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PAGE 8 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE July 25, 1986
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Betty R. Jacobson, president of the Atlanta Jewish Federation, congratulates the Jewish Vocational Service
Inc. at its first corporate board meeting on July 16. Seated from left, facing camera Stan Lefco, Mark Fisher,
Albert Beerman and board members Steve Berman and Bob Sherman.
JVS becomes fully autonomous;
Beerman heads first official board
“The Jewish Vocational Service,
which had functioned as a legal
entity of the Atlanta Jewish Feder
ation since its inception in 1975, is
now a fully autonomous organiza
tion,” announced Albert Beerman,
president of JVS. The agency, he
said, is now incorporated as the
Jewish Vocational Service Inc.
The Federation’s ad hoc com
mittee on JVS autonomy recom
mended in spring 1985, that prep
arations begin for JVS autonomy.
“They felt we were ready to stand
on our own two feet,” noted
Beerman.
Betty R. Jacobson, Federation
president, added, “JVS has grown
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to a very large, very involved a-
gency, which can offer a multitude
of services to the community. With
their funding sources from both
United Way and the Federation,
their growing constituency and sig
nificant lay volunteer base, it was
quite clear they were ready for
autonomy.”
Beerman believes autonomy will
create tremendous growth oppor
tunities for the agency, which serves
the Jewish community through its
job counseling and placement ser
vices, college and career counsel
ing programs and senior adult
workshop. “When you take com
plete responsibility for yourself,
you begin to grow," he explained.
“You can develop your own consti
tuency and guide your own destiny.”
While he anticipates little change
in existing sources of funding for
the agency, Beerman pointed out
that autonomy w ill also create addi
tional opportunities for funding
sources. For example, JVS will
soon be making membership avail
able in the agency and will shortly
begin a drive for charter member
ships in the new corporation.
While previous chairmen of JVS
were appointed by the Federation,
since JVS was not autonomous,
elections were recently held to select
the first official JVS board accord
ing to its new bylaws. The newly
elected officers include: Albert
Beerman, president; Adrian Grant,
president; Robert J. Freeman, vice
president; Stanley M. Lefco, secre
tary; and Harvey P. Mays, treas
urer.
The Jewish Vocational Service
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got its start in the early 1970s when
the Gate City B’nai B’rith Lodge of
Atlanta established a job place
ment service through the use of
volunteers. They ultimately ap
proached the Federation for assist
ance, and on Dec. I, 1975, the Gate
City B.B.-Federation Employment
Service was born, with Dr. Mark
Fisher as its director. Its primary
objective was to help the Jewish
unemployed find work.
Through the years, the agency's
services expanded, and its name
changed in 1977 to the Jewish
Vocational Service of the Atlanta
Jewish Federation. The new servi
ces were many and varied. For
example, JVS helped Soviet Jew
ish immigrants gain their first jobs
in America. Career counseling and
testing programs, which had served
Yeshiva High School of Atlanta
almost from its inception, were
expanded to serve other Jewish
high school students from public
and private schools throughout
metro Atlanta.
Four years ago, JVS opened its
Senior Adult Workshop (SAW),
which provides work for senior,
citizens in J VS’s on-site workshop.
JVS also handles the screening
process lor educational loans for
Atlanta students from the funds of
the Jewish Children’s Service, which
was previously handled by the Jew
ish Family Service. The agency
also provides career planning for
adults.
“Since we opened our doors, we
have counseled nearly 8,000 people
in all,” recalls Dr. Fisher. “About
6,600 came to us with job-related
concerns, about 1,000 came for
college counseling and 400 for the
workshop and a variety of guid
ance services. A total of 5,270
came directly for job placement
help. Of these, we know that at
least 2.415 received significant help
in obtaining jobs. We’re proud to
have been able to contribute to the
community in this manner and
believe that autonomy can only
enhance our effectiveness in the
future.”
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