The Israel Emergency Campaign of the UJC/federation system, launched in response to the war against Israel this summer, has raised nearly $350 million to-date to help the most vulnerable Israelis in the north whose lives were disrupted by the violence. Of the $348.8 million raised to date, UJC has allocated some $143.3 million, to help the elderly, the disabled, the very young, recent immigrants and others in need.
 
UJC helps these the most vulnerable Israeli citizens in the north -- Jews, Arabs and Druze alike -- via its overseas partners, the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), who in turn work with dozens of Israeli non-profit groups to deliver crucial social services -- with 100 percent of all IEC funds raised going to Israelis in need.

IEC allocations are determined by a group of federation volunteer leaders and professionals representing the UJC/federation system meeting as the IEC Work Group. This group meets periodically to review funding proposals for social-service programs in Israel run by JDC and JAFI and by dozens of other Israeli non-profit organizations with whom they collaborate.

Among the major allocations:

Emergency Preparedness

• $1.5 million to keep emergency response professionals and volunteers protected
• $3.5 million to rebuild Jewish Agency absorption centers in the north

Taking kids out of the line of fire/summer camps

• $15.7 million for overnight summer camps away from the line of fire for Jewish, Arab and Druze children from the North and Jewish children from the south
• $1.9 million for week-long day camps
• $3.3 million for summer day camps Israeli-Arab children who don’t want to be separated from their families

Easing the stay in public bomb shelters

• $1.3 million for activities for children in bomb shelters
• $1.7 million in first-aid kits for disadvantaged families staying in public bomb shelters
• $6 million to equip public bomb shelters in the north

School programs/School-readiness

• $3.96 million for school-readiness programs to help kids return to normalcy before the start of the school year
• $2.64 million for school readiness specifically for Arab-Israeli children attending separate schools, at the request of Ministry of Education
• 1.5 million for school-based afternoon Activities for Children – includes extra study hours, meals, enrichment, and therapy

Short-term care for vulnerable populations

• $1 million for the Forum to Address Food Insecurity and Poverty in Israel, supplying food and other necessary supplies to the relevant NGOs
• $3 million for urgent interim assistance for the elderly in endangered areas
• $2.3 million in respite care for families in distress, the elderly and the disabled
• $3 million for emergency supplies for new immigrants under fire
• $2 million for residents of Kiryat Shemona to take respite at modest holiday villages and hotels throughout Israel, in partnership with birthright philanthropists and the Government of Israel
• $8.53 million for educational intervention through SPACE
  SPACE offers a variety of interventions – educational enrichment, youth centers, support for parents. This funding also increases SPACE in the North to 7 new cities, including Haifa.

Rebuilding Economy - post-war

• $4 million for emergency small business grants. Many small businesses – particularly those in the tourism industry – are facing bankruptcy due to the cessation of business during a critical time of the year
• $6 million in university scholarships for reservist students called up to serve during the war
• $5 million in university scholarships to boost enrollment up North, which has dropped 30 percent
• $1 million in school supplies for families living with financial hardship
• $18 million for a fund for Victims of Terror

Helping Sderot and environs in the south under missile attack from the Gaza Strip

• $1.2 million for offering 8,000 children after-school programs in the arts, sports and academics
• $700,000 to provide 4,000 children from first to sixth grade with one-to-three-day field trips in the country's center;
• $500,000 for incentive scholarships for freshmen at Sapir College in Sderot;
• $200,000 to provide 2,500 disabled and 270 elderly one-to-three-day respite trips outside the missile zone

Long-term educational needs, north and south

• $11 million for after-school activities
• $4 million for post-trauma learning and emotional support
• $2 million for special needs programs
• $1.5 million for therapy
• $1.75 million for training staff
• $1.175 million for training trauma professionals
• $900,000 for scholastic assistance
• $750,000 for physical upgrades of kindergartens
• $252,000 for a master’s degree program in psychology
• $414,000 for Arab language and culture education