Alice Summer
Agency Alice Summer currently works at.
What is South Carolina Department of Social Services. (SCDSS)
Agency Ted Jakes currently works for.
What is South Carolina Department of Social Services. (SCDSS)
Every 2 years, this counsel reports on the success and effectiveness of the policies and programs created under the Family Independence Act.
What is the Legislative Audit Council?
Are public agencies there to serve the their communities or themselves
What are their communities
Four NASW Code of Ethics core vales associated with this case.
What is social justice, dignity and worth of the person, importance of human relationships, and competence.
How long has Alice Summer worked for South Carolina Department of Social Services?
What is 15 years
Ted Jakes position with South Carolina Department of Social Services
What is department director.
This program checks eligibility and issues benefits for food stamps for the FIA.
What is CHIP?
What is the point of a numerical goals in a public service organization.
What is to help the organization more efficiently help the community.
The disagreement in this case study involves all the higher powers that be - policy writers, head of the department, and the governor.
What is contention between the ranks on how to best implement new policies.
Alice Summers current position at South Carolina Department of Social Services
What is policy writer
Who appointed Ted Jakes to his position with South Carolina Department of Social Services
What is Governor David Beasley
In order to obtain a welfare stipend, recipients must have a net income at or below this percentage of the federal poverty guidelines.
What is 50%?
If there is a confrontation between an employee and their supervisor who can the employee turn to
What are their supervisor's boss or Human Resources depending on the situation.
The ecological systems theory level involved in state-wide policy planning and county-based implementation demonstrated in this case.
What is the macro level.
Alice Summer's approach to reaching new department goals.
What is hire some new case works, retrain them and give them raises.
Ted Jakes leadership style and define
What is Directive leaderships ..."must assume personal responsibility to make major decisions and then act as a taskmaster to get things done... (Brody, 2005 page 4).
Other than voluntary withdrawal and an increase in sanctions; this is the highest reason for FI clients having their funding terminated.
What are state time limit closures?
Ethical dilemma created by Summer's and Jakes.
What is hiring new staff new staff or retraining the current staff to better accomplish department goals.
The current time limited federal funding program available to Utah residents to support those experiencing financial distress.
What is TANF or The Family Employment Program.
This is the percentage of FI clients who have not completed high school or recieved a GED.
What is 37%?
One specific program that has been specifically affected on a policy and day to day operational level with the recent merge of The Utah Department of Human Services and the Utah Department of Heath into the Utah Department of Health and Human Services. With the merge has come consolidation of divisions, rearrangement of programs, results-based accountability plans, policy changes, etc. Originally housed under the Executive Director’s Office with DHS, this program was moved to the Office of Coordinated Care which was merged into the Division of Health. Because of cultural differences between health and human services, the program's process has been morphed, vocabulary has changed, and the caseworkers have had to learn a new method of accountability. There has been resistance and a lot of conversation about these changes, some positions have dissolved and new ones have emerged.
What is high fidelity wraparound (HFW).