Survivor Homecare Deficit 2004-2021

2004-2021 Homecare Funding Gap

Estimated homecare cost funding gap for survivor population in need.

2010

Estimates of survivors worldwide living in poverty or considered poor ranged from 234,000-260,000, based on data from the Claims Conference and the Jewish Federation System, with 55,000 in the United States, 74,000 in Israel, and 90,000 in the Former Soviet Union

2013

The Claims Conference reported 56,000 survivors receiving home care and a total of $182 million from the German government, providing only $3,250 of the $15,600 annual cost for each recipient– or 11 weeks of care.

2017

67,000 survivors received home care; Germany provided $356 million in funding.  Claims Conference Press Release, July 2017.

2018

76,200 survivors received home care; Germany provided $478 million in funding.  Claims Conference Press Release, July 10, 2018.

2019

78,000 survivors received home care; Germany provided $538 million in funding.  Claims Conference Press Release, July 1, 2019.

2020

83,000 survivors received home care; Germany provided $598 million in funding.  Claims Conference Press Release, October 14, 2020.

2021

Claims Conference did not provide precise number of survivors who received home care in 2021, only how many were eligible. Germany provided $582 million in funding.  Claims Conference Press Release, October 14, 2020.

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see also "About a third of Holocaust survivors in the U.S. live in poverty. This group helps them." The Washington Post. March 21, 2021.