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Rigid Eligibiilty Requirements
During the discussion, it was mentioned that an inventory of agency mandates and requirements would benefit most practitioners. I couldn't agree more. At London Public Library we make referrals daily to agencies in the city of London hoping to connect people with much needed services. It has become more and more difficult to refer them with certainty that their needs will be met. In fact, I now regularly ask them to come back to me to let me know if they got what they needed. Granted some of these individuals do have higher needs than people I was referring 5 or 10 years ago but the services themselves seem to have become more rigid in terms of eligibility. The last thing we want to do is send someone on a wild goose chase especially given their already challenged circumstances. I agree that services change so quickly that an inventory would be difficult to maintain but maybe that itself speaks to an area that could be addressed?
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Permalink Reply by Heather Graham on -
Karen:
I am the consultant that is working with First Work (OAYEC) on the Advancing Referral Processes Project to document case studies that reflect innovative and successful practices AND to summarize the work we have undertaken to date in Phase II of the project which has focused on disseminating the findings from this project and generating discussion about them in the sector. I want to first thank you for taking the time to participate in the discussion, and also ask you if you would allow us to reference or quote some of what you've said in the final report we are compiling.
Regards,
Heather -
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Permalink Reply by Karen Sealy-Johnson on
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Hi Heather,
Feel free to reference any comments I have posted. It certainly is a worthwhile and interesting mandate you have taken on and I look forward to outcomes which improve our ability to serve our communities.
Karen
Heather Graham said:Karen:
I am the consultant that is working with First Work (OAYEC) on the Advancing Referral Processes Project to document case studies that reflect innovative and successful practices AND to summarize the work we have undertaken to date in Phase II of the project which has focused on disseminating the findings from this project and generating discussion about them in the sector. I want to first thank you for taking the time to participate in the discussion, and also ask you if you would allow us to reference or quote some of what you've said in the final report we are compiling.
Regards,
Heather -
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