WHI Member organization spotlight: Jewish Family Services 

Year founded: 1978

Year joined WHI: 2011

Mission: To promote dignity and inspire humanity. 

Key focus areas: Strengthening family life, fostering individual self-sufficiency and promoting improved social and economic conditions.

Signature programs: 
  • Aging and Caregiver Support: Help adult clients receive just the right services and support to maintain independence and dignity throughout their lives
  • Employment and Economic Empowerment: Services to support job seekers in achieving financial independence through job search support, career guidance, financial education, asset building, and small business planning.
  • International Services: Citizenship, Education including ESL Classes, Immigration.
  • Thrive Counseling: Offer support, guidance and solutions for a wide range of issues.
  • Community Assistance: Resolving immediate crises, creating stability, addressing underlying causes, and enhancing self-sufficiency.
  • Resettlement and Integration: Assisting refugees, other immigration statuses, and their families with critical social services to ease their transition into new communities.
  • Transportation Services: Includes door-through-door escorted transportation to older adults needing personal assistance.
Executive director: Anya Abramzon

Address: 2245 South State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Phone: 734-769-0209

Website: https://jfsannarbor.org/

Twitter: @jfsannarbor

Facebook: jfsannarbor

Instagram: jfsannarbor