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| The Fund for Development of Services for Children and Youth at Risk |
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The National Insurance Institute supports the development of services for children and youth at risk by expanding such services in the community in accordance with the regulations of the Fund for Development of Services for Children and Youth at Risk.
The object of the programs assisted by the NII is to prevent or remove risk factors and obstacles which damage the normal development of the children and/or youth at risk and to help integrate them in normative frameworks.
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| How to Apply and Application Forms | |
| No requests/proposals will be accepted in the calendar year 2007. |
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| Rate of Assistance | |
The maximum rate of assistance for a program is 50% of its total cost, subject to the Fund’s work plan, and on condition that the total sum of assistance from all agencies does not exceed 100% of the program’s cost.
The rate of assistance shall be reduced annually – gradually. Year One – up to 60%; Year Two – up to 50%; Year Three – up to 40%. Assistance for equipment and building renovations shall not exceed 20% of the program’s total budget. |
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| Date for Submission of Request/ Proposal | |
These dates shall be publicized annually, towards the end of the year preceding the year of submission. |
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| Who May Submit an Application | |
Non-profit organizations only. |
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| Processing of Request/Proposal | |
|  | Proposals for programs of service development and requests for assistance should be submitted to the Department for Developing Services for Children and Youth at Risk. | | | The Director of the Department, or one of the staff, or an external consultant, shall examine the request and bring it to discussion and decision by an NII internal committee. | | | If approved by the internal committee, the program shall be discussed in a public committee of the NII Council. | | | After the approval process is completed, a contract shall be drawn out between the NII and the body being assisted, as well as between other organizations helping to finance the project. | | | The NII shall follow up the project’s implementation according to the conditions laid out in the contract, including the continuation of operation after the assistance period. | |
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| Contact Us | |
The National Insurance Institute of Israel
Division of Service Development
The Fund for Developing Services for Children and Youth at Risk
13 Wiezman Blvd., Jerusalem 91909
Telephone: 02-6709664 |
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| Criteria for Providing Assistance | |
| | The project must be coordinated with education, welfare or health officials. | | | The project must be coordinated with Municipality officials )if it is a local project(. | | | The project must be a new project, or expansion or assimilation of a successful project from a different location, or a substantial upgrade of an existing project. | | | The project must assist children or youth known to be at risk by education or welfare officials. | | | The project must not replace any other existing service. | |
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| Fields of Assistance | |
Requests for assistance in one of the following fields may be approved:
| | Programs for reducing or preventing violence among children and/or youth in normative frameworks from preschool through to high school. | | | Programs for improving parent-child relationships for children and/or youth at risk (from preschool through to high school) known to the social service departments or to the educational system. | | | Systematic module suggestions for treating children and/or youth who are sexually abused or abusive. | | | Programs for children and/or youth in danger of dropping out, either visibly or non-visibly, from normative frameworks, in an attempt to bring them back to normative function, while helping them develop learning, life and work skills. These may be programs that operate during or after school hours.
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| Threshold condition | |
Approval of projects is subject to fulfillment of all the conditions laid out in the regulations of the Fund for Development of Services for Children and Youth at Risk. |
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