Jewish Community Resource Guide
To add to this list please email zholland@jsupportaz.com
JSupportAZ Community Help Line
CALL US AT 602-748-4000
For The Jewish News of Greater Phoenix 2009 Jewish Community Directory click here
Greater Phoenix Jewish Community Mental Health Resource Guide
Compiled by the Deutsch Family Shalom Center at Temple Chai
Please click here
Please scroll down for links to Government and other service agencies
FINANCIAL
Jewish Free Loan
www.jewishfreeloan.org
3443 N Central Ave # 707
Phoenix, AZ 85012-2208
602-230-7983
Get directions
Loans available for medical and dental bills, debt consolidation, home repairs, apartment rental deposits, first home purchase closing costs, unexpected illness, family reunification, immediate critical need, tuition, books, living expenses, supplement to financial aid, abuse, neglect, homeless and single mothers.
Jewish Family & Children's Service
www.jfcsaz.org
For Counseling, please call 602-256-0528
For Other Jewish Services, please call 602-257-9314
Emergency financial assistance is available for basic needs such as food, rent, mortgage and utilities to qualifying Jewish families.
EMPLOYMENT
JSupportAZ's Jewish Job Board FREE!
www.phoenix.j-jobsonline.com
Tempe Career Network which meets at Temple Emanuel the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month at 9:30 a.m.
And the Scottsdale Job Network which meets at Temple Chai the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month at 8:30 a.m.
Jewish Free Loan
www.jewishfreeloan.org
602-230-7983
Loans available for employment-related auto, job training, business start-ups.
Hillel at ASU
www.hillelasu.org
480-967-7563
Mentoring program for students looking for work after graduation.
Jewish Education
www.jtophoenix.org
480-634-4926
Scholarships provided for Jewish schools through the JTO-Jewish Tuition Organization.
COUNSELING SERVICES
Jewish Family & Children's Services - Center for Life Enrichment
http://www.jfcsaz.org/centerforlife.asp
602-256-0528
- Serving Jewish children, adults and older adults.
- Individual, marital and family counseling by licensed Jewish therapists.
- Psychiatric assessment and integrative psychiatric treatment services for adults.
- Hospital chaplaincy services.
- Aleinu program provides services in coordination with Orthodox Rabbinic Association.
- Accepts many forms of health insurance, sliding fee scale for Jewish uninsured.
DISABILITY RESOURCES
Council for Jews with Special Needs
http://www.cjsn.org
480-629-5343
Support for inclusion for children and young adults with disabilities to enable participation in camps and religious schools, family support groups and activities, social groups for teens and adults, adult residential services, sign language interpreters.
SENIORS
Jewish Family & Children's Service - Older Adult Services
http://www.jfcsaz.org/geriatrics.asp
602-452-4627
Case managers can help seniors with:
- finances
- housing
- Social Security and Medicare
- in-home help
- bereavement and loss counseling
- care-giving stress management counseling
- long term planning
- decision-making
- adjustment in dealing with chronic health problems and depression
Jewish Family & Children's Service -- Center for Senior Enrichment
http://www.jfcsaz.org/centerenrichment.asp
602-943-2198
Socialization, kosher meals, lectures, activities.
Kivel Campus of Care
www.kivelcare.org/
602-956-3110
Assisted living, independent living, kosher meals.
Barness Family JCC
www.evjcc.org
480-897-0588
Senior Social programming and lectures
Government Benefits
www.GovBenefits.gov is the official benefits website of the U.S. government, with information on over 1,000 benefit and assistance programs. Best Place to start online!
To Determine Which Programs You May Be Eligible For, Please go to:
www.arizonaselfhelp.org
FULL LIST OF ARIZONA GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS
Here is some more detailed information:
Apply for AHCCCS Health Insurance, Food Stamps, Kids Care, COBRA and other benefits easily ONLINE!
You can apply online for AHCCCS Health Insurance, KidsCare, Food Stamps and Cash Assistance using Health-e-Arizona. You can apply for yourself, your family, or someone close to you. Health-e-Arizona will screen your application based on the information you entered and send your application to an office for a decision.
Health-e-Arizona
Main AHCCCS site http://www.azahcccs.gov
Arizona Women, Infants, & Children (WIC) is a federally funded program providing residents with nutritious foods, nutrition education, and referrals. WIC serves pregnant, breastfeeding, and postpartum women, and infants and children under age five who meet WIC eligibility guidelines. To apply go to http://www.azdhs.gov/azwic/index.htm
Low-Income Weatherization Assistance Program (link)
Apply for Long Term Care (ALTCS)
The Arizona Long Term Care System (ALTCS) program is for individuals who are 65 or older, blind, or disabled and need ongoing services at a nursing facility level of care.
However, program participants do not have to reside in a nursing home. Many ALTCS participants live in their own homes or an assisted living facility and receive needed in-home services.
To apply for Long Term Care, call or visit an Arizona Long Term Care office. (Link for locations)
Filing an Application for the Arizona Long Term Care System (ALTCS) - DE-828 [PDF, 27KB]
Arizona's Unemployment Insurance Benefit Program
Unemployment insurance replaces part of the income you lose when you become unemployed. It is a benefit available to workers out of work through no fault of their own. Unemployment insurance softens the impact job losses have on communities by maintaining the purchasing power in the area where workers live. The money for benefits comes from employers. No contributions for unemployment insurance come from employee wages.
The Employment Security Law of Arizona establishes the eligibility requirements for the payment of unemployment insurance benefits in the State of Arizona. An unemployed worker's eligibility for benefits is based upon:
Monetary Eligibility - Wages earned in Arizona's Base Period from employers subject to the law, and
Nonmonetary Eligibility - Reason for separation from the last employer as well as other eligibility requirements;
such as being able to work, available for work and seeking full-time employment.
The information contained within our website is intended to give you a better understanding of your rights and responsibilities when claiming unemployment insurance benefits. The information is explanatory only and should not be considered as having the effect of law or regulation.
The following informational booklets/pamphlet are available for download:
Comprehensive Disability Benefit Info - http://www.disabilityinfo.gov/
Housing
http://www.housingaz.com/
Subsidized Apartments
HUD helps apartment owners offer reduced rents to low-income tenants. To apply, contact or visit the management office of each apartment building that interests you.
Public Housing and Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8)
To apply for either type of help, visit your local Public Housing Agency (PHA).
Some PHAs have long waiting lists, so you may want to apply at more than one PHA. Your PHA can also give you a list of locations at which your voucher can be used.
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