Sherman Wins Funds for Jewish Home in Reseda
Washington, D.C. - The House on Wednesday approved $150,000 sought by Congressman Brad Sherman for the Jewish Home for the Aging in Reseda.
The funds were set aside in legislation to support Department of Housing and Urban Development programs.
The appropriation will help finance renovation of a residential care building to bring the structure into compliance with modern safety and health codes.
Sherman has been a long-time supporter of the Jewish Home for the Aging. After the 1994 Northridge earthquake, he helped secure $720,000 from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to repair the facilitys Alzheimers Pavilion.
œWe are delighted to be the recipients of these much-needed funds. They will enable the Jewish Home to renovate an existing residential care facility to better accommodate seniors who need improved handicapped accessibility. As a result, we will be able to shelter and care for more of the elderly who are most vulnerable; those with cognitive impairment and physical handicaps, said Molly Forrest, Chief Executive Officer of the Los Angeles Jewish Home for the Aging.
œWe thank Representative Brad Sherman and the federal government for their assistance, she added.
œI have visited the Jewish Home for the Aging at least 20 times and I am happy to help the home and its residents, Sherman said. œSince its founding in 1912, the home has fulfilled its important mission of providing a place to live for those in the most vulnerable years of their lives.
The appropriations bill now goes to the Senate.