Last month, a few Northwoodians attended APHSA’s National Health & Human Services Summit. We attended sessions focused on predictive analytics, preventative care, improving outcomes, and integrating services, all of which had one theme in common: transforming the industry through the Human Services Value Curve.
What is the Human Services Value Curve, you ask? Keep reading to learn more.
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Being a social worker can be challenging. After a difficult home visit, court hearing, or day in the field, inspiration can be especially hard to come by. So, why not carry a little bit of it with you?
We created these inspirational wallpapers for your iPad, tablet, or desktop to help you keep going, even when the going gets tough. Save your favorite (or all of them, if you'd like!) for the next time you need a motivational boost or to remind yourself of the amazing work you're doing.
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“Chaos.”
That’s how caseworkers and clients described the lobby at Cabarrus County Department of Social Services (DHS).
The agency was performing well until the economic downturn hit.
Then Cabarrus County DHS faced pressures common to human services agencies across North Carolina and the entire country – an influx of Medicaid clients from the Affordable Care Act, adjusting to the state’s case management system, NC FAST, and seasonally busy times for crisis or energy assistance.
Editor’s note: The right taxonomy is just one element of modern technology that’s designed to put the human back in human services. Read our new post, Not Your Average Electronic Document Management System, to learn more about what features can make information more searchable, discoverable, and useable.
Resourceful human services agencies are constantly on the lookout for opportunities to modernize their enterprise content management system (ECM/ECMS) and/or electronic document management system (EDMS). The stakes are high on these large projects, and there’s a great deal of pressure placed on the agency’s IT leaders and staff to succeed.
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