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You are here: Home / Announcements / Foundation for Jewish Camp receives $3.2 million grant from The Marcus Foundation for Mental Health Initiative

Foundation for Jewish Camp receives $3.2 million grant from The Marcus Foundation for Mental Health Initiative

September 26, 2019 By eJP

The Marcus Foundation has awarded a $3.2 million grant to Foundation for Jewish Camp (FJC) for supporting mental health across the spectrum of Jewish camps in North America. Funding will be awarded to approximately sixty camps over four years in an unprecedented effort to increase services, capabilities and awareness in addressing the growing mental, emotional and social health (MESH) needs among their communities.

The new initiative will be known as “Yedid Nefesh: Nurturing Mental, Emotional, and Social Health at Jewish Camp.” Yedid Nefesh, (translated as Beloved Soul) refers to a multi-faceted, whole-person approach to wellness for individuals and as a connected community. Funding will be distributed to support camps’ hiring qualified mental health professionals, enhance counselor training, integrate wellness programming into activity areas and develop new ways to create cultural change within their camp communities year-round.

According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, 13% of children between ages 8-15 (the prime age range of campers across North America) experience a severe mental disorder, and of those children, barely more than 50% receive mental health services. According to research shared by the National Council of Behavioral Health, 50% of all lifetime cases of mental illness begin by age 14 and 75% by age 24 (National Institute of Mental Health, 2005), the age range of the majority of overnight and day camp staff.

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  1. Elly Rosenthal says

    September 26, 2019 at 1:58 pm

    What a spectacular accomplishment…kudos the both the Marcus Foundation and FJC. You are both truly making a difference

  2. Jonathan Hornstein says

    September 26, 2019 at 2:36 pm

    Mazel tov to The Marcus Foundation and the Foundation for Jewish Camp on an amazing and critically needed initiative. The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation is proud to partner with and support FJC, a leader in shaping our Jewish communal values.

  3. Beth Gluck says

    September 26, 2019 at 5:39 pm

    What a huge step forward in sharing the unique experiences of Jewish camping. Thank you to the Marcus Foundation and its partners. The ball is in our courts to maximize the impact of this grant.

  4. Lauren Glynn says

    September 26, 2019 at 7:18 pm

    Congratulations on this monumental partnership for day camps. This is much needed! Cincinnati looks forward to the opportunities this may bring.

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