IN-TAKE ASSESSMENT

At first call for service, the agency staff determines the level of care that will be provided by the completion of a pre-application assessment, identifying the problem and assessing the need to be address by agency staff. In many cases the problem can be solved by scheduling a family counseling session with the parent and child, which is seldom the case, and not as easy to establish a linkage. Most service referral resources about 85 % are male youth with no support system in place and come from agencies, schools and churches from the Atlanta area. The other 15% of our service calls come from older men, women and children in need of emergency assistance such as paying utility bills, seeking family intervention, in need of emergency food boxes, rent assistance and structured after school programs for the children.