JFGNH: Talmud Torah Meyuchad Grant

The Talmud Torah Meyuchad Grant offers essential financial support for religious school programs catering to children with individualized learning needs. This grant seeks to enhance educational services by providing resources that improve the learning environment for students in grades K-12 with special needs. Funded by generous endowments from the Jewish Foundation, it fosters a collaborative effort involving schools, families, and the community to ensure that all children receive the education they deserve.

The Talmud Torah Meyuchad grant provides supplemental financial assistance to religious school programs serving children with individualized learning and special needs. The grant is designed to serve as the community’s contribution toward supporting these services and is to be part of a total financial and service support system partnership among schools, synagogues, parents/families and the community. The grant is to be used to partially support the added services, staffing or materials that will enhance student’s ability to benefit from the religious school program.
Talmud Torah Meyuchad is made possible thanks to the following endowments at the Jewish Foundation:
David Kaplan Memorial Fund for the Jewish Education of Children with Special Needs  Esther Krevit & Andrea Krevit Ross Fund for the benefit of Special Needs Children
Esther S. & David A. Lipman Fund for Jewish Education
Milton & Beatrice Smirnoff Fund for Children with Special Needs

Eligibility

Children appropriate for these grants are those who meet all of the following criteria:In grades K through 12, or ages 5 to 18 (approx.)
Are enrolled in a supplementary religious school program or who would be enrolled if special services were available.
Children who have an IEP (Individual Educational Plan or Section 504 Plan) in their school setting (i.e.: those children with moderate to severe needs for whom an intervention such as an aide, tutor, or interpreter will enable the child to benefit from the religious school program.)