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Poor reading, comprehension and writing skills are a root cause for immigrant children to fall into delinquency. The Israel Literacy Initiative establishes active school libraries in immigrant-laden schools to bolster these essential life skills.

Impoverished children already spend autumn, winter and spring grappling with untold pressures and strife at home, at school and on the street. A long, empty summer is a sure recipe for trouble. JOIN Israel sponsors 600 children whose families cannot afford the simplest day camps to grant these children invaluable, nourishing fun, activities and healthy bonding with peers and counselors in a positive framework each summer.

Welfare sustains the poor elderly to manage basic expenses from month to month but does not cover emergency "extras." Welfare agency budgets lack the funding and the mandate in several areas to meet even the most urgent needs of impoverished elderly under their care. LifeLine partners with eight municipal welfare agencies in Israel to address the most-critical needs, with no where else to turn, of the poor elderly such as dental work, hearing aids, eyeglasses, emergency home repairs, medical transportation and medicine.

Our Own Way circumvents resistance of disenfranchised youth who reject the establishment “at-risk youth” programs, and meets them on their own terms, on the streets and through community leaders. Free of a formal framework It slowly cultivates a relationship and trust. Our Own Way engenders engagement, self-expression and positive identity in its work in Sederot.

Fraud, theft, unemployment, medical and psychological issues, catastrophic mistakes, and the like can thrust a family into financial and legal quicksand. Assets are encumbered, responsible adults become emotionally or situationally incapacitated, and the family is ravaged. JOIN’s Pitronot offers professional debt-restructuring, debt rehabilitation, mediation and advocacy to solve particularly complex predicaments and restore normalcy, self-sufficiency and dignity.

When strife, depression and dysfunction destroy normalcy, targeted intervention returns stability to the home. JOIN's coping and self-development courses, marriage and parenting education and counseling, psycho-didactic evaluations, psychological therapy and support, and intensive home-mentoring for dysfunctional families diffuse explosive situations and enable normal functioning. Our Women's Retreat and Couples Get-Away give 3-day respites so impoverished, hyper-stressed mothers and couples can catch their breath and rejuvenate their marriage, family and selves.

Modest, one-time emergency assistance for those facing acute medical, psychological, financial needs.

Sometimes children of Russian immigrants sometimes find themselves floundering. Their fathers are emotionally or physically absent. Feeling like third-class citizens, they disconnect from family, school and community and adopt delinquent behavior. JOIN Israel's Big Brother/Sister program gives them a a role model to provide the emotional and academic support for these children and teens to grow and flourish.