What is Case Management? (Repost from May 2024)

We are quick to assert that we offer intensive case management (rightfully so!), but what is case management?

Case management is a collaborative, client-centered practice that involves a professional social worker assessing a client's needs and coordinating services to help them achieve positive outcomes. The process involves planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating progress. The goal is to improve the client's overall well-being and help them access the resources and support they need. 

At FMF, case management is provided to each family starting with intake. Our trained, professional, and experienced staff spends time with each family – working collectively to forge a personalized plan to secure permanent housing, a steady income, and a stable, self-sustaining future. Our case managers support families by referring them to community resources, advocating for them, offering space for them to share their experiences, and celebrating their successes. Once our families are ready to leave The NEST at FMF, we offer them the opportunity to continue to receive the benefits of case management by participating in Branching Out, our aftercare program.

We are fortunate to offer case management to our guests and so incredibly proud and thankful to have an amazing case management team in place! Our community owes a lot of gratitude to this team, and we, in turn, thank our donors for allowing us to support them and this incredibly impactful work.