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 Jewish Family Services (JFS) received a $200,000 grant over two years from the Tilles Foundation, which is dedicated to finding the most effective and impactful ways to help children in the Greater St. Louis Region through innovative charitable investments. The grant will support JFS’ Child Abuse Prevention Program (CAPP) and its expansion to serve more individuals by adding a staff member and producing new educational tools. The grant will enable the current program to reach nearly 52,000 pre-K through fifth grade students annually by 2026. For almost 30 years, CAPP and its trained specialists have worked with more than 150 ... Read more

 Jewish Family Services (JFS), which provides mental health and social services for all St. Louisans, will host The Masks We Wear: A JFS Gala Celebrating 150 Years. The event will be held Sun., Nov. 21 from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at The Ritz-Carlton located at 100 Carondelet Plaza in Clayton, Mo. Proceeds from the gala will benefit all JFS programs and services. The gala includes a reception, dinner, and entertainment. The evening will feature a program highlighting JFS’ illustrious history of empowering individuals and families by providing essential resources such as food, mental health services, and eldercare. The evening will ... Read more

Facilitated Segment: Missing Link in Treatment of Complex Chronic Pain, a new book by Dr. Rachel Feinberg, has been released by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. It has been said that the successful practice of medicine involves at least fifty percent experience and fifty percent art. The treatment of the complex chronic pain patient requires a fundamentally logical approach that respects the dynamic complexity of the nervous system and its neurohumoral and electrical mechanisms. Treatment needs to be dynamic and the underlying perpetuating pain generator needs to be diagnosed. This book is a reflection of thirty years of experience treating thousands ... Read more