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JFSA Wins Two National Awards for Programming
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(left to right) Lee
Sherman, AJFCA President, Susan
Bichsel, PhD, JFSA Cleveland
President & CEO, Barry
Klickstein, AJFCA Board Chair |
Every year the
Association of Jewish Family &
Children’s Agencies
(AJFCA) honors
agencies for excellence in client
services and programming through the
KOVOD Awards competition. This year,
JFSA Cleveland, the 8th
largest Jewish Family Service in the
U.S. and
Canada, is proud to receive two KOVOD
Awards in the Creative Use of Volunteers
in Client Services and the Collaborative
Program Among JF&CS Agencies categories.
JFSA’s Horvitz YouthAbility was selected
as the top (1st
place) program for Creative Use of
Volunteers in
Client Services for large agencies. The
YouthAbility program is unique in that
it engages young adult clients with
disabilities to perform volunteer
services for other clients, making them
both clients and volunteers – helping
themselves while helping others. Each
month YouthAbility performs up to 600
hours of volunteer service benefitting
JFSA programs. The projects are designed
to foster a positive connection with
others in community, and provide
opportunities to contribute in
meaningful ways. YouthAbility reaches
out to Holocaust survivors, victims of
domestic violence, and clients with
intellectual disabilities, and in return
these special young adults gain
confidence,
increased self esteem, and other skills.
The Tina Project was selected as the 3rd
place winner in the Collaborative
Program Among JF&CS
Agencies. JFSA
was one of the first agencies to join in
partnership with the collaborative
coordinating agency,
Domestic Violence and Child Advocacy
Center, in developing The Tina Project
as a collective response to Ohio House
Bill 19ʹs mandate. As a multi-agency,
multi-county, organizational
collaboration, The Tina Project helps
Ohio schools become compliant with the
new requirements regarding the
teen dating violence and sexual assault
prevention education. JFSA Families at
Risk staff provide training for
students, teachers, and school
administrators with its Know
Abuse™ teen
dating
violence prevention program, plus crisis
intervention, and an array of support
services.
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JFSA LIFELINE SPECIAL OFFER

Free
installation (a $40 value) and first month of
service free. Offer good for limited time.For
details and to schedule a free in-home demonstration, call Maxine Margolis at 216.378.3439.
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