On Friday, August 2nd, JFS partnered with AT&T and Compudopt to distribute over 700 laptops to community members, supporting students as they prepare for the new school year. Hundreds of families with school-age children were referred to JFS for this back-to-school event, where they received laptops along with backpacks filled with essential school supplies. This […]
JFS staff, friends, and family gathered to wish Allison Harding a bon voyage before her retirement from JFS at the end of June. Allison has worked at JFS for 17 years, serving as the Senior Director of Career and Financial Services. Under Allison’s leadership, the Career and Financial Services department experienced significant growth. Last year
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Every year since 2009, JFS has partnered with local nonprofit agencies to coordinate the Klein Internship. The Klein Internship offers a summer opportunity for high school students in their sophomore through senior years who are eager to make a meaningful impact in the community while enhancing their resumes, college readiness skills, and understanding of the
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The AT&T Connected Learning Center, a learning space provided through a grant received by the JFS Career and Financial Services Department, has partnered with Dallas College to offer ESL (English as a Second Language) classes to the community. The first class of eight adult students graduated in December. The second ESL course, which began in
Every Tuesday in April: April 5, 12, 19 and 26 from 5:30pm – 7:00pm Register by contacting Kristin Lobenstein, MBA, ACC, Manager of Financial Coaching Services at Klobenstein@JFSDallas.org or calling 469.206.1650 All sessions will be in-person, 12 maximum participants. $100 for the course and all session attendance is required. If the program is full, you
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JFS Dallas is excited to announce our participation in Project EM: Empowering and Employing our Community, a collaborative program being launched by The Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies (NJHSA) and Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) to connect job seekers with access to an extensive continuum of services via virtual platforms, regardless of the
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By Kristin Lobenstein, JFS Financial Coach There are few times in a person’s life that bring a sense of profound helplessness. The sudden death of a spouse or partner is one of those times. When this occurs, there is little time to say goodbye or get your affairs in order. JFS has often been
Joseph is a smart man who needed a break. That’s how Allison Harding, senior director of Career & Financial Services at Jewish Family Service of Greater Dallas (JFS), would describe the man with a Master’s Degree in mathematics who also happens to be partially blind and hearing impaired. When his landlady first took him to
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By Kristin Lobenstein, MBA, CPC, JFS Financial Coach Where there’s a will, there’s a way. Did you start hearing this phrase as a little kid, like I did? “I’m not good at math, Mom.” Where there’s a will, there’s a way. “I will never have enough money to buy the house.” Where there’s a will,
Written by Mitch Jacobs, M.Ed., LPC Published on Sept. 18, 2018 You want to land your dream job or make your next career move. Have you been applying to and interviewing for a variety of job opportunities? Maybe, after reading a couple of articles about about how to interview, you’ve still not obtained a job
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