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Notes from the Field with Carole Yellen

In May 2023, ten JFS team members and four board members embarked on the long-awaited CommUnity Trip of a...

Safe Parking Expands: Prioritizing Unhoused Families

This spring, Jewish Family Service partnered with the City of San Diego to open our fourth Safe Parking Lot...

Donna & John Appreciate the Balboa Avenue Older Adults Center (BAOAC)

After John was diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment, Donna and John discovered meaningful and engaging activities for him to...

JFS is Helping Older Adults Thrive

As we age, many of us will face new challenges that impact our health, our mobility, and our happiness....

The Center for Jewish Care: Serving, Supporting, and Engaging San Diego’s Jewish Community

Going behind-the-scenes with Senior Director Carole Yellen.

Forging a Way Forward for Families: Guaranteed Income Pilot More Important Than Ever

After researching innovative programs that effectively reduce the experience of childhood poverty, JFS launched the first guaranteed income pilot...

Highlights from the 2022 Annual Board Meeting

This year’s annual meeting honored community leaders and team members who exemplify JFS’s core values.

Safe Parking Provides More Than a Safe Place to Sleep

Jewish Family Service’s Safe Parking Program provides a safe place to sleep, access to supportive services, and a dignified...

Meeting the Complex Health Needs of Aging Adults

JFS is focusing on higher nutritional standards that sustain and complement the complex health needs of aging adults.

Life Lessons from Holocaust Survivors

Life Lessons is a compilation of interviews with Holocaust Survivors and features intimate stories, photos, and words of advice....

Online Positive Parenting Classes Support Families During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Positive Parenting Program helps families across San Diego learn how to have a happy home life during COVID-19.

Family of JFS Volunteers Reflect on Giving Back During COVID-19

“An Important Time to Express Our Humanity.” Even though volunteering is different during COVID-19, the Jarvis family has discovered...

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