Goal To provide a range of therapeutic and rehabilitative services for teenagers at various levels of risk from Be'er Sheva and the region.

Overview The Goldberg Community Anchor will be an innovative village that is intended to provide a range of therapeutic and rehabilitative services, both residential and daycare, for youngsters aged 12-18 from Be'er Sheva and the southern region. As a "community anchor", the village will be an integral part of its surroundings, encouraging interaction with the local community, and designed to help youngsters weather turbulent periods and come through equipped to rejoin mainstream society. The village has been planned with a close eye to the real and current needs of youth at risk in the southern region, without adhering to the classic model of a youth village.

The Goldberg Community Anchor will include the following frameworks: Family homes to provide a family-like environment for children who need out-of-home placement. Each home will contain 12 children and house parents with their family. After-school clubs for children who can live at home but require therapeutic attention in the afternoons. Meitar - for drop-out youth at high-risk of deteriorating into juvenile delinquency. A self-contained building segregated from the rest of the village, including emergency overnight shelter with 6 beds (3 boys, 3 girls), activity and therapy rooms, kitchen, dining room and administration. Parent-Teenage Center to address the needs of "hidden drop-outs", in particular to improve relations within the family and restore the teenagers to normative activity.

Update November 2007 The construction of buildings for six family homes and two after-school clubs is complete, including an apartment for the village director, and the grounds for this section of the village. Since the acceptance of the first four boys in early 2006, 20 teen boys are now living in two of the six family homes. The occupation of two more homes is in planning - one for girls in need of therapy as the result of extreme difficult family circumstances and traumatic experiences; the other ond, with a focus on enhancing and strengthening the level of educational achievements, will provide assistance for boys with learning challenges. Since the acceptance of the first 4 boys in early 2006, twenty teen boys are now living in two of the six planned family homes. The opening of two additional family homes is planned, one for girls in need of therapy, as the result of extreme difficult family circumstances and traumatic experiences; the other for boys with learning challenges. The afternoon clubs are open for around 30 youngsters, with a waiting list for an additional 27 teens to participate in the activities. Construction of the Meitar building began in July 2007. The day-care program for drop-out and alienated adolescents is meanwhile operating out of one of the family homes until the construction is completed. The central village gardens is the next element to go to tender within the coming weeks: a spacious garden area in the center of the village, where residents, club participants, staff members and visitors can play, relax and socialize. The central building, gym and parent-teenage center are in planning stages.

Sacta-Rashi's Involvement Project initiation and development Construction management Partnership development

Partners UIA Canada