December 2025
Post-shutdown, LA organizations say many people are still seeking help getting food Published By LAist In the weeks before the longest government shutdown in American history came to a close, food banks and meal programs in the Los Angeles area scrambled to serve a rush of people looking for help, including many older adults. Hundreds of households signed up for…
Affordability is a hoax? An offer to Trump from a free lunch program: ‘Travel with me’ Published by the LA Times By Steve Lopez Frank McRae, a retiree who lives in Koreatown, did not hesitate when I asked what he’d say to President Trump about his claim last week that the affordability crisis is a hoax….
Reflections on the Year in Review By Eli Veitzer President and CEO In late October, as the SNAP benefit freeze became likely, we saw a growing stream of new people coming to JFSLA’s SOVA food pantries. In the space of four weeks, we served nearly 5,000 households, including over a thousand households coming for the…
November 2025
Domestic Violence Survivor Shares Her Story Last month, CBS Los Angeles featured JFSLA’s Domestic Violence Program, JFS Hope, sharing the story of a survivor who found safety and healing through our free services and support. Watch this powerful piece that highlights the courage of survivors and the life-changing impact of JFS Hope.
Local LA food pantries brace for demand surge amid SNAP delay Published by Spectrum News Approximately 5.5 million Californians could see delays to their SNAP benefits this week, as federal funding for the food assistance program runs out on Saturday. On Friday, two federal judges ordered the Trump administration to use emergency funds to pay…
L.A. County seeks to slash funding for some homeless services amid budget trouble Published by the LA Times Faced with a large budget gap, Los Angeles County on Thursday released a spending plan that slashes funding for some homeless services and could reverse progress made in getting people off the streets. The plan for next fiscal…
Mike Feuer’s 30-Year Tradition of Volunteering with JFSLA Every year for the last three decades, former City Attorney, City Councilmember, and State Assemblymember Mike Feuer has delivered Thanksgiving meals to homebound seniors through Jewish Family Service LA’s Senior Nutrition Program. Feuer’s connection to JFSLA traces back to his early days in public service. As executive…
Supporting Angelenos Through a Season of Uncertainty 1,995. That’s the number of turkeys our SOVA program distributed this year. The frozen turkeys, together with packages for making stuffing and cornbread, cans of cranberry sauce, yams, potatoes, green beans and other vegetables, will provide Thanksgiving dinners for 1,995 households, more than double the number last year. …
Aging Is a Family Affair By Steve Barlam, MSW, Chief Executive Officer, JFS Care When an aging person’s health changes, the impact reaches everyone—spouses, adult children, grandchildren, and even the wider community. If we focus only on the older adult and ignore the people around them, we end up creating care plans that don’t work…
October 2025
JFSLA Speaks Out on the Impact of the Government Shutdown on CalFresh Published by LAist Jewish Family Service LA’s Chief of Community Engagement, Catherine Schneider, joined KPCC’s AirTalk to discuss how the federal government shutdown could impact millions of Californians who rely on CalFresh (SNAP) benefits. With more than 1.5 million Southern California residents at…
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