Program Spotlight
Program Spotlight: Life Skills Counseling
Stress is a major cause of illness and family strife. The Jewish community can help. Jewish Family Service provides private counseling sessions and support groups with professional psychotherapists to assist individuals and families in addressing life challenges. Common areas of concern are stress, depression, anxiety, life changes and relationship conflicts both at home and in the workplace. Psychotherapists assist clients in understanding life challenges and developing strategies to manage them in a constructive and healthy manner. All contacts are confidential, and fees are adjustable. For information on this program, please call us at 949 435-3460 or 714 445-4950.
Program Spotlight: Jewish Big Friends/Little Friends
Jewish Family Service is seeking positive mentors and role models to children in need through the matching of men and women volunteers with appropriate boys and girls. Big Friends provide friendship, understanding and guidance in the context of a stable, compassionate and long-term relationship with the Little Friend.
Become a Jewish Family Service Big Friend volunteer. Lend a hand, be a friend, make a difference. For more information on the Jewish Big Friends-Little Friends program, contact Marcia Marcinko, Director of Volunteers and Outreach at 949 435-3460/714 445-4950, email: marcia@jfsoc.org
Program Spotlight: Women Forward
The Women Forward program assists women at risk of poverty in becoming financially self-sufficient. Through a blend of personal counseling to remove obstacles to employment and direct employment coaching, the Women Forward program supports the client’s entry or re-entry into the job market. The agency and the client are partners in developing a plan of action leading to the person’s employment and self-sufficiency. Prospective clients must meet certain eligibility requirements.
For information, call Nancy Almaleh, Case Manager/Advocate, at Jewish Family Service Orange County
at 949- 435-3460 or 714-445-4950, Ext 366
nancy@jfsoc.org
This program is partially funded through the generosity of the following
individuals and organizations:
The Roslyn and Joseph Baim Family Foundation • Change A Life Foundation
Community Foundation of Jewish Federation • Fainbarg Family Foundation
Jewish Federation Orange County • Marisla Foundation • Margaret E. Oser Fund for Women 2008 • Wells Fargo Foundation
Women’s Empowerment Portfolio of Orange County United Way