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The JDC Ambassador Milton A. Wolf Training Institute
JDC-Israel
Arnon Mantver, DirectorJDC-Israel
Tuesday, September 23rd 2008
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1914
1914-1947-
1948-1970s
1970s-present
Laying foundationsof state-to-be
Meeting needs when Israel could not:MALBEN institutions
Partnership with Israel to improve servicesto the least fortunate
1970s
Aid to starving Jews
Phasing out from MALBEN,creation of ESHEL, Myers-Brookdale, JDC-Israel
JDC in Israel – 1914-2008JDC in Israel – 1914-2008
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• Elderly (ESHEL, 1969)
• Children & Youth at-Risk (ASHALIM, 1998)
• Hard to Absorb Immigrants (Masad-Klita, 2002)
• Unemployed (TEVET, 2005)
• Disabled (Masad Nechuyot)
• Volunteerism, Philanthropy, and Capacity Building
in the Civil and Governmental Sector (ELKA, 1984)
JDC-Israel: Range of ImpactJDC-Israel: Range of Impact
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JDC-Israel: Core Operating Principles JDC-Israel: Core Operating Principles
Research and EvaluationResearch and Evaluation
Social Challenges on a National ScaleSocial Challenges on a National Scale
PartnershipsPartnerships
System-Wide Impact/ Critical MassSystem-Wide Impact/ Critical Mass
Scaling Down / Phasing OutScaling Down / Phasing Out
Economic Factors in Projects: Cost vs. BenefitEconomic Factors in Projects: Cost vs. Benefit
Operating Principles
Defining JDC Dilemma,Intervention Planning
Innovation vs. Development
Economic Factorsin Projects
System-Wide Impact
Phasing Out
Critical Mass
Major Partnerships
Eshel
Ashalim
Elka, VPL
Masad-Klita
Tevet
Disabilities
Major Partnerships and Operating Principles
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JDC-Israel - 1970's ESHEL Model: Supportive Communities
JDC-Israel - 1970's ESHEL Model: Supportive Communities
Total Number of Projects196
Emergency Communities29
Number of Households26571
Number of Elderly35827
Subsidized Households52%
Disabled20%
Holocaust Survivors15%
New Immigrants11%
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Supportive CommunitiesSupportive Communities
Cities158
Rural Areas38
Ultra-Orthodox4
Arab Sector6
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BUDGET ( In US$ ) BUDGET ( In US$ ) Standard Program – 200 HouseholdsStandard Program – 200 Households
Start-Up & Run-In:Cost over a 3 year period financedby JDC-ESHEL
55,000
Operation: Annual Cost60,000
Annual Funding SourcesLocal MunicipalityElderly Member Fees
6,70053,300
Per Household18
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JDC-Israel - 1990's ASHALIM : New Partnership / Division
JDC-Israel - 1990's ASHALIM : New Partnership / Division
Social Challenge on a National Level:Social Challenge on a National Level:
Risk of Creating an Ethiopian UnderclassRisk of Creating an Ethiopian Underclass
PACT- Case StudyPACT- Case Study
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Ethiopian Immigrants – The Challenge Ethiopian Immigrants – The Challenge • 115,000 Ethiopian-Israelis, 75% of them in only 20 cities
• 75% of adult olim arrive illiterate in their mother tongue
• 45% cannot hold a simple Hebrew conversationafter several years in Israel
• 33% of families have no breadwinner, <20% of women are employed
• 70% receiving welfare services
• 55% are under the age of 18
• 40% matriculation rates (vs. 58% for general Jewish population)
• School drop-out rates double the average
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PACT - Parents and Children TogetherPACT - Parents and Children TogetherThe Challenge The Challenge
• Dramatic cultural gap between Ethiopia and Israel
• Unusually low enrolment in early-childhood settings,
due to lack of awareness and means
• No single government address with 'big picture'
on early-childhood issues
Social Challenges on a National ScaleSocial Challenges on a National Scale
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PACT - Parents and Children Together PACT - Parents and Children Together • Federations: Cleveland, Palm Beach County, New York,
Detroit, Minneapolis, Greater Washington/United Jewish Endowment Fund, South Palm Beach, Los Angeles, Baltimore, Rochester, Philadelphia, Tidewater, Jacksonville, Ann Arbor, Miami, Network of Independent Communities
• Government ministries: Education, Welfare, Health
• Local municipalities: Beersheva, Kiryat Gat, Kiryat Malachi, Ramla, Rehovot, Gedera, Netanya, Hadera, Afula, Kiryat Yam, Lod, Beit Shemesh, Ashkelon, Pardes Chana
• Donors and foundations
PartnershipsPartnerships
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PACT - Parents and Children Together PACT - Parents and Children Together
• From 3 to 14 cities, in partnership with16 federations and donors
• From 600 to 10,300 children (approx. 65% out of all Ethiopian-Israeli children age 12 and under)
• From $1,000,000 to $20,000,000 annual budget
• City-wide intervention comprising20 coordinated programs
Basis for System-Wide ImpactBasis for System-Wide Impact
