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Important news for Olim

I wanted to share an extremely important piece of news for Olim that I saw in my TACHLIS news group. It was very alertly pointed out by Paula Stern of www.writepoint.com and applies to all potential Olim or those who have moved to Israel within the last ten years.

It seems the Misrad HaKlita (Min. of Immigrant Absorption) has just advertised that there is now a deadline for applying for its subsidy for Olim to get professional retraining. If you don’t get a voucher towards a course before December 15th they don’t know if the program will be renewed next year or at all. She mentions that, while she plans on working with Aliyah organizations to see if they can help turn this around, in the meantime this seems be a case of “use it or lose it.”

She goes on to suggest some action items for the applicable people and also adds how her personal technical writing course is working to accomodate potential students in light of the changes coming.

Thanks for the heads up Paula. We’ll help spread the word.

Ari

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2 Responses to “Important news for Olim”

  1. A Soldier's Mother Says:
    December 15th, 2008 at 12:55 pm

    Misrad Haklita continues to clarify the situation. For new olim - those who are moving here now or those who moved here within the last 5 years, there is no apparent change in the subsidy program. However, for those who have lived here 5-10 years, there are two major changes:

    1. If you had applied for this previously - they would only have paid you about 1,800 NIS and not the full 80% up to 10,000 NIS they are now willing to pay.

    2. If you don’t apply for a course and sign up before Dec. 15, your application will not be processed after Dec. 15…unless they get a new budget. Today is the 15th, so there is not much you can do now, but for those who are just arriving or have recently come to Israel, the good news is that this does not mean your subsidy has been canceled. Stay tuned - hopefully the extension for 5-10 years will also be extended. Feel free to contact us at seminars@writepoint.com if you think we can help.

  2. ari Says:
    December 15th, 2008 at 2:52 pm

    Thanks so much for the update and please do indeed keep us posted. This is great information.

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