SECTION 2 Jewish Funding Resources
GENERAL MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING
Neshamos – Yerucham's Legacy
Provides funding and support for mental health services.
Website: neshamos.org/yeruchams-legacy
CHILDREN & SCHOOL-AGE YOUTH
Bereishis Foundation
Provides funding support for mental health and related needs for children and teens under 18.
Website: bereishisfoundation.org
Keren Ezer L'Nefesh
Subsidized therapy for yeshiva/seminary students and school-aged youth in the US and Israel. Helps schools facilitate treatment for students struggling with mental health challenges. Founded by Rav Chaim Epstein.
Contact: Avrohom Berliner
Phone: (732) 730-7538
Location: Lakewood, NJ and Israel
Hashem’s Children
Support for teenage girls.
Phone: (201) 686-1764
Email: HashemsChildren@gmail.com
Website: https://www.hashemschildren.org/
CHILDREN OF DIVORCE
My Extended Family
Supports children whose parents are divorced. Offers in-house therapy and sometimes funds outside therapy for program participants in special situations.
Website: myef.org
ORPHANS (YESOMIM) & SINGLE-PARENT HOMES
REPRIEVE for Families
Matches yesomim and children of single-parent homes with carefully vetted therapists. Funds the sessions and monitors each client for as long as therapy is needed.
Phone: (929) 678-1077
Email: reprievefamilies@gmail.com
Website: reprievefamily.org
Links & Shloimy's Club
Therapy funding and referrals for children who lost a parent. Partners with other organizations to underwrite a large portion of therapy costs for members.
Website: wereinittogether.org
Ahavas Chaya
Subsidized therapy for orphaned children.
Email: info@ahavaschaya.com
Website: http://www.ahavaschaya.com
WIDOWS (ALMANOS)
RISE Resources
Provides funding and referrals specifically for almanos (widows).
Phone: (908) 783-4324
MARITAL & COUPLES THERAPY
Lev Shalom
Subsidizes mental health services for individuals in Rockland County married 10 years or less who are new to therapy. Covers approximately 50% of 26 sessions. Rav involvement required.
Location: Rockland County, NY
Website: levshalom.org
Five Towns Marriage Initiative
Provides funding support for couples therapy in the Five Towns area.
Phone: (516) 430-5280
Website: Facebook page
Shalom Ohalecha
Financial support for those who cannot afford marital counseling. Lakewood only. Endorsed by leading rabbonim including Rabbi Eliyahu Brudny, Rabbi Simcha Bunim Cohen, Rabbi Yaakov E. Forsheimer, and Rabbi Moshe Chaim Kahan.
Contact: Rabbi Yisroel Apelbaum (Rabbinical Director); Rabbi Dovid Weiner (Director)
Phone: (323) 403-7804
Email: shalomohalecha@gmail.com
Location: 14 Noam Lane, Lakewood, NJ 08701
MATERNAL & POSTPARTUM MENTAL HEALTH
SPARKS
Supports maternal mental health, pre/postpartum depression, and related conditions. Offers free one-on-one therapy (phone or in-person), monthly teleconferences, and small group support sessions.
Phone: (718) 277-2752
Website: sparkscenter.org
ENGLAND / UK
Jami UK
The specialist mental health service for the Jewish community in England. Provides free professional talking therapy, peer support groups, and crisis services for adults, young people (ages 11-25), and their families and carers.
Phone: 020 8458 2223
Email: info@jamiuk.org
Website: jamiuk.org
LONE SOLDIERS (ISRAEL)
LSP Resilience Center – Nefesh B'Nefesh / FIDF
Free professional therapy for post-army international lone soldiers residing in Israel, and for Iron Swords reservists who have returned to the US. Services offered in-person in Tel Aviv (Azrieli Towers) and remotely. Run in partnership with Sheba Medical Center.
Email: lspen@nbn.org.il
Website: nbn.org.il/lsp-resilience
Michael Levin Lone Soldier Foundation
Funds one-on-one mental health counseling for currently serving and reservist lone soldiers. Counseling is provided in the soldier's native language and in the city where they live.
Phone: (888) 457-6534
Email: info@michaellevinlonesoldier.org
Website: michaellevinlonesoldier.org
Lone Soldier Center in Memory of Michael Levin
Funds psychological treatment for active lone soldiers in Israel, including traditional therapy, CBT, and art therapy. Treatment is tailored to each soldier's individual needs, including during and after combat.
Website: lonesoldiercenter.com
Nevut – International Lone Soldiers Inc.
Covers therapy costs for IDF lone soldier veterans transitioning to civilian life, primarily for those who have returned to the US. Provides individual therapy, group therapy, and wellbeing programs for veterans and their families.
Phone: (347) 770-4457
Email: office@nevut.org
Website: nevut.org
SEMINARY & COLLEGE STUDENTS (ISRAEL)
Tatzmichu
Subsidizes therapy costs for seminary girls in Israel.
Website: tatzmichu.org
Keren Ezra
Provides mental health referrals and financial assistance, with a primary focus on Anglo college-age students in Israel.
Website: kerenezra.com
GENERAL (ISRAEL)
B’Lev Echad
Subsidized couples counseling. Under the leadership of R Meir Summer provides
Phone: (347) 988-8222
Email: rmsommer@blevechad.org
Website: https://blevechad.org/
Nitza
Subsidized therapy sessions for women after birth with PPD, however, they only pay toward the cost of their in house clinicians.
Phone: 02 5004523
Email: nitzappd@013.net
Website: https://en.nitza.org/
GHI Fund – Get Help Israel
Subsidizes therapy sessions for English-speaking individuals in Israel. Provides free sessions for soldiers, lone soldiers, and active reservists. All therapists are vetted and verified.
Email: info@gethelpisrael.com
Website: gethelpisrael.com/GHI-Fund
AUTISM, SPECIAL NEEDS & MEDICAL CHALLENGES (CHILDREN)
Agudah Grant Assistance Center
Directory of grants, funds, and foundations for children with autism, special needs, and medical challenges.
Website: agudah.org/grant-assistance-center
FAMILY VIOLENCE
Met Council – Family Violence Services
Individualized care including legal advocacy, emergency shelter and relocation, employment and financial assistance, emergency food, entitlement counseling, short-term trauma-informed therapy, and information and referral services.
Website: metcouncil.org/familyviolence
