Jewish Family Service is referring its current home care clients to Kline Galland’s well-established home care services, while also making additional investments in social services for Holocaust survivors. Jewish Family Service (JFS) and Kline Galland (KG) are partnering to provide culturally appropriate in-home care for older adults in the Puget Sound region. JFS is referring…
Washington State Affordable Housing Legislation
Update: Thank you to everyone who participated in successful advocacy for homelessness prevention and the bills described below. Gov. Jay Inslee has since signed all three of the bills into law. Washington state affordable housing legislation was the focus for JFS Lobby Day in Olympia on January 31. Seventeen staff, Board Members and volunteers had 19…
1620 16th Avenue Provides an Opportunity
Jewish Family Service was presented with a rare opportunity when a property adjacent to the agency’s 1610 16th Avenue parking lot came on the market in 2016. With guidance from a volunteer advisory group of real estate experts, the JFS Board of Directors made a decision to bid on the small apartment building at 1620…
125 Years: A Milestone of Significance
“As in the rest of America…growth and success did not extend to all in Seattle.” This passage from Carolee Danz’s history of JFS isn’t a contemporary reference. It’s the description of Seattle, circa 1892, the year the women of this Jewish community first organized to collect and distribute aid to the most vulnerable. Those acts…
Saying Goodbye After Years of Connecting Volunteers & Clients
Following a 19-year career at Jewish Family Service, first as Volunteer Coordinator and then as Director of Volunteer Services, Jane Deer-Hileman will be leaving at the end of December. Through nearly two decades of service, Jane helped connect the unending generosity of volunteers with the continued need in our community, according to Galit Ezekiel, Senior…
JFS in Court on Behalf of Refugee Clients
JFS and its lawyers were in federal court Thursday, December 21, arguing on behalf of refugee clients and our ability to serve them now and in the future. U.S. District Court Judge James Robart heard arguments in response to two different challenges related to the Trump administration’s latest attempt to ban refugees. JFS v. Trump…
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