page_title: Communication assistance in Israel
section_title: Kind of assistance
hierarchical_section_title: Communication assistance in Israel / Kind of assistance
caption_attribution_description: עברית: מפגש ויקימדיה בסינמה סיטי בירושלים,
context_page_description: Communication assistance in Israel, is supplied to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community in Israel by the Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, after the demonstrations of The Association of the Deaf in Israel, which were held from May 5, 2002 until June 12, 2002.
context_section_description: On June 12, 2002, Eini signed an agreement which was written by the head of the Budget Division Ori Yogev, and was signed by him and by the Minister of Finance Silvan Shalom as well.
  Its main clauses were:
  Assistance would be given to a Deaf or Hoh person who lost his hearing up to the age of three years, and the hearing loss is at least 70 Decibels in the better ear.
  45 hours of Israeli sign language interpretation for every Deaf or Hoh person. Hoh is eligible to replace interpretation with transcription.
  288 ILS per month as a communication allowance for a Deaf worker, and 260 ILS for a Deaf non-worker.
  Buying communication assistance up to 3,000 ILS for 4 years. This assistance is paid by supplying receipts.
  The sums are linked to the consumer price index and are updated each year.
  Elderly Deaf people were eligible for 25% of these sums. This clause was voided in March 2018 by Molsa.
  An addition of 300,000 ILS in 2002 from Molsa for running Israeli Deaf clubs by Acha.
  The Minister of Finance would not object a legislative proposal, which exempts Deaf people from paying the annual radio fee in their vehicles.
  The agreement was recorded as Social Work Regulations 5.7 in Molsa. This kind of the regulations is signed by the CEO of Molsa instead of its Minister.
caption: Interpretation to the Israeli Sign Language in the meeting of the Hebrew Wikipedia in the Cinema City, Jerusalem, January 11, 2019
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