Jewish - At Risk - Jewish Special Needs Links

http://www.pesachtikvah.org: Pesach Tikva; Brooklyn Mental health and crisis assistance

http://www.givingwisely.org.il: Giving Wisely

http://www.chesednet.com/CounterForce/index.html: Counterforce in-school and out-of school mental health services for the Yeshiva and Jewish Day School community of the Greater New York Area

http://www.jbfcs.org: Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services; Counseling centers.

http://www.chesednet.com/mask/index.html: Mothers and Fathers Aligned Saving Kids

http://www.jacsweb.org/index_ie.html: Jewish Alcoholics, Chemically Dependent Persons and Significant Others

http://www.jacsweb.org/links/addiction.html: Jewish addiction

http://www.chesednet.com/FamiliesatRiskResource.html: Resources For Families and Children at Risk

http://www.aish.com/family/mensch/Teens_at_Risk_Stressors_and_Signs.asp

Article: Teens at risk - stressors and signs

Warning signs for adolescents at risk

http://detroit.jewish.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1890: Standing up to drugs; Jews and drugs

http://www.nishmatshlomo.com/index.html: Nishmas Shlomo, Bais Hamedrash Ner Shraga; Safed; Yeshiva that helps children return to their faith

http://www.aish.com/family/mensch/Teens_at_Risk_Stressors_and_Signs.asp

Aish Hatorah

When to get help

Stressors and signs of a teen at risk

Some causes: learning disabilities, large families, bad friends

http://www.jafi.org.il/projects/risk.htm Jewish Agency for Israel

Services for at-risk teenage immigrants to Israel http://mschick.blogspot.com/2006/03/he-who-destroys-single-jewish-life.html Jewish Press, New York by Marvin Schick

Article

Summary: Youth are at risk because of low self-esteem, parenting issues, current societal issues; Jewish children should learn in Jewish day schools rather than in public schools http://www.gcjfs.org/svc-family.htm Gulf Coast Jewish Family Services, inc. Florida

Adults mentor at-risk children; given them a role model http://www2.jdc.org.il/category/jdc-in-Israel American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) in Israel

JDC helps to ensure the safety of the 330,000 children at risk for abuse or neglect http://www.jfcs.org/default.asp Jewish Family and Children Services of San Francisco

Counseling center http://www.jdc.org/com_youth.html American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee: Africa/Asia, America, Central and Eastern Europe, Former Soviet Union, Israel

Prevents survival issues from occurring to Jews around the world http://www.juf.org/projects/program.asp?id=86 Jewish United Fund, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago Child and Adolescent Institute - Jewish Children’s Bureau

Center for children and families at risk https://www.jewishla.org/index.html The Jewish Federation of Los Angeles

Outreach Center http://www.jfandcs.com/Client/JFCS/JFCS_LP4W_LND_WebStation.nsf/page/Child+and+Youth+Services?OpenDocument Jewish Family and Child Service of Toronto Child and Youth Services

Programs for children at risk http://www.jfsnh.org Jewish Family Service of New Haven

Community services for children at-risk http://www.associated.org/content_display.html?ArticleID=173645 The Associated: The Jewish Federation of Baltimore http://jcca.ujcfedweb.org/content_display.html?ArticleID=175334 Jewish Child Care Association of New York

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