US Patent:
20070088597, Apr 19, 2007
Inventors:
Toby Herr - Chicago IL, US
Charles Chang - Chicago IL, US
Assignee:
Project Match Families in Transition - Chicago IL
International Classification:
G06F 15/02
Abstract:
A method and apparatus are provided for tracking a plurality of social services clients. The method may be at least partially implemented by the programmed computer and may include the step of providing a social services client of the plurality of social services clients with a customized set of services that depend upon a level of service required by the client. The method may also include the steps of the programmed computer prompting a case worker to record the set of services received by the client within a client file located within the programmed computer, prompting the case worker to select one or more client objectives, recording the client objectives selected by the case worker within the client file as a pending client objective where each client objective is a case worker defined action that is undertaken by the client and prompting a case worker to make contact with the social services client at an end of a regularly scheduled follow-up time period for each of the one or more pending client objectives.