Personal Social Services – 2005
15.12.2007The challenge these services face is complex. The proportion of households, children, and elderly under the poverty line has been...
- Yaakov Kop
Financing the Israeli Healthcare System 1995-2005
14.12.2007This paper examines what has happened in practice to the system over the years with emphasis on how these changes...
Immigrant Integration in the Social Security System
28.10.2007The social welfare system is intended to insure a minimum standard of living for all members of society and particularly for...
- John Gal Roni Barzuri
Reform in Immigrant Integration: The Move from Institutional Absorption to Direct Integration into the Community
15.08.2007New immigrants began what was called a "direct integration track" into the community. More than one million immigrants were dealt...
- Elazar Leshem
Policy Towards Persons with Disabilities: From Social Legislation to Legislating Rights
15.08.2007In general, policy and legislation can be divided into three main periods: From the establishment of the State until the...
- Arik Rimmerman Shirlee Avrami
A Safety Net Full of Holes: Changing Policy Towards Israel’s Social Assistance Program
15.08.2007Despite the existence of social welfare programs that address the specific needs of various populations - the unemployed, people with disabilities,...
- John Gal Netta Achdut
Formulating Social Policy in Israel: Trends and Issues
15.08.2007Policy setting is characterized by priority setting, by choices between options and by decision making that directs activities and behaviors...
- Uri Aviram John Gal Yosef Katan
A Turnaround in Children’s Rights and Social Services for Children
15.08.2007This process and the public, societal and legal support for it, is indicative of a more general support for human...
- Asher Ben-Arieh Michal Kimhi