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- EIN 06-0646692
- (203) 389-5599
- 1440 Whalley Ave Ste 2 New Haven CT 06515-1145 USA
- www.jfsnh.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Family Services, Human Services
Mission: Jewish family service of greater new haven (jfsgnh) strengthens and improves individual, family, and community life by providing a wide range of social and human services to people in the community at every life stage, especially those who are vulnerable, poor, and disadvantaged, and without regard to race, ethnicity, or religion. The agency is guided by the moral and ethical values of judaism in its policies, programs, and services.
Programs: Foster care and adoption services - jfsgnh provides a home for children in need of foster care and adoption and provides assistance in the adoption process. Jfsgnh recruits and trains families/individuals to become foster and adoptive parents and provides them with intensive case management and supportive services.
social services - licensed counseling and mental health program serves individuals, couples, families, children and groups through consultations, assessments and counseling sessions. Food services for families and children in need, social services to homebound elderly and case management services to elderly holocaust survivors. Social work outreach includes social, vocational, outreach and financial service programs which are designed to make a positive difference in the lives of the most economically distressed, vulnerable and at-risk families within the greater new haven community. The program's primary purpose is to provide these clients with short-term stability and, most important, long-term sustainability.