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New Crisis-Intervention Model Helps Some N.J. Middle-Income Families Facing Medical Emergencies
Providing crisis intervention for families experiencing a medical problem
From 2002 to 2003, the American Dream Project of Wayne, N.J. developed a model crisis intervention program targeting middle-income individuals in need of socioeconomic assistance while suffering a health-care crisis who were ineligible or underserved by traditional social services.
Key Results
- Project staff constructed assessment tools and a simple operational design that could easily serve as a guide to or be emulated by other social service agencies, both government and private.
- Project staff conducted both formal and informal in-service training sessions for seven social service agencies, both government and private.
- Project staff provided services to 70 clients, including:
- Emergency medication for a young, single mother with cancer who had been terminated from Medicaid.
- Two months of emergency rent money for a client waiting for surgery whose disability income was insufficient to cover her living expenses.
- Transportation for a disabled veteran to a Veterans Administration facility for treatment, service evaluation and follow-up.
Funding
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) provided $49,852 to support the project from February 2002 to June 2003.