UJA-Federation of New York Convenes Panel on Growing Poverty on Long Island
A Poverty forum hosted by the Mid-Island Y JCC and UJA-Federation of New York convened a panel of experts to examine the causes and possible supports to address growing poverty on Long Island, where there are an estimated 16,700 poor or near-poor Jewish households.
Panelists included Jolene Boden, LCSW, Long Island District Director of JASA; Melinda Carbonell, LMSW, Director of Care Coordination, Long Island FQHC, Inc.; and John E. Imhof, Ph.D., Commissioner, Nassau County Department of Social Services.
The Keynote was given by Steven M. Cohen, Research Professor of Jewish Social policy at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in New York and lead researcher on the Jewish Community Study of New York: 2011, sponsored by UJA.