Family Resources

CHANA offers a Jewish response to the needs of people who experience abuse in Northwest Baltimore City and County:

• Physical
• Psychological
• Sexual
• Financial
• Spiritual

CHANA provides crisis intervention, education and consultation, and advocates for community awareness, safety and healing. With your help, we envision an aware and responsive community where all individuals are empowered to live with security and self-determination.

InGenius Prep is an admissions counseling company that helps students apply and get into their dream schools. Our students work directly with Former Admissions Officers from top colleges, such as Harvard, Penn, Berekely, Yale, and more!

A free meditation app with one goal- to improve the health and happiness of the world.

Here.Now is a teen-led initiative promoting mental health, well-being, and resilience through innovative content and creativity.

Jewish Community Services (JCS), a comprehensive non-profit human service agency of The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore, provides a broad range of services to meet the multi-dimensional needs of individuals and families throughout Central Maryland.

The Jewish community is dedicated to promoting the wellbeing of young people. With BeWell, you will find support and tools to respond to the growing mental health concerns of young people aged 12 to 26, and resources for parents, caregivers, and Jewish professionals.

The Blue Dove Foundation was created to help address the issues of mental illness and addiction in the Jewish community and beyond. Based in Atlanta, we work with people and organizations across the United States and around the world.

Recent tragic events have once again brought to the fore issues of systemic racism within this country and raised critical topics for our children/students. To offer support, the Jewish Education Project created a collection of resources for Jewish educators, teens, families, and the community.

The Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism (the RAC) has worked to educate, inspire, and mobilize the Reform Jewish Movement to advocate for social justice. We work on over 70 issues including gun violence prevention, immigration, reproductive rights, and criminal justice reform; and mobilize around federal, state, provincial, and local legislation.

Advocates for Youth works alongside thousands of young people here in the U.S. and around the globe as they fight for sexual health, rights, and justice. AFY has resources and opportunities for teens and parents.

The Baltimore Jewish Council is the political and community relations arm of The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore and its agencies. This page is a collection of resources curated by the BJC for those interested in exploring racial justice and antiracism.

Created by the anti-hate organization, the Anti-Defamation League, these Table Talk Guides provide families with helpful tools, prompts, and ideas to engage children in rich conversation around the dinner table to share important values and foster a lifelong interest in the news.

We believe that Jewish thought, traditions, and values help guide learners of all ages and backgrounds to be the best versions of themselves.

The Jewish Education Project inspires and empowers educators to create a vibrant Jewish future. Through leadership training and professional development, we empower Jewish professionals to help their students and families thrive. The educators we serve work with students from ages 0 to 18, in early childhood centers, congregations, day schools and yeshivot, in youth programs, and emerging spaces, and come from diverse Jewish backgrounds.

The Jewish Educator Portal is a central source for Jewish professionals who work with children and families from birth through high school graduation, to explore and share quality educational resources. We’ve curated The Jewish Educator Portal to offer timely and relevant curricular links, podcasts, articles, themed collections, and an ever-growing set of professional development and network opportunities. It is designed to help you navigate the vast world of online materials and to effectively select the resources and opportunities that will help you reach your goals.

A comprehensive listing of the resources available for LGBT individuals, their families and their allies at Johns Hopkins Medicine.

The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning (LGBTQ) young people under 25.

JPride Baltimore helps to create safe spaces and equality for LGBTQ individuals and their families within the Jewish community through support, education and advocacy.

Jewish Queer Youth (JQY) is a nonprofit organization supporting and empowering LGBTQ youth in the Jewish community. JQY fights to ensure the emotional and physical health and safety of these individuals, with a special focus on teens and young adults from Orthodox, Chasidic, and Sephardic communities.

Keshet works to ensure the full equality of all LGBTQ Jews and our families in Jewish life by strengthening Jewish communities and equipping Jewish organizations with the skills and knowledge they need to make all LGBTQ Jews feel welcome. We also create spaces in which all queer Jewish youth feel seen and valued and advance LGBTQ rights nationwide.

Coronavirus Covid-19 Resources: This is a rapidly evolving situation and DHS is providing updated information and resources to Marylanders as they become available.

A guide curated by Moving Traditions to help teens take care of themselves, both mentally and physically during these challenging times. Along with tools for Jewish Educators to support teens, while taking care of yourselves as well.

Seeded by a generous gift from The Marcus Foundation and powered by The Jewish Education Project, RootOne will provide $3,000 subsidies to teen participants in select Israel travel experiences (called RootOne Vouchers). Marking an investment in elevating trip curricula and experiences, and working with partners to create deeper pre- and post-trip engagement opportunities to help strengthen participants’ Jewish identities and connections to Israel before they begin college.

The Pardes Tefilah Education Initiative, under the umbrella of the Pardes Center for Jewish Educators, is proud to present this free online database of tefilah resources created and curated by leading tefilah educators across the world. It is fully searchable by grade, prayer, disposition, and type of resource (lesson plan, curricula, video or music).

My Jewish Learning is all about empowering Jewish discovery for anyone interested in learning more. They offer thousands of articles, videos and other resources to help you navigate all aspects of Judaism and Jewish life — from food to history to beliefs and practices.