Bayit Cham

Bayit Cham (Hebrew: עמותת בית חם, "Warm Home Association") is an Israeli nonprofit association dedicated to the welfare and rights of people coping with mental-health challenges. It was founded in Bnei Brak in 1997 by Rabbi Shmuel Munk, and in 2003 his son, Rabbi Aryeh Munk, was appointed director-general and expanded its activities; he also serves as an observer on Israel's mental-health reform committee. The association operates a broad network of community psychiatric clinics offering psychiatric care, psychological treatment, psychotherapeutic therapies, and expressive and creative therapies. Its clinics are active in Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh, Modi'in Illit, Bnei Brak, Elad, Ashdod and Ofakim, and it also runs clinics for victims of sexual assault for children and adults across the country. In the rehabilitation field, Bayit Cham's teams accompany roughly 1,700 people dealing with mental, physical or sensory challenges every day, through varied employment tracks such as an employment club, transitional employment and supported employment. The association runs prevention, treatment and rehabilitation programs, including workshops and training on mental health for teachers, educational staff, parents and family members of people coping with mental-health conditions, as well as sheltered vocational training centers. According to its official website, Bayit Cham describes itself as a pioneer in mental-health rehabilitation in Israel, operating a wide array of therapeutic and rehabilitative services, counseling and support, training and employment, and leisure activities for people coping with mental-health challenges and their families. The site highlights 27 years of activity, 11 clinics, 129 volunteers and 400 staff members, and invites the public to donate, volunteer and join its community.

Bayit Cham was founded in Bnei Brak in 1997 by Rabbi Shmuel Munk as an Israeli nonprofit association working for the welfare and rights of people coping with mental-health challenges. In 2003, his son, Rabbi Aryeh Munk, was appointed director-general and expanded the association's activities; he also serves as an observer on the committee for mental-health reform in Israel. Over the following decades the association grew into a broad service network. It now operates community psychiatric clinics providing psychiatric care, psychological treatment, psychotherapeutic therapies, and expressive and creative therapies in Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh, Modi'in Illit, Bnei Brak, Elad, Ashdod and Ofakim, as well as clinics for victims of sexual assault for children and adults across the country. In rehabilitation, its teams accompany about 1,700 people with mental, physical or sensory challenges daily through employment tracks including an employment club, transitional employment and supported employment. It also runs prevention, treatment and rehabilitation programs, sheltered vocational training centers, and mental-health training and workshops for teachers, educational staff, parents and family members. By its own account on its official website, Bayit Cham has 27 years of activity, 11 clinics, 129 volunteers and 400 staff members, and describes itself as a pioneer in mental-health rehabilitation in Israel, offering therapeutic and rehabilitative solutions, counseling and support, training and employment, and leisure activities for people coping with mental-health challenges and their families.

• 2003

  Rabbi Aryeh Munk appointed director-general and expands the association's activities.

• 1997

  Bayit Cham association founded in Bnei Brak by Rabbi Shmuel Munk.

A pioneering Israeli nonprofit in mental-health rehabilitation, offering a broad continuum of clinical, rehabilitative, employment and community services.

• Community psychiatric clinics

  Clinics providing psychiatric care, psychological treatment, psychotherapeutic therapies, and expressive and creative therapies in Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh, Modi'in Illit, Bnei Brak, Elad, Ashdod and Ofakim.

• Clinics for victims of sexual assault

  Clinics for children and adults across the country.

• Rehabilitation and employment tracks

  Employment club, transitional employment and supported employment accompanying about 1,700 people daily.

• Sheltered vocational training centers

  Vocational training centers for people coping with mental-health challenges.

• Mental-health training and workshops

  Workshops and training on mental health for teachers, educational staff, parents and family members.

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