Jewish Family & Children's Service
For almost 150 years, Jewish Family & Children’s Service (JF&CS) has been Greater Boston’s leading and trusted provider of comprehensive human services. JF&CS helps people of all faiths, races, and ages with the challenges of life. A caring presence in the 80 communities we serve, we’re proud to be the place that new mothers, young families, people with disabilities, fragile elders, and the chronically poor can turn to for vital and personalized services.
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On Processing a Guardianship Client’s Death
Posted by Rebecca Kotkin I am a social work student, in the second year of the three-year extended masters program at Simmons College. The JF&CS...
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Community News
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Celebrating National Volunteer Week
JF&CS is excited to celebrate National Volunteer Week. Thank you to all our volunteers for generously sharing your energy, expertise, and compassion with those in...
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Community News
Feeding Families
JF&CS volunteer Jennifer Wall is a former personal chef and healthcare professional who brings her knowledge of food, impressive organizational abilities, and warm sense of...
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Community News
Finding Her Path
JF&CS volunteer Susan Adams first learned about social work at a job fair in eighth grade. She decided that’s what she wanted to do when...
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Community News
Protecting Benefits
Last year JF&CS staff came to a startling realization. Because of federal guidelines, there was a chance that low-income families who were receiving groceries each...
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Social Activism
Disabilities Shabbat Dinners
On Friday evenings Jewish families around the world gather for Shabbat dinner. Tables are set with white tablecloths and good dishes. Candles are lit and...
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Judaism & Spirituality
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Staying in Balance at the Passover Table
Posted by Alison B. Kaufman, MS, RD, LDNThis article was originally printed in The Jewish Advocate If food was simply fuel for us, like gas...
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Food
April is Financial Literacy Month
Posted by Michael Ibanez The need for Americans to change financial habits has gained attention in the past decade with the recent consumer credit crunch...
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Community News
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Let All Who Are Hungry Come and Eat
Posted by Marjorie U. Sokoll On the eve of the Exodus, Pharaoh asked Moses, “Who are the ones who will be leaving with you?,” and...
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Judaism & Spirituality
Helping Preemie Parents Untie the Knots of Fear and Hope
Posted by Peggy Kaufman This week I received an amazing letter of gratitude from a mother who has recently been served by Fragile Beginnings, a...
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Kids & Parenting
