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<br />there are emotional disturbances or possible mental illness issues, <br />recipients will be referred to DA YMARK Recovery Services. <br />c. Location: Nonnally, services would be provided in the DSS office, <br />with referral to other agencies. <br /> <br />9. Day Care for Adults <br />a. Description: Just as in the description for "In Home Aides", the <br />population is getting older, and in some instances the primary barrier <br />to work could be the need to stay with an older family member who <br />resides with the Work First recipient. Adult Day Care is an excellent <br />service to relieve caregiver stress. It has been used in Cabarrus <br />County for a number of years to allow families to work, and the Work <br />First population is increasingly beginning to mirror the general <br />population in the County. <br />b. Provision: This service would be provided at a certified adult day <br />care center in the county. <br />c. Location: Presently Coltrane LIFE Center in Concord is the oruly <br />certified adult day care center in the county. <br /> <br />10. Counseling and Problem Solving: <br />a. Description: This is a supportive service provided by the Work First <br />social workers to assist recipients in the movement toward <br />independence. It consists of dealing with enhancing their abilities to <br />solve their own problems, make their own decisions, eliminate the <br />barriers that they face, and build on their own strengths. <br />b. Provision: This service will be provided by the Work First social <br />workers. <br />c. Location: In most instances, the service will be provided either at <br />DSS or in the recipients home. <br /> <br />11. Advocacy <br />a. Description: There have consistently been problems with Work First <br />families either making bad choices or allowing landlords or collectors <br />to place them in a position of having to either vacate a residence or <br />give up some possession. It is extremely difficult to get stabilized <br />when this is the usual scenario that occurs whenever a recipient has to <br />move or purchases a household item or car. It may be that timeliness <br />of purchases is at the heart of the issue. The recipient is usually in a <br />crisis mode and makes bad first choices. Advocacy is a most <br />appropriate and quite possibly one of the most beneficial services that <br />can be provided by the social workers. It will assist them in accessing <br />appropriate services in a timely manner, ensure that they have access to <br />the highest quality of service as well as fair and equal treatment, and <br />assist them in learning to advocate for themselves. Advocating for <br />themselves is probably the most beneficial thing for them that they can <br />learn. <br /> <br />14 <br /> <br />C-s <br />