Jewish Family Services of Greater Orlando

The Family stabilization program (fsp): fsp provides an array of Services to help low-income families achieve long-term stability and self-sufficiency, including case management, financial education, financial counseling, employability and life skills training, assistance with food and other basic needs, mental health counseling, and legal guidance. Fsp helped stabilize 142 families in 2023, impacting 420 individuals.

Pantry: the pearlman food pantry provides food assistance to individuals and families who are food insecure. In 2023, jfs Orlando provided food for nearly 306,000 meals, feeding more than 15,000 individuals, in an effort to alleviate hunger in central Florida.

Counseling: the counseling program provides mental health counseling for individuals, couples, families, and groups, and serves both children and adults. All of jfs Orlando's therapists have master's degrees in the mental health field and are either licensed or working toward licensure. Jfs accepts most major insurances, and is one of the few agencies in central Florida to offer a sliding scale fee for Services. Jfs Orlando provided nearly 3,100 counseling sessions in 2023, assisting 266 individuals.

The ride program provides free roundtrip rides to medical appointments and other essential purposes for low-income seniors and disabled adults. Jfs Orlando offered 574 roundtrip rides in 2023, assisting 62 individuals.the chaplaincy program provides rabbinical Services for members of the Jewish community including home, hospital, hospice, end-of-life, and other community visits, as well as burial and memorial Services, 378 households received chaplaincy Services in 2023, impacting nearly 1,900 individuals.the holocaust survivor assistance program (hsap) provides case management and other support Services for holocaust survivors throughout central Florida. In 2023, the hsap identified and served 8 holocaust survivors residing in our community. Jfs awarded $8,750 in university scholarships to five students.