Through scholarships made available to new immigrants, KH-UIA helps ensure their successful integration while advancing Israeli society as a whole. KH-UIA is also involved in assisting Israel's largely impoverished ultra-orthodox community acquire professional skills through higher education, allowing them to enter the workforce, provide for their families and contribute to Israel at large.

 It is vital that this sector becomes financially independent, both from the perspective of alleviating poverty which largely affects children, as well from the standpoints of assuaging the current financial burden this imposes on Israel's welfare system, and addressing negative ramifications on Israeli society caused by the problems of isolation which have traditionally plagued this community.