JSSA’S CELEBRATES AND RECOGNIZES THE FOLLOWING PARTNERS:

Dental Program

Alpha Omega-Henry Schein Cares Holocaust Survivors Oral Health Program

Through a partnership with the Alpha Omega-Henry Schein Cares Holocaust Survivors Oral Health Program, JSSA collaborated with 57 dentists to provide oral health services to 117 individuals.

Hearing Aids

Partnership with the University of Maryland Hearing and Speech Clinic

This service is expressly for clients who qualify for emergency funds*, enabling JSSA’s Holocaust Survivor Program to purchase hearing aids at a significant discount on behalf of our clients. Fifteen Holocaust survivors received new hearing aids in FY22.

Optical Program

Dr. Michael Berenhaus, in collaboration with Essilor, provides JSSA’s Holocaust survivors with eyeglasses at no charge. Nine Holocaust survivors were referred to the optical program in FY22.

Underwritten Home Care Services

Family & Nursing Care Foundation and the Dr. Cyrus Katzen Foundation

Provides home care services to Holocaust Survivors who have no other means to access this type of care.

HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE

The purpose is to approve emergency funds and minor home modifications over $350.

ADVANCE CARE PLANNING SERVICES THROUGH ARNOLD & PORTER AND BET TZEDEK

Arnold & Porter provides survivors with advance care planning education and clinics through Bet Tzedek’s Holocaust Survivors Justice network. This year, 21 clients executed documents with the firm’s support.

Uniper

The goal of the program is to combine technology with person-centered, trauma-informed care (PCTI) to reduce social isolation for frail, low-income and homebound Holocaust survivors. JSSA is one of twelve agencies participating as a subcontractor to the Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies (NJHSA), which was awarded a grant from The Center on Holocaust Survivor Care and The Jewish Federations Institute on Aging and Trauma.

*Clients who qualify for emergency funds earn less than $27,180 per year, 200% of the 2022 federal poverty level, and have less than $27,180 in assets.

Thank you for helping maintain the strength, dignity, and resilience of our local survivor community members during these challenging times.