Social Exits
Social Innovation That Became National Policy
Our models start on the ground, prove themselves in pilots, and are adopted by the State, becoming policy that reaches thousands of people across Israel.
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Want to be part of real social change? At ISP, you’ll find the place to turn ideas into solutions and make an impact on the ground.
Haredim in Academia
Objective:
A national model integrating Haredim into academia in high-demand fields, reducing dropout and leading to quality employment.
Social impact:
Mentored 5,000+ students across 35 institutions.
Economic impact (ROI):
+0.048% to Israel’s GDP each year, about ₪650M annually.
Daf Chadash (A New Page)
Objective:
Multidisciplinary support helping 600 women leaving domestic-violence shelters rebuild independent lives: housing, employment, and emotional resilience.
Social impact:
90% did not return to their abuser.
Economic impact (ROI):
Breaks the cycle of violence and the “revolving door,” saving the State the costs of hospitalization, shelters, and long-term welfare dependence.
Orim: Young Parents at Risk
Objective:
Family-management tools for at-risk parents (ages 17.5–35).
Social impact:
Founded 12 culturally adapted centers for Haredi, Bedouin, and Arab communities.
Economic impact (ROI):
Prevented out-of-home placements that cost the State hundreds of thousands of shekels per child each year.
Heznekim (Launchpad): Haredim in STEM
Objective:
Support from pre-academic preparation through a bachelor’s degree in high-demand STEM fields.
Social impact:
Built a cohort of graduates now at leading firms and shifted employers’ view of Haredi talent.
Economic impact (ROI):
Maximizes labor productivity, shifting from economic dependence to a significant contribution to Israeli high-tech.
Merchavim
Objective:
Dropout prevention among Haredi teenage girls through holistic intervention addressing emotional and environmental risk.
Social impact:
Deployed across dozens of Haredi schools and seminaries nationwide.
Economic impact (ROI):
Reduces the loss of human capital and secures the girls’ future earning potential, preventing a slide into economic distress.
Alumim
Objective:
Safe, protective environments preventing harm to children and youth in schools and the Religious-Zionist community.
Social impact:
Embedded child-safety values in school culture and trained staff to sustain a protective climate.
Economic impact (ROI):
Early prevention that saves the State the heavy costs of treating post-traumatic stress (PTSD), addiction, and long-term social rehabilitation.
B'Derech Shelach
Objective:
Lifting single-parent families out of poverty through career advancement and rights realization.
Social impact:
Building on the Kol Achat model: an exceptionally low 4.7% dropout rate and a 79.9% increase in household income.
Economic impact (ROI):
Launched Israel’s first Social Impact Bond based on wage outcomes: providers are paid only for proven salary gains.
Masa L'Kesher
Objective:
Premarital prevention of domestic violence among at-risk young couples in the Haredi and National-Religious sectors.
Social impact:
91% of participants better recognize warning signs; 74% gained practical tools for setting protective boundaries.
Economic impact (ROI):
From treating 5% of cases after the fact (today’s state response) to early prevention, easing the heavy burden of physical and mental illness on the health and welfare systems.
A New Generation of Models
New models are now in research and pilot stages. We work with government, academic, and community partners to turn them into wide-impact solutions.
“The most significant social change is the kind that rises from real need, matures through a careful process, and is ultimately adopted as national policy.”
