1130 SW Morrison
Portland, OR 97205
503/226-7079
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Welcome! For over 60 years, Jewish Family & Child Service has been providing high-quality, caring social services to Portland residents of all ages, supporting individuals and families through difficult life transitions and times of personal crisis, regardless of a person’s age, race, religion, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation
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Looking for Resources to Help You Through
the Economic Crisis?
In addition to our own Emergency Aid/Safety Net Services, JFCS is proud to be the host website for tools & information from the organizations and synagogues that have come together to form the Portland Jewish Community’s Economic Crisis Task Force
Use these links or our RESOURCES tab to access:
HELP WANTED!
JFCS Launches "Mensches in the Trenches"
Do you have professional or "talented amateur" life skills you can share on a limited, pro-bono basis with someone in need? Read more...
Coping with Job Loss?
Being laid off or having your hours slashed is traumatic. Learn what to do to care for yourself and get through it.
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Financial fears trickle down to kids
With families confronting headlines on the looming financial crisis, or
personally reeling from the downturn, parents are struggling with how to
address the issue with their kids.
Read the article...
Edgy? Coping with an economic panic attack
Housing prices are plummeting
and the financial industry's meltdown threatens the whole U.S. economy.
No wonder Americans are feeling more than a little tense.
Read the article...
Financial crisis may worsen mental health woes
The global financial
crisis is likely to cause increased mental health problems and even
suicides as people struggle to cope with poverty and unemployment, the
World Health Organization warned on Thursday.
Read the article...
$672 a month gets little help from food stamps
A record number of Americans is now receiving aid under the federal food stamp program. Despite misconceptions, the aid only goes to the very poor.
Read the article...
Guilty and stressed, layoff survivors suffer, too
More than 2 million layoffs in the U.S. this year have devastated the suddenly unemployed, but they've also had a powerful impact on a less obvious population: co-workers left behind.
Read the article...
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Talk About Us Behind Our Back
Are you passionate about the work JFCS is doing to help individuals and families in our community? Are you an avid networker or enthusiastic public speaker? Would you be interested in helping get the word out about our programs and services? If so, please call Chana Andler, Director of JFCS Marketing and Development, at 503-226-7079 or email chana@jfcs-portland.org to learn how you can become a JFCS Ambassador.
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Check out the business and corporate sponsors who donate goods, services and financial support to JFCS. They're socially-conscious companies that really care!
Please thank the philanthropic foundations who help fund our programs and services. Their generosity changes lives.
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