Human Services
Jewish Family Service of the Desert
Our Valley Our Passion
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
JFS is committed to preventing senior homelessness by providing assistance fro rent and utilities when a slow income senior is at risk for losing their home. We alo advocate for low income seniors at risk for homelessness with local city governments and are the leader of a senior collaborative of agencies that coordinate their funding to assist senior in emergent situations. JFS is also committed to providing no or low cost mental health to anyone who needs it regardless of ethnicity religion or gender identification or secual preference. . We have 10 therapists , 2 of whom are bilingual and 3 of whom are LBBT. We offer evening and Saturday appointments and have scholarships for those who cannot afford to pay for therapy.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Mental Health Couseling
mental health counseling for all ages , bilingual available
KidsFirst Counseling and Healthy Life Project
school counseling
Senior Care Management & Emergency Assistance
providing emergency services for seniors at risk for losing her home
Let's Do Lunch! (program for isolated seniors)
senior socialization programming for isolated low income seniors
Jewish Community Programs
jewish citizens of the valley
Friendly Visitor
in home visiting for seniors
JFS Express Transportation Services for Seniors
transportation
Where we work
External reviews
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Average number of service recipients per month
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
LGBTQ people,K-12 (5-19 years),People of Latin American descent
Related Program
Mental Health Couseling
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
This metric applies to all clients seen across all of our programs .. programs parameters and components change over time
Charting impact
Five powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our vision is to improve the well being of our Coachella valley by preventing senior homelessness and providing culturally sensitive and affordable mental health counseling . We also provide senior socialization programs at 6 sites throughout the valley to addresses senior depression and isolation. We also have counselors in 5 elementary schools to assist children in maintaining behavioral control so that they can benefit from classroom education. Through all our efforts we wish to promote healthy and stable lives throughout our valley
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
We continually hire bilingual therapists and use both adult and teenage volunteers to meet the needs of our seniors. WE also make sure that we are panelled with every behavioral health insurance plan serving the valley to increase our ability to serve anyone needing mental health counseling We have a rigorous grant application program that yields over $600,000 in grants per year. We also have a dedicated fundraiser and event planner who raises over $250,000 a year . JFS partners with other agencies and is the lead on a mental health and senior collaboratives .
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
We have an active staff of 30 people including therapists, community outreach coordinators, senior case managers and financial / billing staff. We have a supportive Board of 19 members who have histories of success in the many facets of the business world. We have 37 year history of successful fundraising and grant writing that has allowed JFS of the Desert to balance its budgets year after year as well as grow its reserves (which are at 3.5 / 1 ratio, assets to liabilities)
How will they know if they are making progress?
We have a strategic plan outlining growth and stability through cost containment, grant applications and increased fee for service mental health clients. Our evaluation methods include satisfaction surveys which are continually administered to both seniors and mental health clients to obtain both qualitative and quantitative measures of our success. WE also track data on number of sessions attended and number of goals achieved as well as monitoring our budget at monthly finance meetings with our financial manager, Board president, Board Treasurer and committee members
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We are a thriving non -profit seeing over 3000 unduplicated clients per year for over, 10,000 individual services. Our senior isolation programs just added another site for a total of 6 and and we are in 5 elementary schools for counseling. We provide 10 camp scholarships to low income children. Each year we progress in our goals to make seniors lives secure and make mental health counseling available to low income citizens of our diverse valley
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Operations
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Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? No -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? No -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? No -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No
Keywords
Mental Health Counseling and Social Services
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