Care For the Homeless

Volunteers team up with CFH Social Services staff to hand out healthy BBQ choices such a turkey hot dogs, turkey burgers and fresh fruit. On Wednesday, July 10th, Care for the Homeless' Social Services, Health Education and Program Evaluation departments joined together with a group of CFH volunteers to have a summer BBQ and wellness event at the  HELP Supportive Employment Center - Wards Island men's shelter. A total of 65 residents participated and most of the men did one or two health screenings as well as learned the value of healthy eating choices.  Case Manager Training Specialist Anisha Perez-Miller organized the event and said, "I can tell that the men felt like they were part of the CFH family. Today, I got so much feedback from both the staff and clients stating what a wonderful event it was. They are requesting another one which proves that we all provided a great service to the clients." This success is being found with our Social Service team...

Case Manager Training Specialist Anisha Perez-Miller and some of the residents of Willow Avenue Family Residence who participated in the Fitness/Wellness  workshop in March. "For the month of March, the social service team was busy once again conducting a series of workshops in honor of Social Work and Social Service Appreciation month, a total of 6 workshops were held at various sites including at Springfield (2 workshops held on Budgeting for your Health- financial planning), Franklin (stress management), Ali Forney (Stress management), Willow (Fitness/Wellness) and Ward’s Island (Creative Art Expression). Social service team members also co-facilitated workshops with Health Education staff in March including a Teen Violence workshop at Willow and a “Let’s Talk About Sex” workshop at Jackson. Finally, the social service team had a total of 247 visits this month among a total of 177 patients.   "I continue to be very proud of my team for their continued exceptional...

January may be a slower month than the busyness of December, but the Care for the Homeless social services team was hard at work providing Medical Case Management services at 13 different sites in a total of 240 visits for 151 homeless clients.  Psychotherapy services where provided at two more sites with 27 homeless clients coming in for a total of 47 visits. In addition, during January, the Social Service staff collaborated with the CFH Health Education team and medical departments to implement pap smear initiative events at six sites. The staff provided a variety of services including PHQ9 screenings, Perceived Stress Scales (PSS) screenings and co-facilitated a workshop with the Health Education team on the barriers to accessing and engaging in medical treatment. Without the Social Services teams, a large sect of the homeless population Care for the Homeless works with would go without mental health counseling and would be unable to access treatment. Their role is critic...