Jewish Federation of Orange County

Serving community members in needholocaust survivor program: 171 survivors were served in 2022 with individual case management; compensation for home care and housekeeping services; assistance with restitution applications; emergency financial aid; cafe europa, a series of social events; all through our partnership with Jewish family service of san diego, supported by jfedoc donors. Adults with disabilities: in 2022, 40 adults were served through the jeremiah society, a monthly social and educational program, and through Jewish programming coordinated for the residents of mandel house and horwitz family house, group homes established by Jewish Federation in 2014 and 2017. Lifelines assistance: 1,007 Orange County residents were served in 2022 with solution-focused case management, financial assistance for qualified clients, and resource referral services to aid clients in navigating the often complex network of government and nonprofit social service resources available to them. Covid-19 emergency assistance: in 2022, this program (launched in 2020 as a short-term project), served 2 continuing clients who suffered income reduction as a direct result of the pandemic; the clients received financial support for housing and food. Demand for the program declined significantly in 2021 and ceased in 2022 as more organizations returned to their workplaces.

Philanthropy, grantmaking, and community engagement philanthropyin 2022, 1,700 Federation donors benefited from programming, events, volunteer opportunities, and leadership development as well as ongoing Federation communications on local and global Jewish issues and achievements. The majority of Federation donors benefiting from these services were members of our solomon society and women's philanthropy. Grantmakingpassport to Jewish life: 216 Jewish students in grades 3-12 were assisted by jfedoc passport grants to support their participation in Jewish summer camp, maccabi games, israel-poland experiential education trips, and congregation-based programming. Community engagementrose project: some 1,000 students and educators in Orange County public middle and high schools learned about judaism and Jewish culture through peer presentations by 24 young Jewish ambassadors in the 2022 cohort of the rose project's student to student initiative. Driving out darkness, the first Orange County summit on antisemitism and hate, attracted 296 community leaders from civic, government, educational, nonprofit and law enforcement sectors. Additional rose project programs and grants in 2022 served 135 individuals.nextgen: in 2022, 68 Jewish adults in their 20s-40s were engaged in volunteer, social, and educational programs designed to strengthen their connection to each other and to our Jewish community. Pj library: an average of 1,816 children received free Jewish books (for ages 0 to 12) each month in 2022, and enjoyed meaningful programming designed for the children and the parents, thanks to jfedoc's partnership with the harold grinspoon foundation.