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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