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Let us do a job for you!
 There's a little business gem operating at Jewish Vocational Service - it's the Sheltered Workshop.The JVS workshop provides such services as packaging, mailing, collating, assembly production and shrink wrapping. Individuals who work in the workshop have physical or cognitive challenges which make it difficult for them to work in the community at large. The workshop provides a safe, supportive and nurturing setting for these employees to contribute and earn a wage. Staff assists the 25 workshop employees to learn the tasks needed to complete projects accurately and on time. Veronica Hayes, JVS workshop office manager, said employees take great pride in the work they do...
To read more: http://www.jvskc.org/web/english/Sheltered_Work_and_Contract_Services.html |
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Help make refugees safe by assembling first aid kits  When a new refugee family moves into Kansas City, there are so many things to do to resettle them in to their new homeland. However, one thing they are not prepared to handle is those little minor injuries that creep up on all of us."Many refugee clients come to this country with a distinct lack of knowledge about basic first aid," said Jennifer Foster of Jewish Vocational Service Refugee Case Manager. "Combined with the inability to read medications or operate a thermometer, clients are frequently left feeling panicked when a child is ill or someone sustains a minor injury."
To read more: http://www.jvskc.org/web/english/Center_for_New_Americans.html |
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JVS provides helping hand with healthcare  Jewish Vocational Service is one of a select number of Kansas City agencies participating in "Healthy People, Healthy Communities," an initiative of United Way of Greater Kansas City. The program is an effort to reach out to the immigrant and refugee populations and assist them in hooking up with government healthcare coverage. "They have to be legally here and eligible for benefits to participate," said Steve Weitkamp, JVS director of refugee and immigrant services. "We're walking them through the paper trail and taking them to the appropriate departments in Kansas and Missouri to make things happen."..... |
