HUMAN-SERVICE
HUMAN
SERVICES
HUMAN SERVICES
WHAT IS HUMAN SERVICES?
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES DHS
HOMELESSNESS
SOCIAL AND HUMAN SERVICES ASSISTANTS
MEDICARE
MEDICAID
HEAD START PROGRAM
ASSETS FOR INDEPENDENCE
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR STATE
COMMUNITY SERVICES PROGRAMS (NASCSP)
THE COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT (CSBG)
WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (WAP)
WOMEN HEALTH
WOMEN HEALTH RELATED TOPICS
COMMUNITY SERVICES RELATED TOPICS
HUMAN SERVICES LINKS
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HUMAN
SERVICES
HUMAN-SERVICE
Human Services are those jobs which provide a Service to Society,
particularly in times of crisis. Human Services are designed to
help people navigate through crisis or chronic situations where
the person feels they need external help and guidance to move
forward with their life and rediscover their personal power and
self-sufficiency. Sometimes the situation the person needs help
with is external, such as the loss of a job or income, the need
for food or housing or for help getting out of a dangerous
situation. For other people the difficulty they are facing is an
internal challenge such as depression, a physical ailment or
disability or other mental or physical health crisis.
Human Services
https://www.humanservicesedu.org/definition-human-services.html#context/api/listings/prefilter
U.S. Department of
Health & Human Services
https://www.hhs.gov/
Human services
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_services
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WHAT
IS
HUMAN
SERVICES?
The field of Human Services is broadly defined, uniquely approaching
the objective of meeting human needs through an interdisciplinary
knowledge base, focusing on prevention as well as remediation of
problems, and maintaining a commitment to improving the overall
quality of life of service populations.
The Human Services profession is one which promotes improved service
delivery systems by addressing not only the quality of direct services,
but also by seeking to improve accessibility, accountability, and
coordination among professionals and agencies in service delivery.
What is Human Services?
http://www.nationalhumanservices.org/what-is-human-services
The National Organization
for Human Services (NOHS)
http://www.nationalhumanservices.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=89929&orgId=nohs
Ethical Standards for
Human Service Professionals
http://www.nationalhumanservices.org/ethical-standards-for-hs-professionals
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UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH
AND
HUMAN
SERVICES
The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),
also known as the Health Department, is a cabinet-level department
of the U.S. federal government with the goal of protecting the
health of all Americans and providing essential human services.
Its motto is "Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America".
Before the separate federal Department of Education was created in 1979,
it was called the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW).
Programs
The Department of Health and Human Services' administers 115
programs across its 11 operating divisions.
Some highlights include:
Health and social science research
Preventing disease, including immunization services
Assuring food and drug safety
Medicare (health insurance for elderly and disabled Americans)
and Medicaid (health insurance for low-income people)
Health information technology
Financial assistance and services for low-income families
Improving maternal and infant health, including a Nurse Home
Visitation to support first-time mothers
Head Start (pre-school education and services)
Faith-based and community initiatives
Preventing child abuse and domestic violence
Substance abuse treatment and prevention
Services for older Americans, including home-delivered meals
Comprehensive health services for Native Americans
Assets for Independence
Medical preparedness for emergencies, including potential terrorism
Child support enforcement
United States Department
of Health and Human Services
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services
National Human
Services Assembly
http://www.nassembly.org/
Department of Health,
Education and Welfare HEW
http://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/235.html
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DEPARTMENT
OF
HUMAN
SERVICES
DHS
The mission of the Department of Human Services (DHS),
in collaboration with the community, is to provide
temporary support and assistance to low income families
and individuals while helping them maximize their
potential for economic security and self-sufficiency.
Department of Human Services DHS
http://dhs.dc.gov/
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HOMELESSNESS
Homelessness is the condition of people without a regular dwelling.
People who are homeless are most often unable to acquire and maintain
regular, safe, secure, and adequate housing, or lack "fixed, regular,
and adequate night-time residence." The legal definition of homeless
varies from country to country, or among different jurisdictions in
the same country or region.[dubious – discuss]The term homeless may
also include people whose primary night-time residence is in a
homeless shelter, a warming center, a domestic violence shelter, a
vehicle (including recreational vehicles and campers), squatting,
cardboard boxes, a tent, tarpaulins, or other ad hoc housing situations.
American government homeless enumeration studies also include persons
who sleep in a public or private place not designed for use as a regular
sleeping accommodation for human beings. There are a number of
organizations who provide provisions for the homeless for example, The
Salvation Army.
An estimated 100 million people worldwide were homeless in 2005. In
western countries, the large majority of homeless are men (75–80%),
with single males particularly overrepresented.
Homelessness
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness
Homelessness
http://www.hhs.gov/homeless/index.html
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SOCIAL
AND
HUMAN
SERVICE
ASSISTANTS
What Social and Human Service Assistants Do?
Social and human service assistants help people get through difficult
times or get additional support. They assist other workers, such as
social workers, and they help clients find benefits or community
services.
Work Environment
Social and human service assistants work for nonprofit organizations,
for-profit social service agencies, and state and local governments.
They generally work full time, and some work nights and weekends.
How to Become a Social and Human Service Assistant?
The minimum requirement is a high school diploma or equivalent, but
some employers prefer to hire workers who have additional education
or experience. Without additional education, advancement opportunities
are limited.
Social and Human Service Assistants
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/Community-and-Social-Service/Social-and-human-service-assistants.htm
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MEDICARE
In the United States, Medicare is a national social insurance program,
administered by the U.S. federal government since 1966, currently using
about 30 private insurance companies across the United States.
