Facing Challenges. Together.
Food & Financial SupportEssential food and financial assistance offered to the Nashville Jewish community in a confidential, compassionate manner.
Confidential, compassionate, and caring support when life gets tough.
We all have times in life we could use a little extra support. Thanks to funding from the Jewish Federation, JFS is able to offer various forms of financial support to members of the Jewish community in Nashville and surrounding areas. Whether you need emergency financial assistance, such as help paying a utility bill or rent for the month, or material assistance by ensuring your children have gifts at the holidays, school supplies, or food supplements, Jewish Family Service offers this critical assistance in a confidential, compassionate manner.
JFS Social Workers understand the challenges you’re facing and spend time with all financial assistance clients formulating a sustainable plan of action. There are numerous community resources available to ease your burden, both within Jewish Family Service and elsewhere, and we will work with you to identify the resources you need and coordinate access.
Food & Emergency Financial Services
Emergency Financial Assistance
If you are overwhelmed and struggling to pay your bills, turn to us for help. Our community resources will ease your burden and help you temporarily while you get back on your feet.
Hanukkah Gift Program
Since 1993, we have been ensuring that all children can celebrate the holiday with dignity. This confidential program that allows families facing financial difficulties to receive gifts for children during Hanukkah.
Kosher Food Boxes
Kosher food boxes are given on a confidential basis, and contain items that have been approved by a rabbi and a dietician. The boxes can feed an individual or couple for one week, or a family of four for five days.
School Supplies Program
Start the new year with confidence. Armed with enough school supplies to get them through the year, families don’t have to worry about the financial burden that comes with purchasing all that their student needs to thrive.
The emergency financial assistance program at JFS allows us to help you with emergency needs such as help paying your rent or mortgage, your electric or other utility bills.
We will first deal together with the most critical, immediate problems, but will also work with you to figure out what’s needed to improve things for yourself and your family in the long-term
Hanukkah Gift Program
Ensuring that all children can celebrate the holiday with dignity.
The Hanukkah Gift program, which began in 1993, ensures that all children can celebrate the holiday with dignity. At JFS we value the happiness and well-being of our children, and we are honored to be able to assist families in their gift giving. Families choose gifts that they know their children would want or need and our generous volunteers buy gifts for the families.
School Supplies Program
Armed with a brand new backpack and enough school supplies to get them through the year, families don’t have to worry about the financial burden that comes with purchasing paper, pencils, crayons and all the things every student deserves. JFS hosts a drive to gather donations from the community and supplements the items as necessary. The School Supplies Program has been assisting families since 2011 and will continue to start students out on the right foot when beginning a new school year.
Allow JFS to ease the load by providing school supplies such as pencils, markers, folders, and more to your student.
Confidentiality Promise
The trust between our clients and JFS is the basis for our success. All transactions and discussions are protected by the highest professional ethical standards of client/counselor confidentiality.