CASE PLANS AND CASE MANAGEMENT

The case plan is used to structure activities during the participants’ stay at L&L. Residents must have a primary focus on employment. Additional activities in a case plan could include life skills, health, legal issues, identification, discussion of curfews or chores, personal goals, budgeting, and financial issues, volunteering, future housing plans and any other issues that arise that are important to help the residents successfully transition to independent living. In developing cases, plans use the SMART goal concept. This means ensuring that plans are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timely. This makes it easier to break the plans down into manageable chunks so that the residents can quickly develop a sense of possibility and success.