Lesson 13: Social Services, Entitlements, and Community Resources

Attention

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this lesson's material, students will be able to:

  • Understand basic social services and entitlements
  • Knowledgeable of generic community resources including natural supports

Teaching

Click HERE to read Enhancing Recovery through linkage with Indigenous Natural Supports by John B. Allen Jr.

Review the information found at the Maine Department of Health and Human Services on programs and services.  

Here is a link to the information:
http://www.maine.gov/dhhs/programs.shtml

Assessment

In-Class Discussion

Part of your reading is the article titled: "Enhancing Recovery through linkage with Indigenous Natural Supports" by John B. Allen Jr.

Discuss the natural support that is most important in your life.  

  • Where do you find a sense of community?  
  • How did you develop that sense of community?  
  • How can you help clients find that same sense of belongingness, if they do not have it now?

Lesson 13 Quiz

For each of the following scenarios cite ONE potential resource for addressing this problem through a service listed on the www.maine.gov site listed above AND a ONE potential resource for addressing this problem from a natural support. Remember, there are TWO answers for each question...one service that is formal and listed on the state site, and one way to solve the problem using a natural support.

  1. Janice is 67 and would like to take a class for personal enrichment.  
  2. Marie comes to you for help with her son, Tim.  He is 5 years old and is becoming difficult to manage behaviorally at home and in day care.  He has not yet started kindergarten.  
  3. Bethany comes to you in need of food and housing.  She has lost her job and apartment and is estranged from her family.  She has three children.  
  4. Thomas has had difficulty making his own meals since his wife passed away last year.  He is 75, of limited means and has no family who can bring him meals on a regular basis.  
  5. Bill has moved in with his daughter and son-in-law.  He is 78 and having frequent periods of confusion.  Both his daughter and son-in-law work during the day.  They have come to you for help.