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Group Celebrates a Milestone With a New Initiative – JCHAI AT HOME
The Jewish Exponent, December 13, 2007"Several thousand Jewish [special needs] adults are living at home with aging parents or in apartments with little or no supervision in the Philadelphia area," explained Judith Creed, chairperson of the board of directors of [Judith Creed] Homes for Adult Independence, Inc. She added that "we knew that these adults and their families needed help, but they either weren't ready to make the commitment to group home placement or the client didn't need all the services offered in a group home. JCHAI AT HOME can serve these people.”
Our Executive Director, Stacy Levitan, was featured in the July 6, 2006 Main Line Times in an article entitled "Volunteer of the Week":
"Levitan is an articulate, committed woman of 40 who grew up in St. Louis, moved to the Main Line as a teen-ager, and attended Harriton High School. She graduated from University of Pennsylvania Law School and worked for years in commercial litigation and other areas of law for a Center City law firm."
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JCHAI took part in a symposium held on December 19, 2004, at Har Zion Synagogue in Penn Valley about resources for children with special needs. The symposium was sponsored by Kehillat Lower Merion. The Main Line Times, covering the event on December 30, 2004, listed JCHAI as a resource and opportunity for Jewish children with special needs:
Stacy Levitan represents J-Chai, a group that has three group homes in the Philadelphia area, including one in Wynnewood providing a kosher home environment for adults with special needs.