How You Feel Day 3 Of A Government Audit:

When Two Program Directors Start An Argument In The Middle Of The All-Staff Meeting:

Case (Un)Managed will be on a brief break while I am off traversing the countryside looking for adventures! A new post will go up on May 3, same Bat-time, same Bat-channel!

When Your City's "Ten Year Plan To End Homelessness" Fails To Include A Plan To Create More Affordable Housing Units:

So, exactly what are our homeless supposed to move into?

When There Is A Rumor Going Around That The Grant That Funds Half Of Your Agency's Jobs May Not Be Getting Renewed:

How You Feel After Being On The Phone For Five Hours, Rerouted Through Seven Different People, And Hung Up On Twice While Trying To Fix Your Client's Benefits:

What Basically Happens Whenever The Government Tries To "Update" Any Of Their Programs Or Systems:

 

So you took the program that only works on outdated versions of Internet Explorer and made it so that it works on absolutely nothing!

When A Grant Requires That You Fill Out A Two-Page Form Every Time You Give A Client A Bus Pass Worth $1.50:

"What is your client going to use this item for?" To ride the bus.
"Will you have confirmation and documentation that your client used this item for its intended purpose?" No, but if they come in tomorrow with a stomach ache and orange ink around their lips and a warrant, we'll know that they didn't use it for its intended purpose.

When You Find Out The Government Website You Need For All Of Your Clients' Benefits Applications Only Runs On Internet Explorer:

Why don't I just send the applications to you guys via homing pigeon, they will probably make it to you faster than I can even load the application.

When, On Top Of Your Normal Job, You Are Also Handed The 30 Volunteers That Everyone Forgot Were Coming In To Help Today, And Now You Have To Find Something To Occupy Them:

Umm... Anyone want to... uh... paint the basement?

When The Politician Who Voted Down Three Separate Bills To Increase Funding To Non-Profits Claims That One Of His Main Concerns Is Ending Homelessness:

What Often Happens When Two Non-Profits Compete, Instead Of Collaborate, For Funding:

And the money goes to... the two agencies that learned that sharing is caring and profitable!

When You Find Out That The $200 Grant You Received Has Eight Pages Of Reporting Requirements Attached To It:

I will use more than $200 worth of paper and ink just filling out all of the required forms and compiling the data for this grant.

What Often Happens When You Try To Pass A Client Off To A Federal Agency:

The Reason Most Case Managers Are Not Allowed To Speak To The Media On Behalf Of Their Agencies:

Really inappropriate jokes...