Where are they working?

 

Chicago

• The Ark creates a safety net for Chicagoland Jews in need by providing vital human services within a framework of Jewish values and laws, building bridges between volunteers and those in need in the community. AVODAH provides a Social Services Assistant to the Ark.
• Cambodian Association of Illinois enables refugees and immigrants from Cambodia to become self-sufficient, productive participants in American society while preserving and enhancing their cultural heritage and community. AVODAH provides a Youth and Cultural Programs Associate to Cambodian Association of Illinois.
• Chicago Commons partners with individuals, families, and communities to overcome poverty, discrimination, and isolation. It creates programs that build self-sufficientcy, strengthening individuals at key stages of their lives. AVODAH provides three Health and Family Partnership Assistants to Chicago Commons.
• Chicago SCORES empowers students in urban communities using soccer, writing, creative expression, and service-learning. With teamwork as the unifying value, Chicago SCORES inspires youth to lead healthy lifestyles, be engaged students, and become agents of change in their communities. AVODAH provides a Community Resource Manager to Chicago SCORES!
• Chicago Women’s Health Center is a collective of health workers, counselors, outreach health educatiors, and doctors who provide affordable, respectful, and accessible gynecological and mental health care to women and trans people in the Chicago area. AVODAH provides an Office and Volunteer Programming Coordinator to Chicago Women’s Health Center.
• Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago serves the educational, cultural, psychological, and socio-economic needs of Ethiopian and other immigrant groups in Chicago and surrounding areas. AVODAH provides an English Language Training Instructor and Job Developer to the Ethiopian Community Association of Chicago.
• Heartland Alliance helps people living in poverty or danger improve their lives and realize their human rights. Diverse programs serve people who are in the toughest of circumstances and are the hardest to reach, including survivors of violence, torture, and war and people living in extreme hardship or poverty. AVODAH provides a Housing Resource Specialist toHeartland Alliance.
  
• I.C. Stars helps adults with a high school diploma or GED become change-driven future leaders using project-based learning and full-immersion teaching to develop skills in business and technology. AVODAH provides a Community Relations Developer to I.C. Stars.
• Inspiration Corporation helps people who are affected by homelessness and poverty to improve their lives and increase self-sufficiency through the provision of social services, employment training and placement, and housing, in an atmosphere of dignity and respect. AVODAH provides a Supportive Services Assistant to Inspiration Corporation.
• The Jewish Council on Urban Affairs combats poverty, racism and anti-Semitism in partnership with Chicago's diverse communities. Guided by prophetic Jewish principles, JCUA pursues social and economic justice for Chicago's most vulnerable neighborhoods by promoting a vision of empowering communities from within. AVODAH provides a Community Initiatives Fellow to the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs.
• Lakeview Action Coalition is a community organization acting to sustain racial and economic diversity in the Chicago communities of Lakeview and North Center and to build bridges between community members.
  AVODAH provides a Community Organizer to the Lakeview Action Coalition.
• Trilogy, Inc. assists people in their recovery from serious mental illness by helping them discover and reclaim their own capabilities and life direction.
  AVODAH provides a Recovery Counselor to Trilogy.
• The Supportive Housing Providers Association is a statewide association of non-profit organizations that provide supportive housing - affordable housing, enriched with supportive services - to individuals and families who are homeless and/or have special needs, such as mental illness, substance abuse issues, or other chronic illness, such as HIV/AIDS. AVODAH provides a Resident Activities Coordinator and Advocacy Assistant to the Supportive Housing Providers Association.

New Orleans

• Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center is a civil rights organization dedicated to eradicating housing discrimination throughout the greater New Orleans area through education, investigation, and enforcement activities. AVODAH provides an Outreach Assistant to Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center.
• Jericho Road is a neighborhoo-based nonprofit homebuilder that provides families with healthy and energy efficient affordable housing opportunities. AVODAH provides an Assistant Neighborhood Coordinator to Jericho Road.
• Juvenile Regional Services (JRS) represents all indigent children accused of delinquency and who are caught up in Families in Need of Services proceedings in Orleans Parish.  AVODAH provides a Youth Advocate to JRS.
• Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools ensures that student voices are at the forefront as New Orleans rebuilds its public school system. Students document the city's public schools through photography and work with local architects to design their dreams for futures schools, among other projects. AVODAH provides a Community Organizer to Kids Rethink New Orleans Schools.
• New Orleans Women's Shelter provides transitional housing for homeless women and children in the New Orleans area to assist them in establishing an independent and self-supporting lifestyle. AVODAH provides a Shelter Assistant to New Orleans Women's Shelter.
• Orleans Public Defenders provides legal services to indigent defendants, offerin client-centered representation that respects the humanity and dignity of those accused of crimes. AVODAH provides a Client Welfare Specialist to Orleans Public Defenders.
• Reach NOLA improves community health and access to quality health care in New Orleans through community-academic partnered programs. AVODAH provides a Community Outreach Coordinator to Reach NOLA.
  
