The JDC Ambassador Milton A. Wolf Training Institute JDC-Israel

1. The JDC Ambassador Milton A. Wolf Training InstituteJDC-Israel Arnon Mantver, DirectorJDC-Israel • Tuesday, September 23rd 2008

2. JDC in Israel – 1914-2008 Aid to starving Jews 1914 1914-1947- Laying foundationsof state-to-be Meeting needs when Israel could not:MALBEN institutions 1948-1970s Phasing out from MALBEN,creation of ESHEL, Myers-Brookdale, JDC-Israel 1970s 1970s-present Partnership with Israel to improve servicesto the least fortunate

3. JDC-Israel: Range of Impact • 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)

4. Social Challenges on a National Scale System-Wide Impact/ Critical Mass Scaling Down / Phasing Out Research and Evaluation Partnerships Economic Factors in Projects: Cost vs. Benefit JDC-Israel: Core Operating Principles

5. Major Partnerships Operating Principles Eshel Defining JDC Dilemma,Intervention Planning Ashalim Innovation vs. Development Elka, VPL Economic Factorsin Projects Masad-Klita System-Wide Impact Tevet Phasing Out Disabilities Critical Mass Major Partnerships and Operating Principles

6. JDC-Israel - 1970's ESHEL Model: Supportive Communities

7. Supportive Communities

8. BUDGET ( In US$ ) Standard Program – 200 Households

9. Social Challenge on a National Level: Risk of Creating an Ethiopian Underclass PACT- Case Study JDC-Israel - 1990's ASHALIM : New Partnership / Division

10. 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

11. Social Challenges on a National Scale PACT - Parents and Children TogetherThe 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

12. Partnerships 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

13. Basis for System-Wide Impact 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

14. Scaling Down / Phasing Out PACT - Parents and Children Together Funding sources

15. Research and Evaluation PACT - Parents and Children Together Empirical Data* 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 by the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute

16. Research and Evaluation : Client Database JDC-Israel - 2005TEVET : New Partnership / DivisionFighting Poverty through Employment STRIVE- Case Study

17. Economic Factors in Projects: Cost vs. Benefit JDC-Israel – 2008Masad Disabilities : New PartnershipBudget Framework for Masad Disabilities 2009-2012$8 Million: $2M JDC; $2M GOI; $4M Donor Funding* * Dollar – 3.6 NIS ** Includes JDC Professionals

18. JDC-Israel - 2008Second Lebanon War: Towards a New Galilee Utilizing Existing Infrastructures System Wide Impact

19. Elderly Children & Youthat-Risk Immigrants Disabilities Tevet Voluntarism and Philanthropy Toward aNewGalilee

20. Elderly Supportive neighborhood Day Care Center Home for the Elderly Health promotion Children and YouthParent-Child Center Youth Entrepreneurship Day care center Girls in distress Immigrants Youth Centers Mishol Building Community Culture and Language Disabilities Supportive Community CIL Masad Nechuyot Tevet Women of Valor Maavarim Parnasa B'Chavod STRIVE Center City works Voluntarism and Philanthropy AMEN MATOV Civil Service Toward aNewGalilee

21. Number of Programsin the Galilee Elderly 63 Supportive neighborhood 56 Day Care Center 85 Warm Homes Children and Youth11Parent-Child Center Youth Entrepreneurship 8 OFEK Girls in distress 32 M'ALE Immigrants 8 Youth Centers 6 Mishol 6 Building Community Culture and Language Disabilities 12 Supportive Communities 24 Accessible Communities CIL Masad Nechuyot Tevet 15 Women of Valor 6 Maavarim Parnasa B'Chavod STRIVE Center 8 City works Voluntarism, Philanthropy 23 AMEN 23 MATOV 26 Consultancy for Municipalities Civil Service JDC-Israel

22. 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

23. JDC-Israel – 30 Major Interventions Voluntarism 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 Leadership Tevet • 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 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

24. Cross-Cutting Issues Promoting integration of programs, services and issuesby 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