My grandmother had many ways of showing love, but feeding us is the way I so often feel her presence in my life decades after her passing. When my grown sons come home, I ask, “What can I make you?” Food is a way I show love, too. Imagine yourself as a parent or grandparent who can’t ask the children …
Mental Health First Aid: Out of the Shadows
At Hanukkah, we are reminded that even during the darkest hours of the darkest
days, a single candle can pierce the night. Hidden things are illuminated.
Their power to frighten is dispelled when we are able to see clearly what’s in
front of us and name what was previously lurking in the shadows.
Far
too often, mental health continues to be that hidden thing.
Local Entrepreneurs Shine at the Logan Street Market
The Jewish Family & Career Services and Kentucky Refugee Ministries Artisan Shop opened for business on October 5, as part of the Logan Street Market grand opening. Located in the Shelby Park neighborhood near downtown, the market serves as a gathering space for community members to learn, grow and connect. And in that bustling community space, six JFCS clients are …
Family Strengthening Supports Stability for Children
Family Strengthening services help people navigate life’s changes and challenges through a client-centered, case management approach. When vulnerable parents get the help they need to stand on more solid ground, their children do, too. Our Family Strengthening services are customized to help each family meet their self-identified goals and may include: asset building, budget development, career coaching and counseling, family …
Self-Care and Support for Caregivers
Every day at Jewish Family & Career Services, I witness the power of a simple but profound idea: we are not alone. Life’s trials impact us in different ways, but at JFCS, people from every background and age, every orientation and origin can find support. They discover strength in the community of others who face common challenges and recognize that …
Jewish Family & Career Services and Kentucky Refugee Ministries Partner in New Logan Street Artisan Shop
“Over the past 20 of years working with refugee and immigrant entrepreneurs the largest barrier I’ve seen to opening a successful storefront is managing the financial burden of overhead at the beginning of their business venture” shares Cynthia Brown, Director of the Navigate Enterprise Center. “The new Jewish Family & Career Services and Kentucky Refugee Ministries Artisan Shop will mitigate …
JFCS’s Food Pantry is Not Just Food-One Volunteer’s Project
Warren Van Nort is a rising junior at duPont Manual High School and a National Honor Society (NHS) candidate. He is running a personal needs drive to benefit people who turn to the Sonny & Janet Meyer Food Pantry at JFCS, not only for food but also for toiletries and other essentials. Here’s what Warren shared about his project. I …
Expanding Refugee Recertification Services Throughout Kentucky
It’s not easy for a refugee to resettle in the U.S. The process requires patience, flexibility and a will to succeed. These difficulties intensify when the new American was a professional in their country of origin or the secondary country they fled to on their path to the U.S. Refugee professionals must learn a new language and new systems, and …
Are you ready to LAUNCH?
Preparing for post-secondary education or employment after high school can be daunting for any student nearing graduation, but students with disabilities can face more barriers as they enter adulthood. In 2014, federal vocational rehabilitation law added pre-employment transition services (or pre-ETS), which are designed to prepare students for post-secondary education and the workforce by supplementing existing programs in schools and …
Connecting Communities
A Roman philosopher once said, “ Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” Connecting Communities, a new program from JFCS’s Navigate Enterprise Center, exemplifies this message by turning the preparation we do with our clients every day into an opportunity to create life-changing experiences. Through a bit of luck, JFCS began working with the Fund for the Arts NeXt …