Welfare Ministry
Students with Down syndrome, autism graduate as teaching assistants
The first cohort completed a joint Herzog College-Shekel training program aimed at bringing people with disabilities into Israeli classrooms as paid teaching assistants.
Elder fraud cases jump 61% in Israel as abuse reports rise, Welfare Ministry says
Israel's municipalities are failing on nearly every possible front, government probe reveals
A generational crisis: Israel's most vulnerable children pay war's steepest price
New interministerial pilot aims to prevent COVID-19 infections in JLM
Titled "Security and Welfare," the initiative is planned to be piloted in the neighborhood of Ramot in Jerusalem.
Four murdered, four cases of suicide due to domestic violence
Entering lockdown has become a sort of trap for victims of domestic abuse.
Emergency sensors offered for thousands of elderly people who live alone
'We were all appalled by the sad cases of elderly people who passed away in their homes and nobody knew about it. We are doing everything we can to prevent such situations'
MKs too busy to pay attention to welfare of children, says top exec
Vered Windman, executive director of the National Council of the Child said that politicians need to get back to addressing the needs of the third of children who are subject to abuse.
Sister of Michal Sela: This could have been prevented, blames the state
Some 6,488 women were aided in 113 centers operated by the Ministry of Social Welfare across the country during 2018, according to a new report, representing 160% growth since 2014.
Cat overpopulation in the Holy Land: Why it matters and what can be done
At-risk teen housing seeks funding
Otot arranges subsidized housing for post-high school youth at-risk with no family.
Too many Israeli children are living in poverty
Her frustration was expressed following the presentation to President Reuven Rivlin of the annual statistical report on children in Israel.
National Insurance Institute ends transfer of surplus funds to government
MK Itzik Shmuli (Zionist Union) welcomed the cancellation of the long-standing agreement and strongly condemned the government’s waste of the NII’s surplus funds.
Assisted-living center first of its kind in Jerusalem
The Beis Finger Rehabilitation Center celebrated its opening at a gathering on Sunday.
