THE UJA-FEDERATION now has a Resource Line phone number and email address, which can help connect you with resources available in the Jewish community.  The number is 800-852-3337, and the email address is This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .  Here are some of the concerns that are fielded regularly by Resource Line professionals:

• I need help paying my rent this month.  Where can I get some help?  What other services are there to help me with some of the expenses of daily living?  I also need some help finding a job.
• I’m worried about my parents.  It’s becoming difficult for my mother to move around, make meals, and take care of my father.  What services are available to my parents?  We are starting to think about moving my parents into an assisted living facility.  What are the options?  What do we need to know?
• I’m a Holocaust survivor and I’m in need of homecare.  Is there any money to help pay for this?
• My teenaged child has some mental health issues.  We want to find out about residential and day treatment programs.  
• Where can I find a bereavement group in my area?
• Where can I donate some gently used furniture?
• I’m new to New York and am looking to meet other young professionals.  What kind of activities/programs are there for me?

 THE JEWISH BOARD OF FAMILY SERVICES provides access to mental health and social service resources to assist individuals and families in managing a wide variety of experiences, including life cycle transitions, illness, loss, recovery, substance abuse and co-dependence, developmental and learning challenges, and many other situations.  Click here for the JBFCS home page, and click here for a list of their programs and services.

THE HEALTHCARE CHAPLAINCY provides professional spiritual care to patients, families, and staff of all faiths.  Located at 307 East 60th Street (between 1st and 2nd Avenues), they offer bereavement groups, as well as support for survivors of sexual abuse and intimate violence.   Click here for information about the HealthCare Chaplaincy's current programs. Those who are interested in the HealthCare Chaplaincy's bereavement groups should contact Peter Brown at (212)-644-1111 x212.  Those who are interested in “Taking Back My Life” should call (212)-222-8878 to schedule an individual appointment with a group leader before the start date.

THE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL ON JEWISH POVERTY serves over 100,000 clients on site and throughout their network of Jewish Community Councils in each of the City’s five boroughs, providing affordable housing, career services, crisis intervention, family violence services, health insurance enrollment assistance, home care programs, home services, immigrant services, and kosher food distribution.  Click for the Met Council's home page, or contact them at 212-453-9500 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

THE HEBREW FREE LOAN SOCIETY an affliate agency of UJA-Federation of New York serves New York City, Westchester and Long Island, focusing on economically vulnerable communities such as Russian-speaking immigrants and large families of modest means.  Click here for their webpage.