Jewish Family Service

JFS is a nonprofit human services organization that serves anyone in need – regardless of their circumstances or religious beliefs. We believe in a shared responsibility to support impactful changes throughout our community.

We currently offer more than 30 programs and services, including food security, housing stability, mental health counseling, aging care, employment support, refugee resettlement, chaplaincy and Jewish life, disability services, and aeroponic farming. JFS takes a holistic approach, assessing the various needs of the individual or family and provides the appropriate services all from one organization. We continuously evaluate the evolving challenges of our community and adapt or develop programs that respond to the resulting needs.

In October 2022, JFS established the Yana Vishnitsky Refugee Resettlement Program, becoming a permanent Reception & Placement (R&P) agency as a HIAS affiliate, making JFS the fourth resettlement agency in Colorado. As a permanent R&P agency JFS serves hundreds of refugees from Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Syria, Sudan, Ukraine, and Latin America.

Through the Resettlement program staff and volunteers:
• Find affordable, safe housing.
• Provide cultural mentors to teach refugees U.S. currency and the general value of goods, public safety and what to do in an emergency, how navigate public transportation, their new neighborhood, and city, and how to grocery shop.
• Assist with intake paperwork, public benefits, language courses, and enrolling kids in school.
• Provide food, employment support, and mental health counseling.

The Refugee Mental Health program at JFS provides a holistic approach in providing accessible mental health services for immigrants and refugees who have resettled in Colorado. Culturally aware therapists provide counseling to help clients attain not only psychological stability, but recover from trauma and transition to healthy work, school, family relationships, and adaptation to a new culture.

We offer outpatient counseling services via telehealth video, in our office, and in the community, psychiatric services for clients who require more in-depth medical attention, and interpretation for clients with no or limited English-language proficiency. We accept most insurance plans, including Medicaid.