The issue of get abuse, in which a husband refuses or delays giving a Jewish divorce to his spouse, is one of the unique forms of domestic abuse in our community. Educating the next generation about the issue and normalizing the use of the rabbinically approved pre-nuptial agreement will be key to ending this form of abuse.

JWI is developing an exciting and innovative national educational and public awareness campaign, Project Get Smart, for Orthodox teens.

On March 1, The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) proudly announced the distribution of $2.8 million in grants to 23 organizations through its Center for Advancing Holocaust Survivor Care. These grantees will provide innovative person-centered, trauma-informed (PCTI) care to Holocaust survivors around the U.S. Grants were made possible by a public-private partnership between JFNA and the Federal Government, which selected JFNA to receive an award of up to $12 million over 5 years from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Community Living. In partnership with AJFCA and the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, JFNA will provide technical assistance to the 23 grantees and more. To read further about the Center and the 2016 grant recipients, please read JFNA's press release and a Washington Post article on the announcement. Should you have questions regarding this topic, please email Shelley Rood, the Center's Director.

Lisa Budlow, AJFCA's Chief Development Officer, joined senior professionals from national human services organizations for a training hosted by the National Human Services Assembly. Presented by the Frameworks Institute, the training focused on the development of a new narrative to frame the work of human services agencies with a goal of raising public perception of the role of human services. The new narrative, developed following extensive research, showcases our work as the building blocks of human potential, an investment that pays off in a stronger community and foundation for success for all community members across their life span. AJFCA is excited to announce that Irv Katz, President Emeritus of the National Human Services Assembly, will join us at our conference in San Diego this May to share some of the findings of the research and tools for using the new narrative.