Free To Grow
Mailman School
of Public Health
Columbia University
722 West 168th Street,
8th Floor
New York, NY 10032
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Family Partnership and Case Management Approach
Case Management: Family Support
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This strategy was developed by Audubon Area Community Services (AACS) located in Owensboro, Kentucky. It represents a revised and expanded version of the AACS Head Start's family service component. The validated Family Partnership Plan provides guidelines for staff to assess or "score" families needs to determine an appropriate level of intervention. This model has identified five service levels, ranging from services geared to families who are "more self-directed and are able to meet the majority of their needs on their own:" to services geared to those who require intensive assistance "due to a crisis or due to the ability or functioning of the family." The Family Partnership Plan is formally completed at the beginning and at the end of the school year. The Plan is used as a basis to begin providing case management services to families in need. By comparing the "before" and "after" versions of the Plan, families and staff are able to determine progress in specific areas of family functioning and determine whether the level of services provided was sufficient, effective, and helpful.
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Evaluation
This strategy has demonstrated significant improvements of pre and post assessed families in every measured dimension (education, employment, housing, transportation, service use, special needs or disabilities, health and nutrition, medical care, family finances, basic needs such as food, clothing, or utilities, support systems child care and parenting), indicating an improvement in the well being of families served.
(Philliber Research Associates. Executive Summary - "An Analysis of the Enhanced Effectiveness of the Audubon Area Community Services Free To Grow Enhanced Case Management and Family Advocacy Model, March 2001).
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