• Rebuilding Together New Orleans allows low-income families in communities across the country to live in warmth, safety, and dignity by restoring homes at no cost to the homeowner. AVODAH provides an Intake Assistant to Rebuilding Together New Orleans.
• Resurrection After Exoneration promotes and sustains a network of support among the formerly incarcerated, reconnects them to the community, and helps provide access to educational opportunities and counseling. AVODAH provides an Exoneree Advocate to Resurrection After Exoneration.
• Tulane Community Health Center at Covenant House works to improve the health of New Orleans residents by providing continuous high-quality, holistic, accessible, community-centric care. AVODAH provides a Community Coordinator to Tulane Community Health Center at Covenant House.

New York

 

• Comprehensive Development, Inc., in partnership with Manhattan Comprehensive Night and Day High School, prepares older high school students to graduate with the skills and knowledge to be successful participants in the global economy and responsible members of their community.
  AVODAH provides a Program Assistant in Post-Graduation Services to Comprehensive Development, Inc.
• The Crown Heights Community Mediation Center is a unique neighborhood institution that works to improve community problem-solving, collaboration, and inter-group relations in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. AVODAH provides a Mediator/Program Assistant for the Mediation Center.
• F.E.G.S. Health and Human Services System is the largest and most diversified private, not-for-profit health and human service organization in the United States. F.E.G.S. serves individuals and families in the Jewish and general communities who have mental, developmental and physical disabilities; are economically disadvantaged, new emigres, youth or older adults; and others. AVODAH provides a Wellness Case Manager and Strategic Planning/Quality Improvement Program Assistant to F.E.G.S.
• Gay Men's Health Crisis is committed to national leadership in the fight against AIDS. Volunteers work hard to reduce the spread of HIV disease, help people with AIDS maintain and improve their health and independence, and keep the prevention, treatment, and cure for HIV an urgent national and local priority. AVODAH provides a Community Organizing Coordinator to Gay Men's Health Crisis.
• The Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services - Kaplan Center enhances and maintains the mental health and social functioning of individuals in the Jewish Community and the broader community.
  AVODAH provides a Case Assistant to the Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services - Kaplan Center.
• The Medicare Rights Center is the leading national, not-for-profit organization dedicated to helping seniors and people with disabilities on Medicare receive equitable access to health care.
  AVODAH provides a Health Advocacy Fellow to the Medicare Rights Center.
• Neighbors Together is a soup kitchen and comprehensive assistance program addressing the immediate crisis of hunger for the poorest people in the Bedford-Stuyvesant/Brownsville section of Brooklyn.
  AVODAH provides an Advocate to Neighbors Together.
• New York Legal Assistance Group provides free civil legal assistance to New York's most at-risk, low-income populations, including seniors, immigrants, victims of domestic violence, children with special needs, people with HIV/AIDS, survivors and families affected by the World Trade Center attack, Holocaust survivors, and others in need of legal help.
  AVODAH provides two Paralegals to NYLAG, one to the Family Law Unit and one to the General Law Unit.
• Project Renewal serves the most fragile and underserved of the city’s homeless: adult men and women who, in addition to being without a home, also suffer from disabilities, including alcohol and drug addiction, mental illness, and HIV/AIDS. AVODAH provides a Next Step Counselor and Teaching Assistant to Project Renewal.
• The Red Hook Community Justice Center is the nation’s first multi-jurisdictional community court. The Justice Center’s one judge provides alternatives to incarceration and hears criminal, family, and housing court cases arising in South Brooklyn neighborhoods.
  AVODAH provides a Case Manager to the Red Hook Community Justice Center.
• Sanctuary for Families empowers survivors of domestic violence in claiming control of their lives, advocates for policy changes, and raises public awareness to end violence against all women. AVODAH provides a Program Assitant to Sanctuary For Families - Immigration Intervention Project.
• Selfhelp Community Service offers aging, frail, and at-risk New Yorkers a comprehensive network of social services, senior housing, and home care. It is also the oldest and largest provider of support services for Holocaust survivors in North America. AVODAH provides a Legal Assistant to Selfhelp Community Service
• Tenants and Neighbors provides tenants throughout New York State with the education, organizing, and technical assistance to preserve existing affordable rental housing and address various other housing concerns. AVODAH provides a Housing Organizer to Tenants & Neighbors.
• The Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice is a college-preparatory school with a focus on law and justice. Classes engage students through emphasizing learning by doing and center on legal studies and debate. AVODAH provides an Assistant Program Coordinator to the Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice.
• The Urban Homesteading Assistance Board supports self-help housing and community building in low-income neighborhoods by training, organizing, developing, and assisting resident-controlled limited-equity housing co-operatives. AVODAH provides a Tenant Organizer to the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board
• The Urban Justice Center provides legal representation and advocacy to poor and homeless New Yorkers. AVODAH provides two Legal Advocates to the Urban Justice Center, one to the Mental Health Project and one to the Homelessness Outreach and Prevention Project.

