Jewish Children's Regional Service

Camp - the Jewish Children's Regional Service provides partial scholarships for summer camp tuition for Jewish children when a family is unable to pay the full costs. The amount of aid provided to any one child or family varies in accordance with the circumstances of the child and/or his or her family. Financial awards for camp assistance is typically lower if the family is able to obtain matching funds from other agencies and, conversely the scholarship.

Special needs & all outreach programs - clients come from a wide variety of Jewish backgrounds and family situations. Their disabilities are physical, cognitive, developmental, emotional, behavioral, or psychosocial. Many are being raised by single parents, grandparents, or foster parents. Some are in residential care. Some are new immigrants. Some children have a parent in the military. Many come from dependent, at-risk families who struggle to provide the necessary care, supervision and stability to meet their Children's needs. For all children, jcrs funding plans are formulated on the totality of their needs, their opportunities, and their resources. Special needs subsidies are granted for up to one year and can be renewed on a case-by-case basis. There is no limit on the length of time that a special needs child may receive subsidies from family life services - the agency consults on developmental problems and issues related to the development and needs of children. The pj library program provides a monthly book to Jewish children under the age of eight for the purpose of scholastic and Jewish enrichment.

Education - the jcrs funds higher education and training for Jewish students in the form of grants and no-interest loans. Many of the college students who receive aid from the jcrs are from very low income families. Most of this group of students were also camp scholarshiprecipients when they were young. Typically, half of the college aid recipients are from single-parent homes.