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SAN FRANCISCO
Hebrew Free Loan
(415) 546-9902 • hflasf.org
Founded in 1897, this nonprofit provides interest-free loans to help Jewish individuals in Northern California overcome financial challenges and pursue life dreams. Help is available in four languages for families facing emergencies, small businesses, the recently unemployed, first-time home buyers, first-generation students who need help affording an education and more.
SAN FRANCISCO/SOUTH BAY/PENINSULA/NORTH BAY
Jewish Family and Children’s Services of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties
(415) 449-3700 • jfcs.org
One of the oldest and largest human service agencies in the U.S., the JFCS is considered “the problem-solving center” for the Bay Area. Founded in 1850, the agency works to strengthen individuals, families and communities through more than 40 programs, including home care for seniors, therapy for children, youth volunteer programs and much more.
EAST BAY
Shalom Bayit
BERKELEY
(866) 742-5667 • shalom-bayit.org
Shalom Bayit works to foster social change to eradicate domestic violence and serves abuse survivors of all genders and sexual orientations. As Northern California’s first and only Jewish agency dedicated to ending domestic violence, Shalom Bayit programs include counseling, community education and a dating violence-prevention program for Jewish youth.