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The Otzma Center in Lod was established with the aim of improving the economic, employment, and social welfare of individuals and families living in poverty and exclusion, so that everyone, according to their needs, can improve their quality of life and participate in social processes in the community.

The program includes personal and group support for participants, tailored to their individual needs. Those who apply to the program must be motivated to work to change their economic situation.

The program team includes social workers, an employment expert, and a family economics expert.

We provide services in the following areas:

• Employment
• ‹ Counseling and guidance for employment and education
• ‹ Acquiring tools for finding work and developing a career
• ‹ Support for small businesses
• ‹ Scholarships for professional studies and courses
• ‹ Developing municipal responses to employment issues

Exercising rights

• ‹ Counseling on exercising rights – for social workers and clients
• ‹ Physical accompaniment of clients to institutions for the purpose of exercising rights
• ‹ Development of municipal responses to issues related to exercising rights
• ‹ Information about community services

Financial counseling

• Individual/group financial counseling for families
• Assistance in getting out of debt or financial crisis
• Building a financial recovery plan
• In addition, the Center holds lectures and workshops on various topics related to personal empowerment and acquiring tools and knowledge, with a focus on target groups within the center such as families with young children, single-parent families, women, and more...

How to contact us - You can contact us through a family social worker or directly at the Otzma Center:

08-9279008, 08-9279716, and mobile: 053-7701942

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The “Breathing Easy” program is a subsidiary program of the Otzma Center that aims to improve the situation of families living in persistent poverty and exclusion in various areas of life while creating social mobility. The program assigns a personal social worker, a family financial advisor, and a basket of solutions available to the family in a process that lasts about two years. The program addresses all aspects of family life, from economic issues related to employment, education, exercising rights, and wise financial management, to individual processes that the family undergoes, to health, education, and leisure.

Families are committed to taking action and undergoing financial rehabilitation, in accordance with a program designed specifically for them.

Families meet once a week with their family counselor throughout the program.

Target audience: The program is suitable for families with three children, where the parents are under the age of 50 and have the ability and motivation to change. Applicants must pass an acceptance committee test. Exceptions may be considered with committee approval.

The purpose of the department is to provide support for young people aged 13-25 by a professional team of social workers.

Services are provided to young people who are experiencing difficulties, challenges, and various struggles in their lives, with the aim of empowering and strengthening them.

The program's services include education and practical training, employment and career, exercising rights, military/national service, physical well-being, health and safety, support, guidance, and a listening ear.