JFNA's Center for Advancing Holocaust Survivor Care Launches RFP

Michael Eisinger posted:

Laurie Udesky posted:

Hi Michael, Thanks for posting this. I'm curious, do you happen to know if there have been any previous grantees in the San Francisco Bay area? I'm going to check on the website, but thought if you knew, I could get the information directly from you. The reason I'm asking is because I cover the implementation of trauma-informed practices in the SF Bay Area as part of my job as staff reporter for acesconnection.  Cheers, Laurie

Hi Laurie, yes we have two previous subgrantees who have done a variety of projects through our funding. Here is a little bit about them.

Jewish Family and Children's Services

San Francisco, CA

This funding allows Jewish Family and Children’s Services to expand and enhance our Center for Dementia Care and counseling programs in order to address the unmet needs of dementia and depression among low income Holocaust survivors. JFCS’s Center for Dementia Care will utilize PCTI approaches to provide consultations and practical and emotional support to families and caregivers of low income Holocaust Survivors, as well as provide personalized care to survivors with dementia-related conditions. The Center will conduct outreach to survivors from the FSU with dementia related conditions in order to provide them with bilingual and bicultural services. JFCS will also advance treatment of depression among low income survivors using a PCTI approach through the expansion of individual counseling services for survivors.

 

Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties

San Francisco, CA

JFCS’ palliative care team of nurses, social workers, gerontologists, a physician, a rabbi, and specially trained volunteers will provide care consultations, healthcare advocacy, supportive services, care coordination and volunteer services to Holocaust survivors experiencing a chronic condition, new diagnosis, or who are at end of life. Volunteers, who have participated in an intensive training, will provide practical, emotional, and psychological support to survivors. Advance healthcare planning, education, and training will also be critical components of the PCTI Palliative Care program. This program will target survivors from the FSU, with the palliative care team providing training and ongoing consultations to Russian-speaking staff in order to better reach this population. The program’s goal is to improve survivors’ quality of life and ability to have control over healthcare outcomes using a PCTI approach.

Thanks Michael, I'll reach out to them and find out what their trauma-informed training includes. And as Karen said, it would be great for the acesconnection community to learn more about AJFNA and trauma and ACEs science work.

Michael, thank you for posting this funding opportunity here on ACEs Connection.  It would be wonderful to align the Jewish Federation of North America's Center for Advancing Holocaust Survivor Care - with what is know about the science of adversity and trauma.  
Please loop back around and keep us updated.  It would be wonderful to shine a light on this incredible work by sharing the efforts here on ACEs Connection.
Thank you again,
Karen  

Laurie Udesky posted:

Hi Michael, Thanks for posting this. I'm curious, do you happen to know if there have been any previous grantees in the San Francisco Bay area? I'm going to check on the website, but thought if you knew, I could get the information directly from you. The reason I'm asking is because I cover the implementation of trauma-informed practices in the SF Bay Area as part of my job as staff reporter for acesconnection.  Cheers, Laurie

Hi Laurie, yes we have two previous subgrantees who have done a variety of projects through our funding. Here is a little bit about them.

Jewish Family and Children's Services

San Francisco, CA

This funding allows Jewish Family and Children’s Services to expand and enhance our Center for Dementia Care and counseling programs in order to address the unmet needs of dementia and depression among low income Holocaust survivors. JFCS’s Center for Dementia Care will utilize PCTI approaches to provide consultations and practical and emotional support to families and caregivers of low income Holocaust Survivors, as well as provide personalized care to survivors with dementia-related conditions. The Center will conduct outreach to survivors from the FSU with dementia related conditions in order to provide them with bilingual and bicultural services. JFCS will also advance treatment of depression among low income survivors using a PCTI approach through the expansion of individual counseling services for survivors.

Jewish Family and Children's Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties

San Francisco, CA

JFCS’ palliative care team of nurses, social workers, gerontologists, a physician, a rabbi, and specially trained volunteers will provide care consultations, healthcare advocacy, supportive services, care coordination and volunteer services to Holocaust survivors experiencing a chronic condition, new diagnosis, or who are at end of life. Volunteers, who have participated in an intensive training, will provide practical, emotional, and psychological support to survivors. Advance healthcare planning, education, and training will also be critical components of the PCTI Palliative Care program. This program will target survivors from the FSU, with the palliative care team providing training and ongoing consultations to Russian-speaking staff in order to better reach this population. The program’s goal is to improve survivors’ quality of life and ability to have control over healthcare outcomes using a PCTI approach.

Hi Michael, Thanks for posting this. I'm curious, do you happen to know if there have been any previous grantees in the San Francisco Bay area? I'm going to check on the website, but thought if you knew, I could get the information directly from you. The reason I'm asking is because I cover the implementation of trauma-informed practices in the SF Bay Area as part of my job as staff reporter for acesconnection.  Cheers, Laurie