Annual Report

2016

Thank You To Our Major Donors

Thank you to our volunteers for providing over

3,600 hours of community service to JFS Orlando in 2016

The George Wolly Center2100 Lee Rd., Winter Park, FL 32789 | (407) 644 - 7593

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Over $25,000 $15,000 - $25,000

$5,000 - $9,999 $2,500 - $4,999

The Barry S. Goodman Revocable TrustCentral Florida FoundationCity of Orlando CDBGJewish Federation of Greater OrlandoLynn MinkowOrange County CDBGOrlando Magic Youth FundOrlando Sentinel Family FundCraig and Rhonda Pearlman

Anonymous City of Orlando Community InvestmentM & T Weiner FoundationRyan FoundationBen and Maura WeinerRichard and Louise WeinerWestgate Resorts FoundationWilliam J. and Dorothy K. O’Neill Foundation

Dick and Dottie AppelbaumBank of America Charitable FoundationHarper Family Charitable FoundationHarvey KobrinJohn and Polly Sparks FoundationVNA FoundationNeil and Malka WebmanRita WeissmannTess Wise

$10,000 - $14,999

Baker Hostetler Chesley G. Magruder FoundationJeffrey and Jennifer DeckerLouis and Merle FeinbergGalloway FoundationJoseph G. Markoly FoundationHarriett LakePublix Supermarket CharitiesSolomon SchickGilbert and Joyce WalkerBarbara WeinreichWells FargoAlan and Shari Wladis

Burdette BeckmannTayler and Jaime GoldGreenberg TraurigLandry’sRosalie LevyLooking Out FoundationLowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & ReedRalph & Bluma Meitin JFS Endowment FundMarilyn ShapiroTD Charitable FoundationThe Wawa FoundationRichard WeissmannWinter Park Health Foundation

A note to our supporters: We appreciate your generous donations to JFS Orlando and we want to recognize everyone accordingly with 100% accuracy. If we have inadvertently made an error, please contact JFS Orlando at 407-644-7593 with concerns or

corrections. Donors and volunteers will be recognized in JFS Orlando’s online annual report (available at our website www.jfsorlando.org) regardless of their giving level.

WelcomeDear Friends and Supporters:

Jewish Family Services of Greater Orlando was founded in 1978, based on the Jewish values of tzedakah (righteousness), tikkun olam (repairing the world) and chesed (kindness). To this day, JFS Orlando continues to embody these traditions.

Because of our supporters, in 2016, JFS Orlando:

• Impacted the lives of over 10,000 individuals through individual and group counseling; homelessness and hunger prevention; life skills education; rent, mortgage and utility assistance; and senior transportation.

• Completed a $175,000.00 facility renovation project with a grant received from the Orange County Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program that helps us better serve the community.

• Opened a computer lab, in partnership with the Frances and Joseph Victor Fund through the Central Florida Foundation, providing internet access and computer learning classes for clients and the community.

JFS Orlando’s focus is making a significant impact on the lives of our neighbors in Central Florida. JFS Orlando remains committed to helping all in our community by empowering individuals and families towards independence. No one in need is turned away from services at JFS Orlando as a result of their religion, gender, race or origin. We care for children, adults and seniors with full respect for beliefs, choices, values and differences. JFS Orlando supports Central Floridians day in and day out, because of you and others like you who care deeply about friends and neighbors who need an outstretched hand to face the inevitable ups and downs that life brings.

Thank you for allowing us to continue this tradition of repairing the world, one person at a time.

Michael McKeeJFS Orlando Board President

Eric GeboffExecutive Director

Older Adult Services

ChaplaincyOur Community Rabbi provideschaplaincy services to unaffiliated Jews, including end of life, burial/memorial, hospice, hospital and jail visits.

605 families received chaplaincy services in 2016

RIDE ProgramThrough the RIDE (ReliableIndependent Drivers for the Elderly)Program, JFS Orlando providesroundtrip rides to medicalappointments for elderly or disabledadults at no cost to clients, in turn,increasing independence, promotingwell-being and improving access tohealthcare for program recipients.

618 Roundtrip rides provided to elderly or disabled adults

If we didn’t have the RIDE program, we would have to change doctors, or just not go. Thank you for proving the RIDE program. My wife can go to the doctors she trusts, and get the care she deserves. RIDE provides peace of mind.

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CounselingOlder adults receive the services of JFS Orlando’s Counseling, Growth and Development Program in both individual and group settings to address issues related to grief, loss, retirement, aging and more.

Meal Delivery

201 Kosher holiday meals delivered to

homebound older adults free of charge

The Pearlman Emergency Food Pantry and Emergency Services Program also support older adults.

JFS Orlando’s MissionThe mission of Jewish Family Services of Greater Orlando is to provide vital, high-quality and innovative social services to people in need.

The Family Stabilization Program (FSP) is a preventative, six-month intensive case management program designed to help low-income families achieve long-term stability and self-sufficiency by teaching them critical skills and tools to mitigate immediate crises and avoid future hardships. The fundamental program goal is to prevent the spread of homelessness by providingmeaningful, long-term solutions for at-risk individuals and families.

Working with the people at JFS Orlando, I was able to set up a plan and goals to start the upward journey. They provided classes for how to do networking, build a resume, and most important for me was on building a budget and how to build good credit. I highly recommend the Family Stabilization Program to all who find themselves in a bad situation and feel lost as to how to get back on track to obtaining their goals in life.

Family Stabilization Program

100% of clients who participated maintained or improved theiremployment status, housing and money management skills

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Counseling, Growth andDevelopment Program

JFS Orlando’s Counseling, Growth and Development Program aims tohelp individuals, couples, and families overcome obstacles, resolveconflicts, accomplish personal goals and improve their overall well-beingand functioning. Skilled and experienced counseling professionals areready to support clients as they cope with life’s challenges and strive toreach their personal goals. Mental health counseling is provided in a safe, confidential, and caring environment in individual and group settings to address the following concerns:

• Parenting/stepparenting• Child and adolescent challenges• Aging and aging parents• Stress management• Depression and anxiety

• Death, dying and bereavement• Self-esteem• Interpersonal relationships• Chronic pain and illness• General family concerns

JFS Orlando is committed to providing mental health counseling servicesto those in need regardless of their financial means. As such, JFS Orlando is one of very few agencies in Central Florida that provides a sliding scale fee to clients who qualify in addition to accepting most insurance plans.

In 2016, JFS Orlando provided

1,131 mental health counseling sessions to clients.

Financial ReviewThis financial information is based upon 2016 revenue and expenses of $1,905,803 and includes both unrestricted and restricted revenue. Results from an independent audit will be posted on the JFS Orlando website upon completion. For more information, visit our reviewed portrait at the Central Florida Foundation: cffoundation.org.

Revenue - $1,905,803

Expenses - $1,905,803

JFS Orlando Pearlman Emergency Food Pantry

The Pearlman Emergency FoodPantry provides emergency foodassistance to vulnerable individualsand families in our community whoare struggling to make ends meet.Our pantry provides enough food for three meals a day for four days for each household member per pantry visit.

Due to some extra bills, I had no food money toward the end of the month. I stretched my cupboard out as far as it would go, but I was scared. I’ve only had to ask for food aid a couple of times in my life. I was given a beautiful small cart of groceries. Four bags full! I nearly cried.

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67,000 meals provided

Emergency Services Program

419 households in crisis were provided short-term case management

$215,000 of rent, mortgage and utility payment assistance was distributed in 2016