Welfare Ministry

The Union of Social Workers escalated labor sanctions on Sunday, announcing local authorities will boycott the Welfare Ministry's new disability services pilot due to severe personnel shortages and an average of 208 cases per social worker.

A five-year-old boy who witnessed his mother's murder in Be'er Sheva will be returned to his 22-year-old sister following a resolution with the Welfare Ministry.

The Ministry of Welfare warns that upcoming budget cuts threaten critical services for at-risk populations, coming on top of severe staff shortages and rising caseloads since the war.

The Ministry of Welfare canceled a 61 million shekel tender to operate a homeless center after discovering the winning company is owned by the mother of a former senior ministry official who helped draft the process.

Israel launches a new pilot project via the Ha-Masyet digital platform to combat severe social worker shortages by offering flexible, high-paying part-time roles.

Former Ministry of Welfare Director-General Yossi Silman passed away at the age of 66. Silman, a retired Brigadier General, also served as CEO of Holon and Pardes Hanna-Karkur.

The child's father claims that a 17-year-old youth living at the facility, which is under the responsibility of the Ministry of Welfare, sexually abused his son on several occasions - and with the knowledge of staff members who did not report it. According to the police complaint, one of the instructors reported the incidents to the facility's social worker after she was fired - but nothing was...

The Ministry of Welfare has failed for over 18 months to set equal criteria for distributing over a quarter of a billion shekels via Shas-led food cards. The funds are likely to remain in the Treasury.