JFS Changes Lives

• JFS is here to strengthen families.
• JFS is here so people can become employed.
• JFS is here so seniors can live independently.
• JFS is here so children can start school ready to learn.
• JFS is here so Holocaust Survivors can live with dignity.

Your gift to JFS Changes Lives

In 2010, with your support:

• JFS will prepare 500 children to be ready to learn when they enter kindergarten.
• JFS will help 315 people obtain employment.
• JFS will support 150 families in crisis, as they rebuild their lives.
• JFS will help 100 seniors to maintain independence.
• JFS' support will ensure that 274 Holocaust Survivors live with dignity.

Established in 1908, JFS became an independent autonomous agency in 1953.  The agency serves people in the two most important aspects of their lives; family and work.  We are the only agency in Franklin County, and one of only a half dozen Jewish Family Services nationally, which provides this unique blend of mental health and career services to create an effective combination of empowering tools for clients.
 
Jewish Family Services has continuously evolved to meet the challenges facing our community members.  Whether it is counseling, outreach or career and workforce related assistance Jewish Family Services strives to be a Customer Focused, Quality Leader creating best practices and working to be a valued resource to our community. 
 
Today, Jewish Family Services is nationally accredited by CARF, and is recognized for its staff's commitment to their work through recognition as a Best Place to Work in Central Ohio (2006)  and a Psychologically Healthy Workplace.  The agency is a model of the active practice of the Jewish value, Tikkun Olam (Repairing the World) as it fulfills its mission as this Jewish community's representative to all individuals and families facing life's challenges.
 
Our Mission
 Jewish Family Services helps individuals and families facing life's challenges.
 
 Our Vision
 As a lifeline, we are your Jewish social service agency that ensures that no one faces life's challenges alone.
 
JFS Annual Report 2010 PDF Flash
 
Financial Summary - Fiscal Year 2009
 
2009 Form 990