Impact Teams

The Jewish Federation of Broward County is privileged to host Five donor-led impact teams that provide expertise and advice on issues of interest to our community. These five teams:

  • Help identify critical issues facing community members

  • Work with Federation professional staff to seek solutions to those challenges.

  • Seek creative ways to make these issues real to our community

  • Look for ways to strengthen programs, agencies, and the community

  • Solicit and review proposals to address identified needs and make funding recommendations to the Jewish Federation of Broward County Board of Directors

  • Lead by example, giving of their time, expertise, and financial resources

Vulnerable Populations Impact Team

The Vulnerable Populations Impact Team advises the Jewish Federation of Broward County on programs and services to support the neediest and most at-risk members of the Broward Jewish community. This dedicated group is particularly concerned with issues related to:

  • Hunger

  • Homelessness and Housing Needs

  • Poverty

  • Domestic Abuse

  • Caring for Jewish Children Unable to Live with their Families

  • Barriers to Employment (including the Need for Childcare)

  • Holocaust Survivors

  • Elderly Community Members

  • Ensuring indigent Jewish community members are buried with dignity

  • Connecting vulnerable community members with the services and assistance they Need

Health and Disabilities Impact Team

The Health and Disabilities Impact Team advises the Jewish Federation of Broward County on programs and services to support members of the Broward Jewish community living with disabilities or health challenges. This dedicated group is particularly concerned with issues related to:

  • Developmental, mobility, sensory, cognitive, and invisible disabilities

  • Behavioral health, mental health, and substance abuse challenges

  • Serious and chronic health challenges

  • Autism spectrum, ADHD, ADD, and learning disabilities

  • Fertility challenges and genetic testing

  • Schools, camps, social, and enrichment programs for children with disabilities or serious health challenges

  • Vocational training, life skills training, housing, social, and enrichment programming for adults with special needs

  • Support for adults living with health challenges

  • Support for families of children or adults living with disabilities or health challenges

  • Programs that make it possible for community members with disabilities or health challenges to continue living in our community

Jewish Women and Girls Impact Team

The Jewish Women and Girls Impact Team advises the Jewish Federation of Broward County on programs and services that touch the lives of Jewish women and girls in Israel and in Broward County. This dedicated group is particularly focused on programming that:

  • Educates Jewish women and girls

  • Empowers Jewish women and girls

  • Transforms the lives of Jewish women and girls

Israel and Overseas Impact Team

The Israel and Overseas Impact Team advises the Jewish Federation of Broward County on programs to support in Israel and Jewish communities around the world. This dedicated group is particularly concerned with issues related to:

  • Seniors and Holocaust Survivors in Israel

  • Support of IDF-related programming (before and after service)

  • Marginalized and traditionally underserved populations

  • Programs serving vulnerable community members in Nesher, our Partnership city in Israel

  • Programs that promote a cohesive civil society

  • Impoverished, at-risk, and vulnerable Jewish communities around the world, especially in Latin America and Eastern Europe

  • Addressing disasters that displace or threaten Jewish communities in Israel and around the world.

Jewish Education and Engagement Impact Team

The Jewish Education and Engagement Impact Team advises the Jewish Federation of Broward County on programs that educate, engage, and build community among members of the Broward Jewish community. This dedicated group is particularly concerned with issues related to:

  • Jewish Day Schools

  • Jewish Camping

  • Holocaust Education

  • Programming for Jewish Teens

  • Programs for Jewish College Students

  • Programs for Jewish Young Adults

  • Programming for Jewish Families with Young Children

  • Jewish Education for Adults

  • Supporting Jewish Engagement through Jewish Community Centers

  • Supporting LGBTQ Jewish community members

  • Israel Education

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Support given to 410 families in our partnership city of Nesher, Israel.

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