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TRANSFER OF $75 MILLION OF PROGRAMS FROM FEGS TO THE
JEWISH BOARD WILL TAKE PLACE ON JUNE 1, 2015

$75 million of essential programs and services will transfer from
Federation Employment & Guidance Services (FEGS) to the Jewish
Board of Family and Childrens Services (The Jewish Board) on
June 1, 2015. This represents the largest group of programs to be
transferred from FEGS, a human services agency which had
declared bankruptcy in March, 2015. The Jewish Board will then
become the largest human services agency in New York City, with
a total annual budget of approximately $250 million.

The portfolio of programs to be transferred includes 850
apartments (both scattered-site and group residences), 6 mental
health clinics, 3 day programs serving adults with mental illness,
care management and other programs. Over 8,000 people are
currently served by these programs, which are located in New
York City and Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island. Nearly
800 people, most of whom have been made offers of employment
by The Jewish Board, are employed in these programs. The
Jewish Board will take on the New York City programs
permanently and will assume temporary responsibility for the
Long Island programs until local non-profit organizations can be
identified, a process expected to take less than one year.

In January, after a thorough internal selection process, the New
York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) selected The Jewish
Board as the recipient of the behavioral health services previously
provided by FEGS. OMH is the primary provider of licenses and

contracts for these programs, with some contracts provided by

the governments of New York City, Nassau and Suffolk. OMH
determined that the safest, least disruptive way to achieve this
transition was for one experienced agency to replace FEGS in the
operation of all of the behavioral health programs.

David Rivel, CEO, The Jewish Board, said, We are deeply
saddened by the loss of our colleague organization, which has
worked for 80 years to provide services for some of New Yorks
neediest, but we are pleased we were able to save these valuable
programs both for the people served and the staff employed by
them. We are grateful for the support of New York State and the
UJA-Federation for making this unprecedented transfer of the
scope and range of these services as smooth and straightforward
as possible.

For more than 140 years, The Jewish Board has been helping
individuals to realize their potential and live as independently as
possible. With hope and resilience guiding its work, The Jewish
Board promotes recovery by addressing all aspects of a persons
life, including mental and physical health, family, housing,
employment and education. Each year, the nonprofit
organization serves more than 35,000 people of all ages across
the five boroughs and at a campus in Westchester.