The FAMCare Blog

In this new dystopian world of negative and divisive political discourse, we find it refreshing to seek out and report on the positive, uniting energy of the mission-centric nonprofit “other-world” we inhabit with our colleagues across the country.

Topics: human services, nonprofit sustainability, nonprofit, social, Nonprofit General, food desert, food system, food production, urban food deserts

Topics: Update Notices, FAMCare, Press Releases, FAMCare Tips and Tools, Software Upgrade Notices, Global Vision Technologies, cyber security, multi-factor authentication, hack detection code

The San Francisco board of supervisors recently introduced a budget measure that would raise the minimum wage for nonprofit and in-home supportive service workers from $15/hour to $17/hour. When challenged, the board justified the $13 million added annual expense to the city budget by citing the crisis the home healthcare field is experiencing in San Francisco. It is bleeding workers daily.

Topics: human services, nonprofit sustainability, nonprofit mission, Nonprofit General, Elderly/Aging Long Term Care, Government, home health care

With over 100,000 adoptable children in the United States, helping improve the adoption process with the right social services software is something we are passionate about. The length of the adoption process can vary by state but having the right software in place can help improve the process for all parties involved.

Topics: human services, case load, nonprofit software solutions, case management software, Adoption, social services software

All governmental organizations and NGOs are founded by well-meaning actors with good intentions. However, corruption inevitably sets in as the “good intentions” are gradually eclipsed by the inevitable organizational impulse to survive and self-perpetuate. Institutions, like organisms, seek survival for themselves and their descendants. They survive, reproduce, replace, predate, evolve, alter, consume and grow. And when a sufficient number of institutions coexist, they function like an ecosystem.

Topics: nonprofit sustainability, nonprofit, nonprofit mission, Nonprofit General, Organizational self preservation

This is the third in our series on case manager stress relief. In the first post we discussed the physical things you can do daily to relieve stress. The second post focused on ways to find mental stress relief. Today, we look at how to prevent burnout by identifying and lessening exhaustion factors.

Topics: case worker stress relief, case management software, prevent burnout, eliminate exhaustion factors, peer group, case load, human services

We’ve already discussed how nonprofit software solutions make it possible for your organization to focus more of its time on the mission, but we’d like to take it a step further. Not only can the right software solution provide an organization with more time to focus on the mission, it can also help you manage relationships better.

Topics: caseworkers, nonprofit, nonprofit software solutions, case management software, case management workflow

Safeguarding your clients’ privacy is something that must be taken seriously, regardless of your industry. Ensuring your caseworkers receive the proper Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance training is necessary not only to protect the clients, but to protect your organization.

Topics: HIPAA Compliant, nonprofit, case management software, Secure Case Management, FAMCare Tips and Tools, caseworkers

Last week we reported on the Ford Foundation’s $1 billion, five-year, Build program’s ongoing investment in the long-term capacity and sustainability of up to 300 social justice nonprofits. The Ford Foundation recognized that the popular donor trend of restricting funding to specific programs without accounting for infrastructure expenses was leading to a “nonprofit starvation cycle”, where charities cease to function because they can’t pay for overhead costs, such as administrative employees, computers and electric bills.

Topics: nonprofit funding, nonprofit mission, nonprofit, nonprofit starvation cycle, charity navigator, nonprofit sustainability

In the past twenty years, student debt has become a major social and political issue in our country. As government guaranteed student loans became more widely available, colleges began to raise their tuition rates to keep pace with the expansion boom that ready government financing created. More students required more professors and facilities to accommodate their needs, and colleges needed more money to pay for the growth. The result, of course, is that students borrowed more and more money to pay inflated tuition and fees and subsequently became burdened with overwhelming debt.

Topics: education, Nonprofit General, Child Welfare, Government, Social Services Industry News, student debt