By Annette Sandler • JFCS Aging Services Director
Do you help your mom grocery shop? Do you help balance your dad’s checkbook? Then you are a family caregiver.
A caregiver is an adult who provide[...]
JFCS' Advocacy Committee works to raise awareness, further change, and/or advocate funding for mission-related issues that JFCS programs and services address. Food security is one of the committee's focus areas. [...]
Rotary presented award to JFCS on Oct. 29
Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Minneapolis (JFCS) is excited to announce that it has been selected as Golden Valley Rotary Club’s 2019 Business of the Yea[...]
Fisch will perform at the 31st JFCS Annual Benefit on Dec. 7
Some stand-up comedians know they want to be on stage telling jokes from a very young age, but for Jon Fisch, the idea of doing stand-up as a career did[...]
By Karin Onarheim • Senior Services Intake & Care Coordinator
Recently, Janet had been going through a difficult time. She was feeling down and disconnected, and was also in need of more support at home. Sh[...]
Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Minneapolis (JFCS) has a proud 109-year history of supporting refugees. On the evening of Feb. 10, 1910, a group of committed community members met to plan how to help the[...]
JFCS programs and services designed to address development needs for youth of all ages
It’s hard to believe that a new school year has been in session for already two months. In fact, the unofficial fall b[...]
JFCS is committed to ensuring a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace
By Stacey Spencer • Inclusion Program Manager
The United States Congress declared National Disability Employment Awareness Month in 198[...]
By Leah Persky • Family Life Education Manager
It is becoming increasingly hard to tune out the political news of the day, which over the past few weeks, has reached an intensity that is hard to ignore. Between[...]
PJ Library Minneapolis is excited to announce that it has added to its popular Shalom Baby programming this year with the addition of two new PJ Parent Connectors, who are leading bi-weekly gatherings for families[...]