarterly trainings to ensure diversity, equity and inclusion are well-understood and part of the cultural framework of the organization.

• Ensuring cross-functional or ad hoc teams are diverse and representative of the population we serve

• Holding regular social events (online or in person) that will foster curiosity and new understanding about other religions, cultures, abilities, and life circumstances.

Presenting At Njhsa Conference

Through community education and fundraising, The Priya Fund’s purpose is to financially assist Dallas couples with reproductive difficulties by providing them with partial grants to help with costs associated with IVF, IUI, and/or adoption.

$16,420 was distributed to four Jewish couples

Introduction Of Two New Support Groups

The Priya Support Group is open to women experiencing primary and secondary fertility challenges and helps reduce anxiety, acceptance in the moment, and hope for the future. We share and develop coping skills while “waiting” and work on increasing our well-being.

The Priya Couples Workshop helps couples increase friendship in their marriage and learn techniques for talking through difficult shared struggles like fertility challenges in a productive manner.

1 pregnancy underway!

Learn more at jfsdallas.org/priya

Both groups are facilitated by JFS Clinician Beth Broodo, MS, LPC, RYT, Director of Binah Support Services. If interested in learning more, reach out to Beth at bbroodo@jfsdallas.org.

Members of our leadership team, including CEO Cathy Barker, attended the Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies conference this year in Minneapolis, MN in May 2022.

Our Sr. Director of Career and Financial Services, Allison Harding, Career Services Manager, Phil Konecki, and Sr. Director of Special Programs, Hunger Relief, Robin RaxlinGormley all presented on their programs to other JFS’s across the country! Topics included collaborating with partner agencies and helping clients to take hold of their financial and professional futures.