A new blog post by the National Center for Excellence in Homeless Services highlights partnerships between SOAR and education! The blog post, Incorporating SOAR Training into Social Work Education, highlights three examples of SOAR training being embedded into university coursework: The University of Texas at Austin, Catholic University of America, and California State University at Long Beach.
Texas
Lyla Ordoñez from
SEARCH Homeless Services in Houston, Texas wrote in to share a recent success of their agency's engagement team.
"My client, Mr. Duke*, is a disability program client. He had a cerebral stroke and was living under a freeway overpass, receiving no assistance for his medical needs. The Houston Police Department's Homeless Outreach Team and I worked together to locate him and collaborated our efforts with Texas Adult Protective Services to apply for his disability benefits and locate a nursing home rehab facility for him. After countless days of searching for a Medicaid-pending facility, I am happy to report that Mr. Duke was admitted to his new home! He will now receive the medical care he needs and the facts are lining up for a successful disability case. I was so excited to hear the news and to see Mr. Duke's smile after he received the news."
Congratulations, Lyla and the entire SEARCH Homeless Services team!
Do you have a success story you'd like to share with the SOAR community? E-mail it to
soar@prainc.com!
*Name changed to protect client anonymity.