Jewish Community Center Support Groups for Single-Parent Family

Publication Date: January 1994

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Barbara Korin; Paula Silver; Helaine Strauss

Research Area: Social conditions

Keywords: Single parenthood; Divorce; Social Services

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

Jewish Community Centers are uniquely equipped to provide support groups for single parent families that enable participants to develop the inner strength necessary for healthy survival as a single parent or as a child of divorce. The Suffolk Y Jewish Community Center serves 400 to 600 single parents and children each week through a variety of support groups led by certified social workers; Jewish content permeates these programs.