Sharsheret
2100 Arch St. • Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-854-1874 • Fax: 215-832-0701 • cs@jevs.org
Provides free career counseling services, vocational assessment and
job-search assistance for eligible unemployed or under-employed
Jewish adults in the Greater Phila delphia area (under 65 years of age),
who are facing financial hardship and are in need of improving and
increasing their work skills.

Support Group for Parents of Adolescent and Adult
9350 Ashton Road, Suite 201 • Philadelphia, PA 19114
267-350-8600 • Fax: 215-255-4777 • hireability@jevs.org
Offers individuals with intellectual, mental health, physical or learning
disabilities — as well as those living with chronic diseases — assistance
in preparing for, finding and keeping competitive employment.

Customized services include vocational assessments, career track
identification, as well as job development, placement and coaching.

Support Groups for Seniors
2770 Red Lion Road • Philadelphia, PA 19114 • 215-728-4700
OrleansTech.edu Offers career training in building trades and health care. High school
diploma/GED required. Financial aid available for those who qualify.

Job search assistance also provided.

Living with Addiction and Related Brain Disease
Rodeph Shalom, 615 N. Broad St. Philadelphia, PA 19123
215-627-6747 x216 • rabbimaderer@rodephshalom.org • rodephshalom.org
Meets regularly to learn more about substance use and mental health
disorders; share experiences/resources; and explore how to appropriately
support our children. Anonymity respected. No affiliation with Rodeph Shalom
is necessary. No charge.

KleinLife • 10100 Jamison Ave. • Philadelphia, PA 19116
Group topics include: low vision and new vision, in partnership with
Associated Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired; bereavement,
with support from the Abramson Center for Jewish Life; and chronic
disease self-management program, in partnership with PCA’s Help
Yourself to Health program.

VOCATIONAL SERVICES
JEVS Human Services
1845 Walnut St., 7th Floor • Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-854-1800 • Fax: 215-854-1880 • jevshumanservices.org
Provides a variety of employment, skills training, vocational rehabilitation,
substance abuse treatment and residential services to the Greater Philadelphia
community. Career Strategies
2100 Arch St. • Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-854-1874 • Fax: 215-832-0701 • cs@jevs.org
O ffers a wide range of career services to help individuals who are
unemployed, underemployed or changing careers, work toward finding
satisfying employment. Services include individual career consulting,
career assessment, résumé assistance, job-search assistance and
career workshops.

Career Solutions for 55+
1617 John F. Kennedy Blvd., 2nd Floor. • Philadelphia, PA
267-647-7137 • cs55@jevs.org
A free service for Philadelphia residents ages 55 and over. Individual and
group career counseling, job-search assistance workshops and training
programs. Center for New Americans
2770 Red Lion Road • Philadelphia, PA 19114
215-728-4210 • Fax: 215-728-4227
Offers refugees, asylees and victims of trafficking free services in the fol-
lowing areas: employment counseling, job development and job place-
ment, job search and job retention workshops, Vocational English Lan-
guage Training (VELT) and English as a Second Language (ESL) classes,
computer skills classes, acculturation workshops, case management, and
individualized assistance in developing and improving verbal language
skills. Use of a driving simulator is also offered. Participants are served in
Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties.

84 helpinghands Program
1-866-474-2774 or 201-833-2341 • Fax: 201-837-5025
info@sharsheret.org • sharsheret.org
A national not-for-profit organization supporting women and their families,
facing breast cancer. Fosters culturally relevant individualized connections with
networks of peers, health professionals and related resources. Also provides
educational resources, offers specialized support to those facing ovarian cancer.

Creates programs for women and families to improve their quality of life.

All programs are open to women and men.

THE GUIDE 2017/2018
hireAbility Orleans Technical College
Project Success
9350 Ashton Road, Suite 201 • Philadelphia, PA 19114
267-350-8600 • Fax: 215-255-4777
projectsuccess@jevs.org • jevshumanservices.org
Offers young adults with Asperger’s syndrome or Pervasive
Development Disorder (PDD) skills to transition to employment.

A comprehensive approach supports these young adults through
all phases of employment, including the development of socialization
skills, one-on-one job development, job placement and job readiness.

Vocational Research Institute (VRI)
1845 Walnut St., Suite 660 • Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-875-7387 or 1-800-874-5387 • Fax: 215-875-0198
Develops and markets career assessment and development tools,
including CareerScope®.

Working for Success
2100 Arch St. • Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-854-1874 • Fax: 215-832-0701 • cs@jevs.org
Jewish women under the age of 65, who are unemployed or under‐
employed may qualify for this no-cost program to receive assistance
finding employment through one‐on‐one vocational counseling,
assessment, workshops and job search assistance. Inquire about
financial eligibility.