Chimes Israel

Chimes Israel (Hebrew: צ'יימס ישראל) is an Israeli nonprofit association (amuta) founded in 1991 that works to improve the quality of life of infants, children, youth, and adults with disabilities. It develops professional programs and operates a continuum of multidisciplinary frameworks and services in the fields of care, education, rehabilitation, employment, and leisure, based on advanced approaches for all population sectors. According to its official website, the association runs 27 frameworks and programs across 14 local authorities, serving approximately 1,200 service recipients and their families. These include rehabilitative-communicative day care centers for infants and toddlers, after-school clubs in special education schools, therapeutic-nursing day centers for adults, employment centers, supported employment in the open market, and leisure activities. The organization aims to enable each person to live a full life of dignity, independence, and integration into society, providing practical tools, professional guidance, and support throughout the journey. The association's services span a wide range of disabilities, including intellectual-developmental disabilities, physical disabilities, mental health conditions, autism, and developmental disabilities. Service recipients range in age from six months to old age, without distinction of race, nationality, or religion, across a broad geographic spread in 14 local authorities, with support and supervision from the Ministries of Welfare, Health, and Education, and in cooperation with the National Insurance Institute, the Shalem Fund, foundations and donors, parents, and families. Among the association's frameworks and services are rehabilitative-communicative day care centers for infants, clubs in special education schools, employment service centers (Rasht), integration of adults into open-market employment, therapeutic-nursing centers for adults, and professional colleges. Chimes Israel believes that a person with a disability, like any person, has the right and ability to live a life of dignity and independence while realizing their personal potential. The association's vision is to lead in developing programs for people with disabilities, providing tailored service at the highest professional level in the field, using advanced work methods, and helping service recipients realize their potential and be active partners in Israeli society. Its mission is to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities from various sectors, with emphasis on promoting independence and equal opportunities for participation and inclusion in the community in all areas of life; to promote partnership and involvement of families/guardians in rehabilitation and care processes as an integral part of providing responses to people with disabilities; and to develop unique programs and models in the field of rehabilitation and care for people with disabilities. As of 2019, the association employed about 580 people and had a budget of approximately 62.7 million shekels. The chairwoman of the board is Shulamit Gildner and the director-general is George Ricardo Zimmerman. The association's offices are located in the Ramat HaHayal neighborhood of Tel Aviv-Yafo. The association's activities were significantly affected by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel in March 2020, when hundreds of employees were placed on unpaid leave and the budget was reduced by about ten percent.

Chimes Israel was founded in 1991 as a nonprofit association to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities in Israel. Over more than three decades, it has developed professional programs and operates a continuum of multidisciplinary frameworks and services in care, education, rehabilitation, employment, and leisure. According to its official website, the association now runs 27 frameworks and programs across 14 local authorities, serving approximately 1,200 service recipients and their families. These include rehabilitative-communicative day care centers for infants and toddlers, after-school clubs in special education schools, therapeutic-nursing day centers for adults, employment centers, supported employment in the open market, and leisure activities. The association works with a wide range of disabilities, including intellectual-developmental disabilities, physical disabilities, mental health conditions, autism, and developmental disabilities, serving people from six months to old age without distinction of race, nationality, or religion. It operates with support and supervision from the Ministries of Welfare, Health, and Education, and in cooperation with the National Insurance Institute, the Shalem Fund, foundations and donors, parents, and families. As of 2019, the association employed about 580 people and had a budget of approximately 62.7 million shekels. Its offices are located in the Ramat HaHayal neighborhood of Tel Aviv-Yafo. The chairwoman of the board is Shulamit Gildner and the director-general is George Ricardo Zimmerman. The association's activities were significantly affected by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel in March 2020, when hundreds of employees were placed on unpaid leave and the budget was reduced by about ten percent.

• 2020

  Activities significantly affected by COVID-19 pandemic; hundreds of employees placed on unpaid leave and budget reduced by about ten percent.

• 2019

  Association employed about 580 people and had a budget of approximately 62.7 million shekels.

• 1991

  Chimes Israel founded as a nonprofit association.

Nonprofit association providing a continuum of multidisciplinary services for people with disabilities across Israel.

Product categories. Rehabilitative-communicative day care centers for infants and toddlers · After-school clubs in special education schools · Therapeutic-nursing day centers for adults · Employment centers and supported employment · Professional colleges · Leisure activities

1. 1צ'יימס ישראל - Official Websitechimesisrael.org.il
2. 2אודות - צ'יימס ישראלchimesisrael.org.il
3. 3כתבו עלינו - צ'יימס ישראלchimesisrael.org.il
4. 4Chimes Israel - Wikidatawikidata.org
5. 5צ'יימס ישראל - Wikipedia (Hebrew)he.wikipedia.org