Family Eldercare
What exactly does a Rapid Rehousing Case Manager do?
Quentin shares his experience as Rapid Rehousing Case Manager over the last two years. He has helped the Rapid Rehousing team house over 140 individuals this year while adding 15 new clients each month. In 120 seconds, Quentin covers what it’s like to work with unhoused clients, from meeting them in shelters or under bridges to helping them find a stable home they can call their own.
Jaime is a Rapid Rehousing client at Family Eldercare. He is an immigrant who has been a permanent resident since his early thirties and has spent decades paying Social Security taxes out of his wages. Without a doubt, Jaime qualifies for Social Security benefits. However, he has one barrier preventing him from accessing those benefits — a permanent residency card needs to be presented at the time of application and Jaime’s permanent residency card was recently discarded by his old roommates.
Volunteers are especially important to all of us at Family Eldercare, in fact, for some of our programs it’s essential. To wrap up Volunteer Week, we have highlighted 4 of our Lifetime Connections Without Walls volunteers to share some of their favorite parts of volunteering with us.
Social Work Month in March is a time to celebrate social workers and their dedication to service. We asked Family Eldercare social workers to share their stories of why they chose to pursue the profession and received a diverse array of responses.
