Jewish Family Service of San Diego

JFS is one source for a lifetime of help with more than 50 programs and services for the entire community, including adoption, counseling, parent education, food pantry and much more.

Why do we exist?

As One Source for a Lifetime of Help, we make a difference in people’s lives. It’s what we’re good at. It’s why we’re a premier human care services agency in San Diego. We serve more than 30,000 people every year with more than 50 programs and services, including: Adoption; Case Management; Counseling; Crisis Services; Family Violence; Food Pantry; HIV; Jewish Connections; Refugee Resettlement; Older Adult Services; and Parenting, Youth & School-based Services. Learn more about why we are One Source for a Lifetime of Help at www.jfssd.org

What have you accomplished?

This year alone we made a difference in the lives of more than 30,000 people. Our accomplishments this past year included:

• Distributing nearly 165,300 pounds of food and hygiene products to 7,246 clients through our Hand Up Youth Food Pantry program.
• Helping 572 people rebuild their lives after suffering job loss and home foreclosure through the Economic Crisis Response program.
• Providing spiritual comfort and learning for more than 500 clients through our Jewish Healing Center, which offers individual counseling, support groups, meditation sessions, and retreats.
• Project SARAH, our domestic abuse program, assisted 220 survivors of domestic abuse with individual and group counseling, advocacy, and case management services. Outreach efforts educated nearly 700 adults and teens about the warning signs of abuse.
• Welcoming 489 refugees and asylees to San Diego through our Refugee Resettlement program, the number one settlement site nationwide of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society.
• We were awarded $1.6 million to operate Roys’ Desert Resource Center, a state-of-the-art Emergency Shelter offering supportive services to homeless individuals in Coachella Valley.
• Driving 27,687 older adults to medical appointments, grocery stores, social outings, and more through our On the Go Rides & Smiles Volunteer Drive program.
• Delivering 23,537 hot Kosher meals to isolated older adults and the younger disabled through our Foodmobile program.

And that’s just the beginning. Our programs and services are continuously growing, meeting the ever-changing needs of the San Diego community.

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