The following funding news release from the Office of Justice has important information to ensure your application is submitted correctly in the Justice Grants System (JustGrants).  Some of the resources included were the DOJ Application Submission Checklist, an eLearning Video and the Job Aid Reference Guide: Application Submission. 

• During a single year, an estimated 2.1 million youth under the age of 18 are arrested in the United States.
• Though overall rates have been declining over the past years, approximately 1.7 million delinquency cases are disposed in juvenile courts annually.
• Youth are referred to the juvenile justice system for different types of offenses.
• The majority of youth processed through the juvenile court are adjudicated (i.e., declared by a judge to be) delinquent, for most offenses.

Grant writing is not easy, but sharing helpful tips and information is.... The following funding news release from the Office of Justice has resources to use when you're filling out an application in the Justice Grant System (JustGrants).  It includes multiple detailed resources for completing the Budget Detail Form plus updated (2021) resources and guides for the application process. 

Government social service agencies are transitioning from being providers of services to entities that predominantly commission, facilitate, or broker services. This transition requires new skills in government – such as agility, innovation, transparency and connectedness – and new capabilities for facilitating relationships with external partners – such as flexibility, co-venturing, co-creation.

Solution as defined by Webster's is an action or process of solving a problem.  It doesn't specify the severity of the problem or the complexity of the solution.  We here at GVT love to find solutions for the problems our clients face... big or small, simple or complex! 

This FAMCare Fundamentals is part two of a series of videos that focuses on our Mapping Features. 

Our mapping system appears simple but yet it's a remarkable solution.  We know casework is never simple, but we love offering solutions to make it EASIER, FASTER and therefore more EFFICIENT! 

(Part One...Mapping Features Client Based Services and Part Three...Provider and Community Resource Mapping are also available)

Enjoy this short overview! 

It is undeniable that most of us prefer not to look too closely at what goes on in nursing homes across the country. In fact, unless we have a need of nursing home services for ourselves or for our elderly loved ones, we hardly notice them at all. This, of course, is a natural aversion to sickness, aging, and death. However, after COVID-19 ravaged the elderly population in nursing homes, infecting 654,000 residents and killing 132,000 elderly Americans, social workers began to take a closer look at how nursing homes are run and how we can improve the service they seek to provide.

The COVID-19 doomsday pandemic introduced an entirely new class of celebrity to the American zeitgeist, the public health official. From Anthony Fauci, the wise old sage of caution and mutual concern, to Robert Redfield, the reluctant dour villain caught between the evil genie and an army of helpless victims, to Rochelle Walensky, the newcomer fairy godmother who wished us well and told us it would all end happily, to Vivek Murthy, the good scout who counseled us not to fear the final dangerous crossing. All public health officials - all newly minted celebrities.

With the popularity of CSI shows, the word "forensic" has wormed its way into our everyday conversations. No one, however, seems to know what it means. "Forensic social work", therefore, is an even deeper mystery. We decided to ask a real "forensic social worker" exactly what forensic social workers do. Here's what she told us.

In 2020, 2 million women were veterans of the armed forces. Since they accounted for only 10 percent of the total veteran population, they tended to be understudied, if not ignored. The Department of Veterans Affairs predicts, however, that by 2040 women will make up more than 18% of the veteran population and will definitely garner more concern and attention.

In this FAMCare Fundamentals we tackle a problem that many social workers and case managers face. That problem is how to quickly locate available services that are near their clients. 

We have integrated Google API mapping tools to help with location services within your FAMCare system.

Your agency's success is tied to your ability to integrate best practices in everyday caseworker activities.  Casework isn't simple, but it can be EASIER!  The mapping feature not only makes casework easier, it makes it FASTER and therefore more EFFICIENT!

(Part Two...Caseload Mapping Features and Part Three...Provider and Community Resource Mapping are now available)

Enjoy this short overview...