“Emergency to Recovery” is much more than a slogan. It is a critical mission for educators, therapy professionals,  all healing professionals. The faster we understand this, the better we will be at rehabilitating Israel’s teenagers and Israeli society itself.

Khalil Homeidi 
National Director of Community Services at ELEM

Half a year after October 7th, ELEM is implementing sustainable systems of healing and recovery for Israel’s newly vulnerable youth. Our programs have already proven to keep kids in school and reduce rates of risk behavior, which skyrocketed after October 7th.

Expanding on the effectiveness of our Breathing Spaces program, temporary spaces for immediate trauma care, ELEM is developing an innovative, trauma-oriented holistic model for intervention and care, which meets youth where they are on their turf at all hours of the day. 

Through this new paradigm, ELEM is able to effectively identify and reach out to teens in need, create judgment-free relationships, and meet youth in informal settings that they are comfortable in. Our programs open the door for counseling and support that result in meaningful change for teens who would otherwise not access any therapeutic systems.   

As we move from emergency support to sustained systems of care, join us in ensuring the youth of Israel continue to receive the support they need. Your donation helps ensure that at-risk youth can access ELEM services during all hours of the day: 

Morning: Breathing Spaces in Schools 
Afternoon: Drop-In Centers 
Night: Outreach Vans 
Daytime: Harm Reduction Center 
Night: Digital Emotional Support Hotline  

Support ELEM’s holistic support model with your generous donation today, or consider a monthly donation to help ensure the future of ELEM.

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ELEM/YOUTH IN DISTRESS IN ISRAEL
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Today, your gift to ELEM/Youth in Distress in Israel is of critical importance to the youth we serve. They face tremendous challenges, such as domestic violence, substance abuse, neglect, bullying, homelessness and prostitution.

 

ELEM works with native-born secular and religious Jews; Christian and Muslim Arabs including Bedouins; immigrants, including those from the Former Soviet Union and Ethiopia; and the LGBT community. Many live on the streets and most will not seek help from traditional social service groups.

ELEM’s 280 professionals and over 1,700 volunteers don’t wait for referrals to treat these struggling youth, but seek them out on their turf — on the streets, in schools, on the Internet and at bars and nightclubs. Our 78 programs in 43 cities provide counseling, mentoring, vocational training and a safe space for Israeli youth to envision a positive future for themselves and become productive members of Israeli society. 

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