For more than 25 years, JFS has provided services for homelessness prevention and housing assistance for our unhoused neighbors in the seven-county Denver metro area, including Boulder County. We view housing as the foundation for improving a client’s life, along with wraparound services, and that once stable housing is achieved, individuals and families can focus on finding employment, taking care of their mental health, and working toward self-sufficiency. 

We are excited to introduce our February Volunteer of the Month, Pat H., who volunteers in the Weinberg Food Pantry and at the Reception Desk. In these roles, Pat helps ensure members of our community have access to nurtirious food and hygiene items and helps greet individuals, answering questions and helping them find the services they need.

Partnerships play a significant role in the work that we do and the success of the organization. Each day, we are excited and humbled to have the opportunity to help those who rely on our programs and services, and we recognize our work can only happen because of the support we receive.

Since the Marshall Fire roared through the Boulder area, JFS has responded to the community’s needs, including providing mental health support thanks to a partnership between the Community Foundation Boulder County and additional funding from the Red Cross and Boulder County Health and Human Services. Our administration of the Boulder County Crisis Counseling mental health program ended at the end of December 2024, and we’re excited to share our wrap-up. 

Sophie is a 7^th-grade student in middle school, and she loves to dance, play the bass in orchestra, and go to Camp Sabra in Lake of the Ozarks, MO. And, for the past six years, her compassion and commitment to making the world a better place has been felt throughout JFS and our community with her diaper drive. 

JFS’s mental health services were strengthened with the receipt of a two-year Caring for Denver Nurse Practitioner grant. Now, we can help even more people who can benefit from mental health treatment with a focus on connecting individuals who need psychiatric medication and related therapy with a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner. We’re excited to introduce James Camp, MSN, APRN, PMHNP-BC, to our community. 

When a family member reached out during their parent's end-of-life journey, JFS Community Chaplain Rabbi Rick Brody offered essential Jewish crisis support. Through compassionate listening and pastoral care, Rabbi Brody helped ease the individual's anxiety while facilitating crucial spiritual connections.

So much is happening at JFS Altius Farms, and we’re thrilled to share more about our culinary mushroom cultivation as farm production expands. We’ve been busy from farm box installation to training staff to inoculating our first crop, and we’re excited to pass along the latest update! 

We need enthusiastic and knowledgeable volunteers to serve as guest presenters for our employment training classes and workshops. Volunteers will share their expertise with our clients, helping them gain the knowledge and confidence they need to navigate the ever-changing job market.  What a fun way to support JFS and our community members!