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Israel Emergency Campaign (IEC) Initiative of the United Jewish Communities (UJC/Jewish Federations of North America) After the Second Lebanon War E NGELBERG CENTER FOR C HILDREN AND Y OUTH Israel Emergency Campaign (IEC) Initiative of the United Jewish Communities (UJC/Jewish Federations of North America) after the Second Lebanon War Evaluation of the Initiative for Children and Youth Implemented by JDC-Israel/Ashalim, the Jewish Agency for Israel and the Israel Trauma Coalition in the Galilee and Gaza Border Areas: Summary of the Findings Paula Kahan-Strawczynski Dganit Levi The study was initiated by the UJC/Jewish Federations of North America and funded with its assistance RR-551-09 Israel Emergency Campaign (IEC) Initiative of the United Jewish Communities (UJC/Jewish Federations of North America) after the Second Lebanon War Evaluation of the Initiative for Children and Youth Implemented by JDC-Israel/Ashalim, the Jewish Agency for Israel and the Israel Trauma Coalition in the Galilee and Gaza Border Areas Summary of the Findings Paula Kahan-Strawczynski Dganit Levi The study was initiated by the UJC/Jewish Federations of North America and funded with its assistance Jerusalem October 2009 Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute Engelberg Center for Children and Youth P.O.B. 3886 Jerusalem 91037, Israel Tel: (02) 655-7400 Fax: (02) 561-2391 Web site: www.jdc.org.il/brookdale Related Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute Publications Levi, D.; Kahan-Strawczynski, P. 2009. Evaluating the Implementation of an Initiative for Children and Youth by JDC-Israel, Ashalim, the Jewish Agency and the Israel Trauma Coalition in the Galilee and Gaza Border Areas with Emergency Resources Raised by the UJC/Jewish Federations of North America after the Second Lebanon War: Findings from Parents' Surveys (forthcoming Internet publication, Hebrew). To order other Institute publications, please contact the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute, P.O.B. 3886, Jerusalem, 91037; Tel: (02) 655-7400; Fax: (02) 561-2391; E-mail: [email protected] Acknowledgments We would like to thank all those who assisted us and made this study possible and the many people whom we interviewed: parents who gave of their time and shared their children's and their own lives with us; students, school staff and principals; division heads and professionals from the various local authority services; professionals from the organizations implementing the programs; professionals from the organizations in charge of the Initiative (the Jewish Agency, JDC- Israel/Ashalim and the Israel Trauma Coalition); the head-office staff at the Ministry of Education; and the representatives of the United Jewish Communities (UJC/Jewish Federations of North America). We are particularly grateful to the members of the steering committee who guided the study through all of its stages: Dvora Blum, Michael Fisher, Rena Neiger, Lee Perlman and Adam Werner of the UJC; Revital Levy-Ronen, Idit Michaeli and Nir Lahav of the Jewish Agency for Israel; Michal Cohen-Hattab and Rami Sulimani of JDC-Israel/Ashalim; and Taly Levanon and Naama Rosenfeld-Sarussi of the Israel Trauma Coalition. We would also like to thank Prof. Jack Habib, director of the Myers-JDC-Brookdale Institute, for his erudite comments about the study findings and our colleagues at the Engelberg Center for Children and Youth, notably Talal Dolev (former director of the Center), who was a great help to us and whose experience contributed much to the study; Miriam Cohen-Navot (current director) for her comments on the final report; Assaf Sharon (statistical advisor) for his help with the parents' survey; and Liat Yurovich, Gabriella Hoffman, Shira Rivnai, Orna Dafna, Liat Vazan- Sikron, and Gily Meir for their contribution to the study. Special thanks are due to Ben Schlomi (fieldwork coordinator) for his initiative and conscientiousness and for ensuring the quality of the interviews and to the interview team. Finally, our thanks to Naomi Halsted, who edited this report, and Leslie Klineman, who prepared it for publication. Table of Contents 1. Introduction ............................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 The Initiative to Rehabilitate the Galilee and Gaza Border Areas – General .................. 1 1.2 Goals of the Initiative for Children and Youth in the Galilee and Gaza Border Areas ... 1 1.3 Target Population ............................................................................................................. 2 1.4 Duration of the Initiative .................................................................................................. 2 1.5 Organizations in Charge of the Initiative ......................................................................... 2 1.6. Evaluation Study ............................................................................................................. 2 2. Study Design .......................................................................................................................... 3 2.1 Study Goals ...................................................................................................................... 3 2.2 Study Questions ............................................................................................................... 3 2.3 Data Collection ................................................................................................................. 3 2.4 Sources of Information ..................................................................................................... 4 2.5 Localities Included in the Study ....................................................................................... 5 2.6 Data Analysis Strategy ..................................................................................................... 6 2.7 Evaluation Reports ........................................................................................................... 6 3. Main Findings ........................................................................................................................ 6 3.1 The Initiative and Changes in Geographical Distribution and in the Extent of Activities between the Two Measurement Points ........................................... 6 3.2 Principles of Implementation in the First Year and Main Conclusions ......................... 10 3.3 Preparing for the Second Year of the Initiative ............................................................. 12 3.4 Goals of the Initiative and Changes of Emphasis in the Second Year ........................... 12 3.5 The Impact and Contribution of the Initiative ................................................................ 14 3.6 Difficulties Implementing the Initiative ......................................................................... 17 3.7 Summary of Evaluation Findings................................................................................... 20 4. Directions for Action in Future Emergency Situations ........................................................ 22 4.1 Recommendations Proposed by Respondents at Locality Level ................................... 22 4.2 Directions for Action for a Future Rehabilitation Initiative at the Regional Level ....... 25 Bibliography ............................................................................................................................. 28 Appendix – Study Questions, by Year and Source of Information .......................................... 30 List of Tables Table 1: The Initiative, by Organizations in Charge, Areas of Activity and Participating Localities…………………………………………………….……..9 Table 2: Students' Participation in the Activities, by Year of Activity and Population Group.10 1. Introduction This report summarizes the findings from both years of the evaluation (2006/7, hereinafter the first year, and 2007/8, hereinafter the second year) of the implementation of the Israel Emergency Campaign Initiative for Children and Youth in the Galilee and Gaza border areas (hereinafter the IEC Initiative). The evaluation was funded by the United Jewish Communities (UJC/Jewish Federations of North America, hereinafter UJC). 1.1 The Initiative to Rehabilitate the Galilee and Gaza Border Areas – General The initiative for children and youth in the Galilee and Gaza border areas is part of a more extensive initiative implemented in these areas. The goals of the Initiative were based on a holistic strategy to enhance the quality of life and empower residents by focusing on three areas – long-term educational needs, economic development and community empowerment through post- traumatic therapy – which were incorporated in both educational and community empowerment programs (UJC, undated). The Initiative included the following elements (Kahana, 2008): Strengthening crisis services through training: In order to create a system of emergency services within the local authorities, social workers and other professionals from different population groups, including educational staff, received special training. Expansion of existing programs: This was done by increasing the number of localities in which existing programs were implemented and by intensifying the work in localities where the programs were already being implemented. Examples of programs that were expanded include: The MALEH (Alternative Learning Space) program, for high school students on the verge of dropping out; the Third Half of the Summer Semester program to improve matriculation grades; the centers for demobilized soldiers and young people who have completed National Service; The Municipality Promotes Employment program; supportive communities
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