Jewish Family & Career Services Inc

Intellectual and developmental disabilities services / supported employment initiative:zimmerman-horowitz independent living program: jf&cs' zimmerman-horowitz independent living program (zhilp) served 26 individuals in fiscal year 2024. 100% of 26 individual clients in zhilp participated in community outings weekly, if desired. This included locations such as parks, malls, movie theaters, festivals, the circus, atlanta botanical garden, the atlanta history center, and many other locations. This allowed individuals the opportunity to be participating in the community more days, evenings, weekends, participating in community events and visiting with friends and families. The program successfully sustained the increased community involvement level that was achieved in 2023. 95% of individuals enrolled in zhilp maintained their health. For the 26 program clients served, over 300 regular/preventative and follow-up medical appointments were successfully completed over the year to monitor and support each resident's health and physical wellbeing. Issues that affected health outcomes for others include covid-19 infection, decline due to aging and acute chronic illness.independenceworks community access program: jf&cs' independenceworks community access program (iw) served 41 individuals in fiscal year 2024. On average, 2-4 separate community activities are offered per day, resulting in 10 - 25 different community activities a week. For fy24, this featured community activities such as local parks and wildlife sanctuaries, visits to performing art centers, events at local art studios, science museums, and tourist destinations such as lake lanier. 100% of independenceworks clients had the opportunity to participate in a diverse range of dynamic activities taking place within the independenceworks building. These activities, each one designed to engage and inspire, included a client-produced film festival, an internal election to learn about the democratic process, a jazz concert experience, music appreciation classes, lessons on healthy relationships, a valentine's dance experience, our second annual holiday choir performance, and bi-monthly volunteer-led art classes.supported employment initiative: the supported employment department currently services 36 clients. The clients work part-time with an average of 15-20 hours per week. Their shifts vary in both days of the week and times. Our clients are employed by salesforce,home depot, goodwill, jewish home life, amazon, publix, advance auto parts, hand hoof heart, berman comment, movie studio grill, the epstein school, canterbury, walmart, burlington, and gabes bookstore. Please see examples below of the shifts worked by our clients:- client a tuesday, wednesday, and thursday works from 9 am to 1 pm. - client b works friday through sunday 12mid to 8 am. - client c works 10 am to 1 pm on thursdays and fridays. The supported employment department has accomplished several initiatives over the last year. We have developed a professional development workshop for the clients where we discuss professionalism in the workplace. This workshop is virtual and held every third thursday of the month. In addition to the workshop, we have increased our job site visits to twice per week. This increase provides support to the clients as well as the employers as we obtain ongoing feedback. During these visits, we are observing the clients for areas of opportunity for improvement. The job coach also meets with the worksite supervisor weekly to ensure clients meet the demands of the position. The department has also implemented an intake process used to assess clients and supported the employment manual as a guide to provide information on how the program is run. We received a grant to develop professional development skills 4 success workshop. The departments long term goals: - the department plans to increase the number of clients serviced from 35 to approximately 46 over the next year by enrolling two clients per month over the next 12 consecutive months.- partner with employers to increase the number of job sites available for new clients100% of employer satisfaction surveys indicated satisfaction with client job performance. 100% of clients who are visited on the job site are pleased with their employment.100% of employers are providing training for clients.100% of clients are visited on the job site twice per week.

Ben massell dental clinic provides the most advanced and comprehensive dental care and access to other integrated health services to atlanta's unemployed and working poor through the generosity of 140 volunteer dentists, 2 volunteer hygienists, 4 dental residents, senior dental students from dental college of georgia, and senior hygiene students from georgia state university who provided (3,355) hours of dental services, in addition to services provided by our mental health staff and referrals by our social services staff to primary health and safety net providers. The clinic is the first charitable clinic providing oral health to utilize a "patient health improvement" evaluation methodology. Fy 2024 data indicates: - volunteer dentists served 1,259 unique patients, (at or below 125% federal poverty guidelines) and uninsured, providing (12,368) comprehensive dental procedures (not including mental & primary health services) representing an estimated fair market value of over $2,364,216 million at no cost to patients. - extrapolating from surveyed patient responses, approximately 10% of patients use the clinic as an alternative to the emergency room, an estimated savings to the public health system of more than $50,000. - (75) % of patients who indicated a level of pain at their initial visit reported alleviation of pain during the 9-month period of this report.

Aviv older adult services provides comprehensive and proactive answers for older adults and their families through counseling, geriatric care management, friendly visits, holocaust survivor support services, case management services and caregiver support. Full service supports the idea that older adults need to live safely and comfortably in their own homes. Services provided to participants without caregivers allow them to remain in their home and participate in community activities. Surveys indicate: - 92% reside in an optimal living environment of choice- 90% improve social connections - 91% report reduced stress or improved stress management - 96% indicate increased knowledge and access to community resourcesfinancial assistance provides financial assistance and short-term case management to those experiencing unexpected financial hardship. The goal of financial assistance is to mitigate instability by funding critical needs (i.e., housing, utilities, work related transportation costs) and referrals to additional community & public resources for stability. Unexpected loss of income or expenses continues to threaten housing stability. In fy24, 83% of requests for assistance are for rent/mortgage or utility payments. Impact of the program includes in fy24: 96 unique households received financial assistance with $257,523.60 being distributed to those experiencing financial hardship. - 72% of respondents report that their housing is either stable or somewhat stable at follow up. - 78% have maintained the same housing. Food assistance /maos chitim: one in every 7.5 people in georgia rely on a food pantry and food assistance as their main source of food. Our food pantry addresses food insecurity for individuals and families. In fy24, our food pantry provided two distribution days each week with access for any individual or family in the community experiencing food insecurity. At each distribution, clients have access to fresh produce, breads and pastries, frozen meats, dairy goods and non-perishable foods. Impact of the program include: - on average, our pantry served 245 unique households per month - on average, total amount of people served each month: 848 unique individuals, including 87 seniors and 164 children - each month we delivered food boxes to 28 home-bound clients - 921 households received food for the first time in fy24 - 217,891 pounds of food distributed in fy24 our moas chitim program provides special foods and financial assistance to families struggling to incur additional costs to celebrate the passover holiday. Fy24 impact of moas chitim included: - 560 households served with 1,030 total individuals - 8,800 pounds of food distributed - $96,432.50 provided career services works in partnership with clients to overcome barriers to employment, improve skill levels and/or employability. In fy24, 36 job seekers, with significant barriers, successfully gained employment. Data indicates:- all job seekers reported earnings above the minimum wage.- 12 of the clients were women in low-income households, 10 were previously long-term ( 6 months) unemployed and 8 were mature workers (age 50+)- 97% of job seekers were satisfied with our services.