Federation Partnerships
* Listings with an asterisk are part of the JUF/JF partnership of agencies serving the Chicago and worldwide Jewish community.
The ARK Seymour H. Persky Building |
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Main Listing |
Free social services for the needy, medical, dental, and eye clinics, pharmacy, mental health counseling, food pantry, emergency financial aid, homeless residence, legal aid, seniors' programming, day treatment for the mentally ill, job counseling, spiritual enrichment. Services entire Chicagoland area. |
Associated Talmud Torahs (ATT) |
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2828 W. Pratt Blvd. |
The ATT is the umbrella organization for the Orthodox day schools and Hebrew schools in the Chicagoland area. Provides in-system scholarships to Israel and summer camps, as well as a variety of focused programs for teachers and students. Partners with the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago. Philip Abramowitz Buffalo Grove Community Hebrew School |
Community Foundation for Jewish Education of Metropolitan Chicago (CFJE) |
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4709 Golf Road, Suite 400 |
Early childhood education, day school and congregational school resources, adult education, such as the Dawn Shuman Institute programs, teen and adolescent programs, such as T'am Yisrael, and Israel education. |
CJE SeniorLife |
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Main Office |
Over the past 36 years, CJE Senior Life’s wide range of services has grown to include assisted living, counseling and care management, long-term skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities, Alzheimer’s care, adult day programming, home delivered meals, home health, wellness and education and much more. Outreach services in northwest area, including Shabbat Luncheon, Culture Bus for Early Alzheimer’s and educational programs. |
HIAS Chicago |
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Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS Chicago) |
Advocacy for the rights of refugees and immigrants on national, state, and local levels. Broad range of pre- and post-immigration services, including refugee processing; permanent residency preparation; reparations assistance for Holocaust survivors; community outreach and citizenship education and application assistance. There are trained multi-lingual staff and corps of volunteers. Northwest Suburban Office: |
Jewish Child and Family Services (JCFS) (Central Office) |
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Central Office |
Jewish Child & Family Services provides a continuum of innovative therapeutic, educational and preventive social services for the Chicago community. Our pioneering programs are designed to enable individuals, children and families to grow and develop positively throughout their lives. We deliver necessary services to those in need regardless of religion or heritage. We do whatever is possible to foster personal growth and dignity in every individual, couple and family we serve. Northwest Suburban Community Counseling Center |
Northwest Suburban Community Counseling Center (JCFS) |
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1156 W. Shure Drive, Suite 180 |
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Lake County Jewish Community Campus |
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Old McHenry Road near Route 22 |
JCC Elaine Frank Apachi Day Camp, Early Childhood, plus more programming for all ages! The Northwest suburbs is the fastest growing Jewish community in metropolitan Chicago including Lake, McHenry and Kane Counties. In 2008 JCC of Chicago is opening a new facility will serve the community with year-round Early Childhood programs and is the home to the new JCC Elaine Frank Apachi Day Camp. |
Jewish Community Emergency Resiliency Team (J-CERT) |
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J-CERT |
To build community resiliency at the individual, family and communal levels at times of crisis, the Jewish Community Emergency Resiliency Team (J-CERT) coordinates the JUF/Federation’s efforts to prepare for, respond to, and recover from critical incidents that affect the Chicago-area Jewish community. The program provides crisis intervention, trauma assistance and training to JUF/Federation personnel and to its many partner agencies. J-CERT also works to enhance coordination and collaboration among organizations and communities and with local, state and federal health, safety and emergency personnel. The program’s primary goal is to enable an orderly, systematic response in order to mitigate the impact of critical incidents such as fires, storms, client accidents and terrorism, |
Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) |
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Jewish United Fund |
The umbrella body for more than 40 major Jewish organizations in the Chicago area, and the community-relations arm of the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, involved in issues of concern to the Jewish community, including Israel, international affairs, Anti-Semitism, hate crimes, counter-terrorism, church-state separation, inter-group relations, and the environment. |
Jewish Healing Network of Chicago |
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Main Listing |
The Jewish Healing Network of Chicago ensures that information about and access to social service, health and spiritual resources is available to people facing issues of illness, addiction and loss. We provide referrals to existing services in the Chicago area and create new services where needed. JHNC is administered by Jewish Child & Family Services in collaboration with CJE SeniorLife, the Chicago Board of Rabbis and Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation. Programs, available throughout the community, include: Information and Assistance. Meet others experiencing similar life challenges through a broad array of support groups offered by Jewish Child and Family Services and CJE SeniorLife, throughout the Chicago area. Topics include bereavement and living with chronic physical illness. Pastoral Counseling |
Jewish Vocational Service (JVS) |
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Central Offices |
Founded in 1884 as a resource for Eastern European immigrants, Jewish Vocational Service (JVS) is a dynamic agency delivering a comprehensive selection of non-sectarian employment and training services. JVS helps a diverse population explore career choices and find jobs in a rapidly changing marketplace. People who benefit include executives and middle managers, entrepreneurs, women returning to the workforce, young professionals, students seeking college counseling or scholarship assistance, refugees, persons with disabilities and the economically disadvantaged. JVS helps more than 10,000 people annually match their skills to professional and business opportunities through a network of Chicago area employers. |
Jewish Women's Foundation |
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Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago |
A grantmaking organization to expand opportunities and choices in the lives of Jewish women and girls. Individual women donors, or Trustees, participate in choosing projects to support. |
