The Current Situation:
Existing rehabilitative day care centers in Rishon LeZion
• Alutaf – 18 places
• Meonot Bracha – 8 places
• Aviv – 15 places; awaiting approval for five additional places.
The city is currently set up to provide a municipal solution for 41 toddlers. In light of the capacity limit on rehabilitative day care centers, many toddlers are bused outside the city and join day care centers in Holon, Bat Yam, Gan Yavne, Modi’in, Reut, Lod and elsewhere. These entail long and tiring travel routes, which create emotional difficulty for the parents, who must send their young child on a long bus ride outside the city.
Operative Model – Rehabilitative Day Care Center that Operates in the Community Center
In the current operative model, the rehabilitative day care center will operate inside the community center. This is an innovative model, since the day care center usually operates in separate buildings, and here we are proposing a model in which the day care center constitutes an integral part of the community center’s activity, it takes part in everything that happens at the community center, and works in full cooperation. If need be, the day care center can use the community center’s facilities, including play area, activity rooms and more.
Budget:
Building an entrance and making it accessible |
300,000 |
Building and adapting a classroom |
150,000 |
Equipping a classroom |
65,000 |
Occupational therapy room |
40,000 |
Physiotherapy room |
40,000 |
Playground – adapting and shading |
265,000 |
Equipping playground |
50,000 |
Adapting patio to serve as a studio |
250,000 |
Total |
1.160,000 |
Partners: Rishon LeZion Municipality, Association for Children and Youth at Risk, Israel Association of Community Centers, Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs and Social Services – Disabilities Administration.