Our New American staff and volunteers have been working tirelessly these past months, providing services and support to our clients here and in the Berkshires. Some recent highlights include: Providing over 100K to Afghan evacuees in emergency rental and utilities...
Over the past few months, JFS presented a series of seven online Afghan Cultural Orientation sessions for community providers, including Mental & Behavioral Health, General Physical Health, Maternal & Early Childhood Health, Primary Education, Secondary...
As of May 21, 2022, Congress passed a $40B Ukraine aid package, which (among other things) will make Ukrainian arrivals under the Unite for Ukraine Program eligible for federal benefits like cash assistance, food stamps (SNAP) and health insurance, and also make them...
JFS is partnering with Soccer Without Borders (SWB Boston) for the 2nd Annual JFS & SWB Summer Soccer Clinic. This free 4-day clinic will serve over 90 youth from ages 6 – 18, June 25th to June 28th, 9am to 1pm. Special thanks to Springfield College for donating...
On May 18th at their Live United Community Celebration, Berkshire United Way presented Jewish Family Service of Western Massachusetts with the Robert K. Agar Jr. Volunteerism Award. Maxine Stein, our CEO, pictured here with with BUW Board Chair Mike Stoddard, Gabriela...
Did you know that our staff come from over 20 countries of origin and speak 25 languages? Many of our staff came to the United States as immigrants and some as refugees. In a project by Madeline Poole, BRIDGING WORLDS Stories of Resettlement, Madeline interviewed six...
