PRIYA

About Us

PRIYA seeks to be a resource to Jewish individuals and families who are struggling on their path to parenthood. We offer emotional support, resource connection, spiritual guidance, and financial assistance with fertility treatments and/or adoption.

 

About Annie
Annie Glickman, Director
aglickman@priyafund.org
913-735-9242

Annie received her B.A. in Jewish Studies at the University of Washington’s Jackson School of International Studies and her M.A. in Jewish Education from The Jewish Theological Seminary of America. She is also a graduate of the Senior Educators Program of the Melton Centre for Jewish Education at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She has taught children and adults in New York City and Dallas, Texas prior to her arrival in Kansas City. While living in Dallas, Annie and her husband David, a pulpit rabbi, experienced secondary infertility. Through this lonely and painful time, she vowed to help others so that no one in the Jewish community should experience the challenges of expanding one’s family in isolation. With a continued commitment to Jewish education, she also works part-time as the Director of School Services for The Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning.

About Sarah
Sarah Albin, Priya Family Consultant at Jewish Family Services Kansas City
salbin@jfskc.org
913-730-1425

Sarah joined the PRIYA staff in early 2018, having worked for JFS as an older adult care manager for four years prior. She has a bachelor’s degree in communications, a master’s degree in social gerontology, and plenty of personal experience in the world of infertility.

Over a span of seven years or so, Sarah and her husband pursued different fertility treatments and foster care in an effort to form their forever family. Navigating the medical options to get pregnant proved discouraging and required a great deal of support from family and friends who were going through similar experiences, by Sarah’s account. She and her husband fostered seven children in four years, learning a great deal about parenthood and trauma in the process. Toward the end of their fostering journey, their hearts leapt and broke when they experienced a surprise pregnancy and subsequent miscarriage. In 2018, the couple was blessed at last with a beautiful baby boy named Truman. “Our path to parenthood—though trying—made us immeasurably thankful for the gift of a child.” Sarah said. “I look forward to helping other couples achieve this same joy through the PRIYA program.”

Community Partners

We Thank Our Funders:

National/International Resources

Advisory Committee

  • Committee Chair – Dr. Jane Sosland, PhD, Clinical Associate Professor – University of Kansas Medical Center
  • Joshua D. Stein, Director of Philanthropy – Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City
  • Don Goldman, Executive Director & CEO – Jewish Family Services of Greater Kansas City (JFS)
  • Robin Carr, MSW – Community Volunteer
  • Liz Levy, RN, BSN, IBCLC – Volunteer Leader of Active Inspired Moms (AIM) – Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City
  • Marcia Karbank, Board Trustee – Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City
  • Rabbi David Glickman, Senior Rabbi – Congregation Beth Shalom
  • Ellen Kort, Non-Profit Consultant – Ellen Kort LLC
  • Alana Muller, Board Trustee – Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City
  • Karen Gerson, EMPA – Community Volunteer
  • Rachel Rubin, Attorney at Law – Rubin Law Firm, LLC
  • Dr. Daniel Kort, Reproductive Endocrinologist, Associate Medical Director – Neway Fertility
  • Hannah Harris, RN, MN, ARNP, Pediatric Primary Care Nurse Practitioner – Community Volunteer
  • Karen Glickstein, Shareholder – Polsinelli PC
  • Lauren Levy – Community Volunteer

JCF Restricted Fund