Avital Meirzon with a client
Gideon Taylor, President of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), announced the allocation of $720 million to more than 300 social welfare organizations globally to support home care and supportive services for frail and vulnerable Holocaust survivors.
Gideon Taylor, President of the Claims Conference, said, “We are proud to announce this significant allocation at a time when these funds are critical, due to the age, poverty and increasing disability of our waning survivor population, and as they also continue to face the ongoing uncertainty and threat of COVID-19. We know these funds provide vital support during these difficult times.”
In recent years, during negotiations with the German government, the Claims Conference pressed the urgent need to increase home care funding for Holocaust survivors both in the United States and across the globe. The new allocations are distributed to social welfare organizations in regions where significant numbers of survivors live, to ensure vital services, such as home care, medical care, emergency assistance and food are available for Holocaust survivors in those regions.
Among the organizations in the United States to receive grants is Ruth & Norman Rales Jewish Family Services (JFS), which provides programs and services that include food & financial assistance, senior services and counseling & mental health services. Through the allocation it receives from the $720 Million in total funds, JFS provides care to 425 local survivors through its Holocaust Survivor Assistance program.
For more information, visit claimscon.org.