Helping Children and Families

Sometimes families face overwhelming challenges that can’t be overcome alone. That’s when a community needs to share its strengths, whether it means helping a family cope with a crisis or steering a child on the right path.

The Challenge of Building Stability for Children

• 329,699 children in New York City have mental-health needs, while 24,823 have been abused or neglected.

• 16 percent of all young people in Israel — about 400,000 — are neglected, abused, or otherwise at risk.

UJA-Federation’s Response

We provide essential support to beneficiary agencies and grantees serving children and families.

Last year, our collective impact helped provide:

• 21,600 local children with counseling, foster care, and community mental-health programs.
• 30,000 impoverished Jewish children in the former Soviet Union with food, medical care, clothing, and blankets.
• 30,000 Israeli children with crucial services to overcome poverty and abuse.

Learn more about our network’s programs for children and families and find help.

Your gift does so much for so many.

Every dollar you give counts for vulnerable children and families.

• $35 can purchase one monthly food voucher for a struggling Jewish family in Bulgaria.
• $47 can pay for medicine for an impoverished child in the former Soviet Union.
• $400 can purchase a crib, high chair, and stroller for a needy family in Argentina.