Crisis Intervention · February 12, 2026

Hannah and her daughter and brother were almost evicted, till Jewish Family Service helped. When Hannah lost her Section 8 housing voucher due to paperwork delays, her rent jumped overnight to market rate: $1,180 a month.

Crisis Intervention · July 09, 2021

“He was emotionally abusive, and my kids were seeing it and living it,” said Abigail, talking about her ex-husband via Zoom meeting last week, curly light brown hair tucked in a loose bun (identities altered for privacy). Abigail is safe now, thanks to Jewish Family Service and her own resilience. “The day the kids and I left felt like freedom,” she said. Jewish Family Service (JFS) helps survivors of domestic abuse move from a bad situation into a better one.