The FAMCare Blog

According to Department of Veterans Affairs estimates, there are more than a hundred registered veteran service organizations in the United States. These social service organizations have assisted numerous former veterans and their families by providing services to this distinguished group. 

However, as the number of veterans continues to rise, these non-profits are becoming overburdened. Veteran services are in desperate need of reforms to continue serving millions of former military personnel and families. 

Many families in the US receive help and services from child and family services also known as family support services. Due to a variety of factors, the number of families participating in these community-based support programs has grown recently. And today, a lot of individuals who live in poverty benefit from child and family care.

It becomes increasingly important to use technology, such as cloud-based non-profit software, as family support services assist more people who are in need. Along with being accessible, adaptable, and simple to use, the software can help child and family care agencies streamline their operations. Let's examine some of the benefits for child and family services to move to a cloud-based case management software.  

Few Americans can look at "human trafficking" with clear vision. The legacy of slavery in America is so distasteful that we prefer to remain in denial and look away from this modern iteration of slavery. Latin American countries, however, where many of the victims are preyed upon, take a much harder look at this criminal depravity and proactively strive to curtail its devastation.

We like to celebrate a New Year when the calendar turns its annual page. We believe that a “new” year offers us another chance to turn the bad into the good. However, case workers who work with the most vulnerable among us know that a “new year” is simply an artifice. Every day that case workers go into the office they believe they have an opportunity to turn the bad into the better. Every day is New Year’s Day for case workers.

Recent estimates place the number of social workers in the US at around 700,000. Social workers in the US have a lot on their plates working for a variety of social services, such as child welfare, senior services, veteran services, and juvenile justice.
Casework in US social services is difficult, whether it is tending to family services difficulties or making sure that foster children have enough support. Fortunately, we have some advice to assist you manage your caseload more effectively while constantly taking care of your mental and physical well-being.

Check out these four case management ideas for 2023 to assist you in managing your workload and taking better care of yourself as a caseworker.

Suddenly, we have reached the final blog of 2222. What a year it was! The lingering effects of the COVID pandemic continued to impact the elderly and the homeless and shrink the assets available to nonprofits that support them. Rampant inflation started pushing marginalized families over the poverty line and increasing rents rendered many elderly homeless. The disintegration of governments in Central and South America spilled refugees over our southern border into the lap of social services. Child welfare case workers were swamped with children endangered by families disintegrating from financial problems, drug addiction, and stress related mental illness.

If you’re like most agencies, the people you serve have come to you through a referral process.  Being able to track where you get your “clients” or “kids” or “students”, etc. (for this article let’s refer to them as clients) is vitally important to your business model.  Clients may be referred to you through the schools, courts, hospitals, jails, DHS, and other organizations that provide complimentary services.

According to the statistics, the need for cloud-based case management and other technologies for legal/social organizations has escalated by 40% in the last few years.

More social workers, case managers, lawyers, and NGO executives are interested in implementing cutting-edge case management software tools to maximize efficiency and professionalism. However, many people in the industry are still unaware of how cloud-based software apps are more beneficial than traditional software.

If you’re currently using Google Drive or DropBox to store your case files, you’re already in the world of cloud storage. In this article, you will learn how cloud-based case management software can take your organizational performance to the next level!

The social work community must put the political debate aside and confront the moral and ethical questions that illegal immigration imposes on the profession.

The Situation

“It is not our job or responsibility to determine how to control our borders,” one experienced social worker said. “The fact is that millions of immigrants have gotten into our country without legal status and have brought little children with them. They may not be U.S. citizens and are not entitled to citizen’s benefits, but they are human beings and are entitled to humane treatment and that is where social work comes in. Social workers have sworn to protect and support the vulnerable and at the same time uphold and defend the laws of the United States.  It’s easy to see how well-meaning social workers might struggle with the moral and ethical dilemma presented by illegal immigrants.”

Working in juvenile justice is a difficult task. Case managers in juvenile justice frequently face unfathomable work pressure, a plethora of children's criminal justice guidelines to follow, and a harsh system to deal with.
To compound matters, juvenile justice agencies are frequently scrutinized due to their close proximity to children subjected to criminal justice. As a result, for juvenile justice agencies to function effectively, a proper protocol combined with technology is required.
Here are some suggestions for improving your services if you work for a juvenile justice non-profit organization. Take a look and start the journey towards betterment today.