JFCS moves into its new building in Golden Valley!

Monday, Feb. 26, was move-in day for JFCS! Staff spent the day unpacking boxes, setting up computers, hanging pictures and much more at the agency's new building in Golden Valley (5905 Golden Valley Rd) – JFCS' Next Century Home. The newly renovated building provides JFCS with a permanent home for[...]

JFCS’ ‘Next Century’ location – watch the progress!

Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Minneapolis (JFCS) is excited to announce its “Next Century” location, which will be open in early 2018! JFCS – along with Minnesota-based Pope Architects and the building’s founding sponsor, the Stillman Family Foundation – is renovating an existi[...]

JFCS is excited to announce its ‘Next Century’ location, opening in 2018

Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Minneapolis (JFCS), along with Pope Architects, is excited to announce its “Next Century” location, which will be open in early 2018! JFCS – along with Minnesota-based Pope Architects and the building’s founding sponsor, the Stillman Family Foundatio[...]

From the Desk of CEO Judy Halper: July 2017

From the Desk of CEO Judy Halper Has there ever been a time when we have been more focused on food than we are right now? Everywhere we look it seems we are exposed to new foods, new programs, magazines and social media sites promoting food, new places to buy food, and so on and so on! Yet, for many of our friends, neighbors and lo[...]

PRISM seeks kid-friendly food donations for Summer Hunger campaign

JFCS is helping PRISM food shelf stock the Summer Snack Shack and let kids be kids over the summer!   Now that school is out for the summer, 7,000 children in PRISM's service area can no longer rely on the free-and-reduced meal programs provided through their school. Families that alread[...]

Hunger in Our Midst

By Clare Gravon, JFCS Food Security Program Coordinator   Sometimes a basic need such as having enough food to eat is the most pressing concern of the people we serve at Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Minneapolis (JFCS). One in 10 Minnesotans is food insecure on a regular basis[...]