Washington, DC

• Bread for the City provides vulnerable residents of Washington, DC with comprehensive services, including food, clothing, medical care, and legal and social services, in an atmosphere of dignity and respect. AVODAH provides a Legal Clinic Coordinator and a Medical Clinic Coordinator to Bread for the City.
• The Capital Area Immigration Rights (CAIR) Coalition serves as the primary source of legal assistance for detained immigrants and asylum seekers in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. AVODAH provides a Legal Assistant for the Detention Project at the CAIR Coalition.
• CASA de Maryland assists Latino immigrants and refugees of modest means with finding work, learning necessary skills, accessing available resources, and building a strong community. AVODAH provides a Legal Assistant to CASA de Maryland.
• DC Central Kitchen is dedicated to strengthening bodies by safely recovering un-served food from local foodservice businesses to feed children and adults throughout the greater Washington, DC area. AVODAH provides a Healthy Returns Coordinator to the DC Central Kitchen.
• The DC Employment Justice Center secures and enforces the rights of low-income workers in the Washington DC metropolitan area. AVODAH provides a Workers’ Rights Clinic Coordinator to the Employment Justice Center.
• DC SCORES empowers students in urban communities using soccer, writing, creative expression, and service-learning. With teamwork as the unifying value, DC SCORES insprires youth to lead healthy lifestyles, be engaged students, and become agents of change in their communities. AVODAH provides an Elementary School Program Coordinator to DC SCORES.
• Housing Unlimited, Inc. is a nonprofit affordable hosuign corporation addressing the housing crisis for adults with psychiatric disabilities who reside in Montgomery County, Maryland. AVODAH provides an Associate Director II to Housing Unlimited, Inc.
• La Clínica Del Pueblo provides culturally appropriate health services to persons in the Latino community regardless of their ability to pay. AVODAH provides a Medical Case Manager to La Clínica.
• Metro TeenAIDS works to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS through outreach and education, as well as identify, treat, and improve the lives of those who are already infected. AVODAH provides a Volunteer Coordinator and HIV Prevention Educator to Metro TeenAIDS.
• N Street Village helps women move from homelessness to independent living and deal with issues of substance abuse and mental illness through day and residential programs. AVODAH provides a Wellness Center Program Assistant to N Street Village.
• Pediatric AIDS/HIV Care provides children living with HIV/AIDS with education, therapy, and youth programming to empower them to live healthy and successful lives. AVODAH provides a Community Service and Volunteer Coordinator to Pediatric AIDS/HIV Care.
• Sitar Arts Center provides young people in its inner-city community the opportunity to discover their gifts in the visual and performing arts.  AVODAH provides an Assistant to the Director of Students to Sitar Arts Center.
  
• So Others Might Eat helps the poor and homeless of our nation's capital by meeting their immediate daily needs, such as food, clothing and health care. AVODAH provides a Training Facilitator/Recreation Coordinator to SOME.
• The Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter High School is a law-themed school that prepares students to succeed in college and to actively engage in our democratic society. AVODAH provides a Programs Associate to the Thurgood Marshall Academy.
• The Washington, DC Jewish Community Center’s Behrend Builders Program teaches volunteers to repair, rebuild, and renovate low-income houses, homeless shelters, community centers, and other vital community facilities. AVODAH provides a Behrend Builders and Community Service Coordinator to the DCJCC.