services for:
Emotional & Behavioral Health
Aging & Caregiving
Children, Teens & Families
Financial Stability
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Support, Education & Prevention
Events and Announcements
Cabin Fever Series
Multiple dates & times. A winter series of virtual group programs offering opportunities to share life’s current stressors and challenges, and gain strategies for boosting your mental and emotional well-being.
Calming Our Nerves, Lifting Our Spirits
Date: February 15 – 18 @ 11:00 am via Zoom. In four interactive sessions, you will gain strategies for reducing anxiety and elevating your emotional and physical well-being. Part of the Cabin Fever Series.
Broken Wings, Learn to Fly
Date: 4th Thursday each month @ 5:00 pm beginning January 28. Using storytelling exercises, this small group program helps you develop a two or three word personal “compass” to guide you through the confusing times. Part of the Cabin Fever Series.
Jump Start Career Readiness for Baltimore County Residents
Date: February 8-12 @ 9:30 am via Zoom. A week-long virtual job readiness program to develop the skills necessary to succeed in a job search. Free for Baltimore County residents who meet eligibility guidelines.
CARF Survey Team Coming in January
Jewish Community Services is proud to be a CARF® accredited service provider. A survey team from CARF International will be visiting January 13-15, 2021. We invited the surveyors to evaluate how well we meet international standards for quality. As a result, we may earn continued accreditation.
Friendly Caller Program
Make a friend. Be a friend. Are you eager for meaningful conversations during this unprecedented time? Spend quality time with a new friend from the comfort of your own home, through the quick dial of a phone.
Our Blogs
Our Children Are Watching Us
By Debra Waranch, LCSW-C We have faced the events of 2020 and now 2021, with our emotions. Mine were shock, confusion, fear, exhaustion, and determination. We are all reactive to these experiences, and protective. Shock and Confusion: what is happening?
A New Beginning and a New Way to Connect
By Rozi Rice I could never have anticipated that the events of Monday, March 16, 2020 – a day that began like any other – would have the impact on my life that they did.
Connecting From Afar: How JCS Mentors are Staying on Track During the Pandemic
By Jen Rudo Everything – and yet nothing – has changed. In March 2020, when COVID forced both professional closures and personal distance, we had to act quickly. Every aspect of our Jewish Big Brother