This happens all too often. Beverly is an only child. She is in her mid fifties and divorced. For quite some time her mother was seriously ill. No longer able to afford the care her mother needed, Beverly was left with only one choice. Quit her job, take care of her mom, and live off whatever small savings she had. After several months her mother died, Beverly faced the new reality. She was three months behind in rent, a couple of months behind in utility payments, and a month behind in her car payment. The landlord filed for eviction, Totally panicked, Beverly contacted our partners at Jewish Family Services. The case was referred to JSS. A discussion with the landlord resulted with the eviction notice recinded. JSS was able to pay two months rent, the utility bills, and a portion of her car payment. We are pleased that Beverly has returned to work and , although still dealing with the death of her mother, is working towards getting her life back on track.

Andrea (not her actual name) is a severly handicapped woman in her 30's who lives with her single mother. All these years the mother has bravely fought to have her daughter remain home. And she has succeeded! But it reached a point where the mother was no longer able to get her daughter up and down the stairs of their townhouse. JSS stepped in where other efforts failed. With the help of  a few wonderful folks in the community, added to our own funds, we were able to have a $9,000 chairlift installed. The tireless efforts of two board members made this happen!

When a child is experiencing mental health issues there is nothing we, as parents, will not do to get our child help. Such was the situation facing one of our clients. Like many children during the past two years, Covid isolation and stress put this child in an at risk situation. The single mom came to us with a modest request: If we could pay the co-pays she could get her daughter a therapist. Without hesitation we were able to remove the financial uncertainty.

Under the best of circumstances being a single mom can be very difficult. Add to that a disabled child and two more siblings AND working a stressful job. That was the situation we were alerted to through a submission on this website. Not having received child support payments from the father for several months, the mom was behind in her mortgage payment, her auto insurance, and several other bills. Working through many issues with the other, we were able to bring  most of the bills up to date...basically giving the family a new start.

A single disabled man in our community is disabled and is being treated for cancer. His social security is barely enougn to pay rent and provide food. Imagine being in that situation with the temperature in the high 90's and your air conditioner breaks. A refferal from Jewish Family Service enabled us to purchase a new air conditioner and have it installed the next day.

We have several families who come to us facing serious financial situations. We are not an insulated community...Covid has impacted many more than we know. We continually are told, "I never had to ask for help before." This is why we are here. Not to blame, not to cross examine, not to judge. We are here to do what we can to help those in our community who are facing overwhelming financial difficulty. We are a small all volunteer group..but we will do what we can. We can not do everything, but we can do something. We can help with food or a utility payment. And we will discuss special situations. All contacts are confidential.

When a single widowed father has three children remote learning is a challenging situation. We reached out to a generous person in the community and related the story. Within days two more lap tops were delivered to the family. 

I. S., a man in his sixties, worked at the same retail store in a local mall for the past 40 years. When Covid caused the shutting of the store, he was left --like many --trying to navigate the unemployement landscape. With unpaid bills accumulating, rent adding up, health insurance a must, he was falling into a deep depression. JSS became aware of his situation. He was able to get unemployement. We helped him pay his most pressing bills and reassure him that he would come out of this situation. Now back to work part time, he is still not where he was, but he now has a positive attitude and a bit of breathing space.