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PACT - Parents and Children Together PACT - Parents and Children Together
Funding sources
Scaling Down / Phasing OutScaling Down / Phasing Out
U.S. partnersIsraeli partners
199970%30%
200740%60%
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PACT - Parents and Children TogetherPACT - Parents and Children Together
Main Findings:
• Gaps among first graders in literacy and math skills were reduced significantly, in many cases by half or more
• Weakest kids progress fastest
• Lack of similar progress in 'control location'confirms results are PACT-driven
Research and EvaluationResearch and Evaluation
Empirical Data*
* Research by the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute
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JDC-Israel - 2005TEVET : New Partnership / Division
Fighting Poverty through Employment
Research and Evaluation : Client DatabaseResearch and Evaluation : Client Database
STRIVE- Case StudySTRIVE- Case Study
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JDC-Israel – 2008JDC-Israel – 2008Masad Disabilities : New PartnershipMasad Disabilities : New Partnership
Budget Framework for Masad Disabilities 2009-2012$8 Million : $2M JDC; $2M GOI; $4M Donor Funding*
Component1st YEAR2nd YEAR3rd YEAR4th YEARTotal
Project Activity **
1,900,0001,900,0001,900,0001,900,0007,600,000
Management & Administration
100,000100,000100,000100,000400,000
Total2,000,0002,000,0002,000,0002,000,0008,000,000
* Dollar – 3.6 NIS
** Includes JDC Professionals
Economic Factors in Projects: Cost vs. BenefitEconomic Factors in Projects: Cost vs. Benefit
JDC-Israel - 2008Second Lebanon War: Towards a New Galilee
Utilizing Existing InfrastructuresUtilizing Existing Infrastructures
System Wide ImpactSystem Wide Impact
Elderly
Children & Youthat-Risk
Immigrants
Disabilities
Tevet
Voluntarism and Philanthropy
Toward a New Galilee
ElderlySupportive neighborhoodDay Care CenterHome for the ElderlyHealth promotion
Children and Youth Parent-Child CenterYouth EntrepreneurshipDay care centerGirls in distress
ImmigrantsYouth CentersMisholBuilding CommunityCulture and Language
DisabilitiesSupportive CommunityCILMasad Nechuyot
TevetWomen of ValorMaavarimParnasa B'ChavodSTRIVE CenterCity works
Voluntarism and PhilanthropyAMENMATOVCivil Service
Toward a New Galilee
Number of Programsin the Galilee
Elderly63 Supportive neighborhood56 Day Care Center85 Warm Homes
Children and Youth11 Parent-Child CenterYouth Entrepreneurship8 OFEKGirls in distress32 M'ALE
Immigrants8 Youth Centers6 Mishol6 Building CommunityCulture and Language
Disabilities12 Supportive Communities24 Accessible CommunitiesCILMasad Nechuyot
Tevet15 Women of Valor6 MaavarimParnasa B'ChavodSTRIVE Center8 City works
Voluntarism, Philanthropy23 AMEN23 MATOV26 Consultancy for MunicipalitiesCivil Service
JDC-Israel
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Rebuilding the North• $56 Million, $20 Million during the war itself
• Programs' effectiveness proven in times of emergency and in times of peace
• Communal Infrastructures
• Sustainability
Selected Examples:
• Supportive Communities for the Elderly, Disabled, Olim, 'Better Together'
• City Works, a Community Employment program,Eshet-Chayil ('Women of Valor', for immigrant women)
• MATI, Small Business Development Centers
• MATOV, Volunteer Coordination Support System
• AMEN, 'Youth Volunteering City' program
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Elderly
• 200 Supportive neighborhoods
• 180 Day Care Centers
• 20 Home for the Elderly
• Health promotion
• Deinstitutionalization
• Training elder-care professionals
Children and Youth at-Risk
• Parent-Child Centers
• Youth Entrepreneurship (It's a Deal)
• Multi-purpose day care centers
• Girls in distress
• Deinstitutionalization
• PACT – Parents and Children Together
Immigrants• 12 Youth Centers• Mishol• Building Community• Culture and Language acquisition• Culture mediators
JDC-Israel – 30 Major InterventionsVoluntarism and Philanthropy
• 30 AMEN (Promoting Youth Voluntarism)• 15 MATOV (Expanding Voluntarism in the
Community)• Civil Service• Minorities• Improving Efficiency of the Nonprofit Sector• Developing Lay LeadershipTevet
• 35 centers of Women of Valor
• 18,000 participants in Maavarim
• Parnasa B'Chavod: Vocational Trainingfor Haredim (Ultra-Orthodox)
• 2 STRIVE Centers
• City works
Disabilities
• 12 Supportive Communities
• Centers for Independent Living
• Building a partnership with the Government
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Cross-Cutting IssuesPromoting integration of programs, services and issues by identifying
cross-cutting issues that affect vulnerable Israeli populations,
and addressing them within the various divisions
• Emergency: Second Intifada, Second Lebanon War,
Gaza border region)
• Extended Family and family members as caregivers
• Fostering Civil Society and building voluntary-sector capacity
• Philanthropy
• Violence
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