Case management involves the client target population and the staff who are in charge of the clients caseloads. Case managers have different characteristics they help provide case management services for homeless people; they focus on meeting basic needs. In order to assist the homeless it does require a substantial amount of time that a case manager has to commit their self to. They have to evaluate and coordinate support services to meet the basic needs of a person by finding safe and affordable housing and permanent housing. “The federal government is also encouraged to promote exemplary practices through knowledge dissemination, advocacy, and financing actions and to promote new research and knowledge on case management services for people who are homeless” (Gary Morse, PhD, 2004).
Treatment services for the client’s condition should be provided and crisis assistance just in case the client feels suicidal or needs someone to talk to. Case managers will help their clients identify employment and educational services and help them to develop a social support network system. I believe the service for the homeless target population is diverse it helps evaluate and implement a plan to provide assistance to meet the basic needs of an individual. Housing
References: Gary Morse, PhD (1992) A Review of Case Management for People Who Are Homeless Retrieved on May26, 2013 from http://bbi.syr.edu/nvtac/training/training_mats/051911/4_tucker_crone/review_case_manageme... Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re – housing (2004) Case Management – Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re- housing Retrieved on May 26/ 2013 from https://www.onecpd.info/resources/documents/HPRP_CaseManagement.pdf