Located about three kilometres south of the city of Beit She'an, it falls under the jurisdiction of Valley of Springs Regional Council.

[1] Shluhot was founded in 1948 by former members of the Bnei Akiva Zionist youth movement on the land that had belonged to the depopulated Palestinian village of al-Ashrafiyya.

Sheletron, founded in 1996, produces electronic display solutions through text, pictures, video, and animation on LCD screens.

In the early nineties, the kibbutz renovated a residential apartment building and turned it into a bed and breakfast, mainly geared for the Orthodox Jewish market.

The kibbutz has since added a wider variety of accommodations, ranging from single rooms to multiple-room housing units.