According to estimates, one in every six American women has been a victim of sexual violence at least once in their life. Another report suggests that there are over 27 million victims of human trafficking across the world. These victims of various crimes have had their lives turned upside down due as a result to a single event.

However, with the assistance of social service agencies that provide victims with legal, psychological, or financial assistance, these victims of crime have a chance at life. Because of the persistent efforts of victim service organizations that assist law enforcement, perpetrators of these heinous crimes are captured, and their victims are able to reintegrate into society after a traumatic experience.

To know more about the importance of victim services and their crucial role in all communities across the globe, here’s a blog.

As of July 2019, millennials surpassed baby boomers as America’s largest generation. However, baby boomers, born between 1946 and 1964 represent the largest generational birth cohort in U.S. history, and nearly 76.5 million are now drifting toward retirement and advanced old age. Healthcare teams are discovering that caring for elderly baby boomers is far more complex than they expected.

Cybersecurity threats and data breaches have become much more common in recent years. In the last year alone, there were over 1800 incidents of data breaches that were publicly reported. These incidents resulted in a loss of billions for over 420 million people.

If you think non-profits are immune to cybercrimes and data breaches, think again. Experts suggest that non-profit agencies must be prepared for data breaches as much as for-profit business organizations. This is because human service agencies sit atop valuable personal data that hackers may find tempting to misuse.

Keen to learn more about emergency preparation for data breaches and upskill your case managers? Here are three tips...

Mental health issues have been identified in more than 50 million Americans. The most prevalent mental ailment among Americans is depression, but they also have bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, anxiety, OCD, and PTSD. 

Due to the vast amount of mental health difficulties that the American populace is dealing with, case managers for mental health are in high demand. Every day to help their patients, these staff members, who usually work in psychiatric hospitals, rehabilitation centers, nonprofits, and public mental health institutions, go through mental health case management procedures.

At a recent Barrett-Jackson collector car auction in Las Vegas, a “resto-mod” was auctioned off for the benefit of Kristi House in Miami, Florida. We immediately put out an inquiry to our readers for more information about Kristi House and were deluged with responses.

They informed us that Kristi House is the state-designated Children’s Advocacy Center responsible for coordinating all child sexual abuse cases in Miami-Dade County working with its partner agencies. Kristi House was named in honor of a nine-year-old girl who was impregnated by her stepfather and had no idea how to seek help or even tell her story. Her pregnancy, however, brought her attention, and she got the help she needed while, at the same time, inspiring social workers to establish a Child Advocacy Center in her name.

Establishing a nonprofit organization can be among the most rewarding and challenging experiences. If you have a cause dear to your heart that will serve your community, and if you have the resources and knowledge to support this venture, it might be one of the best decisions you ever make. Here are some tips from FAMCare to help you get started right.

More than 84 million Americans, or more than 26% of the total population, are immigrants. And with the Ukraine War, the number is anticipated to rise sharply in the years to come as more and more Europeans seek shelter outside of their home countries. 

It is crucial for social services in this industry to utilize technology because of the sizeable and steadily growing American immigrant population. After all, immigration case management systems are made to help case managers manage their caseloads while also enhancing the level of service they can provide to the community. 

Here is everything you need to know if you work with immigrants or want to expand your social service in this area. 

There are more than 20 million veterans in our country, and more than half of them are over age 65. While about 1,800 veterans die each day, few receive hospice care at end of their life. Social workers remind us that veterans have specific needs due to their time in service that hospice teams are specifically trained to address. While many veterans suffer chronic pain, presumptive disease, and traumatic injuries, a wider range of issues and concerns may also exist that may complicate end of life for veterans:

• PTSD (which may not surface until this point in life)
• Anxiety
• Traumatic grief
• Depression
• Survival guilt
• Troubling memories resurface.
• Reluctance to seek help for pain causes many to reject hospice care because they feel they need to be stoic and “fight on.”
• Anger due to pain, injury, or illness caused by war.
• Psychological issues of guilt, shame, or need for forgiveness and understanding due to having participated in war.

The US Government Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) partnered with Google last year to increase Veterans' access to services and data. This initiative was hailed as an achievement in a sector that, at times, seemed hesitant to fully embrace technology. 

However, VA's program delivered a clear message: the US government and non-profit sector serving former military personnel are ready to begin on a digital journey. One with numerous benefits for veterans and the opportunity for improvement in veteran case management. 

Another component that has recently acquired traction among government and private non-profit organizations is the gathering and analyzation of data for veteran services. Veteran services caseworkers realize the value in leveraging data's power to improve their services, and many organizations are eager to invest in data analytic technologies.

Let's look into the seeming simple but huge impact data driven analytics can change the way veteran service organizations operate.  

It’s 2023, and despite the reluctance of social services to adopt technology, many have finally broken the ice with tech. Cloud-based case management solutions, data science, and automation have now become a part of non-profits seeking to benefit from technology.

If you work in a social service field such as veteran service, child welfare, juvenile justice, or mental health provider, it’s about time you embark on the digitization journey. But before you pick non-profit software in 2023, here are some must-have features to look out for.