Data Analysis
Definitions of Service Provision

Service Provisions Defined

What is Patient Assistance?

What are Home Visits?

What is Patient Assistance?

What is Voc Rehab?

What Are School Staffings?

What is Love at Work?

What is Meals on Wheels?

What is the We Care Network?

What are Lyons Eye Glasses?

What are Home Visits?

Home visits included going into the houses of residents who were seeking home repair assistance through the Love at Work program.  Home visits included informal assessments of the degree and severity of deteriorating properties.  Homes with more extensive damage were prioritized over those with less damage.   

What is Voc Rehab?

Vocational Rehabilitation is a state sponsored program where career counselors assist unemployed person's obtain work.  Voc Rehab is utilized by people who have been out of work due to medical reasons, when recovery enables them to return to work and/or find different employment. 

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What Are School Staffings?

A School Staffing occurred in cases where consultations with teachers, coaches, and/or school administrators was needed in order to assist youth who were experiencing academic difficulty.  By meeting with school personnel, parental and child reports could be validated or supported. The school setting provided multiple informants so that academic, behavioral, social, and psychological factors were thoroughly assessed.  Staffings also allow the school to ask questions related to methods that might enable them to better assist problematic youth.

What is Love at Work?

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What is Meals on Wheels?

Meals on Wheels is a volunteer based feeding program ran by Elder Care Services, providing warm and diabetic meals for the Big Bend area (several North Florida Counties make up the "big bend area").  Elder Care is supported, in part, by various federal, state and local funding authorities.  The Gretna Wellness Center social work program made referrals to Elder Care Services and its Meals on Wheels program, for geriatric clients who were in need of meal and/or food assistance. 

What is the We Care Network?

The We Care Network is a medically based organization that facilitated (and still provides) referrals for medical procedures.  Clients were referred to the We Care Network from the Center based upon medical need, and the We Care services were available to those patients who were in need of medical procedures, and who did not have health insurance and who could not afford to pay for the procedures.  The 'Network' was (and is) comprised of medical professionals who have agreed to donate their time and services dependent upon their ability to do so.

What are Lyons Eye Glasses?

The Lyon's Club has an eye glass program where clients can access eye care services free of charge.  The services were (and are) provided only by referral, and in order for clients to access the program the social worker provided initial financial assessment and intake information to the Lyon's Club.  If approved, clients would receive one free pair of eye glasses.

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