EMUNAH Bet Elazraki Children's
Home - Netanya, Israel
EMUNAH Bet Elazraki Children’s Home is home to 180 children from the ages of 4 to 18 years old. The children come from dysfunctional families and cannot be raised by their parents due to violence in the home, drug abuse, alcohol abuse, mental illness, abandonment and a combination of all of the above. The children are placed there by the Ministry of Social Services, some by social workers who feel that Bet Elazraki offers the best chance of breaking the cycle of distress, and some are even brought in by the police.
The ultimate goal of Bet Elazraki Children’s Home is to help each child who is brought there to become an emotionally and physically healthy young adult who is prepared to function and be a productive member of society. The objective is to shatter the vicious cycle of distress so they will be the last in their family to need residential placement.
Family Intervention Center
The Family Intervention Center provides individual treatment programs suited to the emotional and physical needs of each child and family. This innovative Center offers an effective alternative to residential placement for those children for whom there is the chance to remain at home.
They have the opportunity to remain at home and benefit from the core attachment to their parents and family. This can be done through a comprehensive program of education and counseling, both for the parents and for the children, enabling them to function as a normal family unit.
Nothing is comparable to the fulfillment of having an attachment to your own parents. The Family Intervention Center gives the children that opportunity!
The Shirley Margolin Parker Home for Infants
The Parker Home for Infants provides a vital niche in Israel’s social welfare system. There are hundreds of tragic situations that necessitate the removal of babies and very young children from the custody of their parents. These tiny babies need a place to go at a moment’s notice after authorities are made aware of life-threatening situations—whether abuse, neglect, abandonment, parental drug addiction or parental psychiatric problems.
The Parker Home for Infants has been designated as the recommended center by the Israeli Ministry of Social Welfare in order to care for children who face emergency situations. Whether it is daytime hours or the middle of the night, the staff at the Home is prepared for intake and to care for the new arrival. Pediatricians work closely with the Home, immediately giving each new baby a thorough medical examination, and the physical needs of each baby are promptly attended to.
Visit their website at www.elazraki.org.il