Medicare provides health insurance for Americans aged 65 and older who
have worked and paid into the system. It also provides health insurance
to younger people with disabilities, end stage renal disease and
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Medicare (United States)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicare_(United_States)
Medicare at cms.gov
http://www.cms.gov/home/medicare.asp
Medicare.gov
http://www.medicare.gov/
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MEDICAID
Medicaid in the United States is a social health care program for
families and individuals with low income and limited resources.
The Health Insurance Association of America describes Medicaid as
a "government insurance program for persons of all ages whose
income and resources are insufficient to pay for health care."
(America's Health Insurance Plans (HIAA), pg. 232).
Medicaid is the largest source of funding for medical and
health-related services for people with low income in the
United States.
It is a means-tested program that is jointly funded by the state
and federal governments and managed by the states, with each
state currently having broad leeway to determine who is eligible
for its implementation of the program. States are not required
to participate in the program, although all currently do.
Medicaid recipients must be U.S. citizens or legal permanent
residents, and may include low-income adults, their children,
and people with certain disabilities. Poverty alone does not
necessarily qualify someone for Medicaid.
Medicaid
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicaid
Medicaid.gov
http://www.medicare.gov/
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HEAD
START
PROGRAM
The Head Start Program is a program of the United States Department
of Health and Human Services that provides comprehensive early
childhood education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement
services to low-income children and their families.
The program's services and resources are designed to foster stable
family relationships, enhance children's physical and emotional
well-being, and establish an environment to develop strong cognitive
skills. The transition from preschool to elementary school imposes
diverse developmental challenges that include requiring the children
to engage successfully with their peers outside of the family network,
adjust to the space of a classroom, and meet the expectations the
school setting provides.
Head Start Program
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_Start_Program
National Head Start Association
http://www.nhsa.org/
Head Start
Administration for Children
and Families
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ohs
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ASSET
FOR
INDEPENDENCE
Assets for Independence (AFI) is a federal program that distributes
discretionary grants to help the impoverished achieve one of three
goals:
(1)homeownership;
(2)business ownership;
(3) post-secondary education.
AFI was created by the Assets for Independence Act.
In order to strengthen communities and individuals, AFI uses several
tools including financial education and grants supporting Individual
Development Accounts (IDAs), also known as matched savings accounts.
Assets for Independence
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assets_for_Independence
Federal Supplemental
Educational Opportunity Grant
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Supplemental_Educational_Opportunity_Grant
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THE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
FOR STATE COMMUNITY
SERVICE PROGRAM
(NASCSP)
NASCSP keeps its members, the federal government, and other interested
parties informed about issues related to CSBG and DOE/WAP through its
publications and training.
CSBG:
The Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), administered by the states,
provides core funding to local agencies to reduce poverty, revitalize
low-income communities and empower low-income families to become
self-sufficient.
Weatherization:
The U.S. Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP)
reduces heating and cooling costs for low-income families, particularly
for the elderly, people with disabilities, and children, by improving
the energy efficiency of their homes while ensuring their health and
safety.
Our Mission:
Building capacity in states to respond to poverty issues. The National
Association for State Community Services Programs (NASCSP) is the
premier national association charged with advocating and enhancing the
leadership role of states in preventing and reducing poverty. NASCSP's
vision encompasses the empowerment of low-income families to reach
self-sufficiency in its broadest context, through helping states attain
full utilization of their resources and implement an extensive array of
services to these families,
including;
weatherization
energy assistance
child care
nutrition
employment
state energy programs
job training
housing in urban communities
housing in suburban communities
housing in rural communities
The National Association
for State Community Services
Programs (NASCSP)
http://www.nascsp.org/
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THE COMMUNITY
SERVICES
BLOCK
GRANT
(CSBG)
The Community Services Block Grant (CSBG), administered by the states,
provides core funding to local agencies to reduce poverty, revitalize
low-income communities and to empower low-income families to become
self-sufficient.
CSBG is a federal, anti-poverty block grant which funds the operations
of a state-administered network of local agencies. This CSBG network
consists of more than 1,000 agencies that create, coordinate and
deliver programs and services to low-income Americans in 99 percent
of the nation's counties.)
The Community Services Block Grant (CSBG)
http://www.nascsp.org/CSBG.aspx
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WEATHERIZATION
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM
(WAP)
What is the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP)?
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP)
reduces heating and cooling costs for low-income families, particularly
for the elderly, people with disabilities, and children, by improving
the energy efficiency of their homes while ensuring their health and
safety.
Weatherization Assistance Program Technical Assistance Center (WAPTAC)
The Weatherization Assistance Program Technical Assistance Center (WAPTAC)
was designed to provide weatherization practitioners and other energy
conservation professionals with information related to the Weatherization
Assistance Program, its on going operations and partnerships with
stakeholders.
Get the latest program regulations, updates, and guides for strengthening
program operations.
System for Identifying and Reviewing New Technologies and Techniques (SIRTT)
The WAP System for Identifying and Reviewing New Technologies and Techniques
was designed as a forum for sharing new and innovative practices in
weatherization. The SIRTT will distribute these advancements to strengthen
the efficiency and effectiveness of our work.
Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP)
http://www.nascsp.org/Weatherization.aspx
Weatherization Assistance
Program Technical Assistance
Center (WAPTAC)
http://www.waptac.org/
System for Identifying and
Reviewing New Technologies
and Techniques (SIRTT)
http://www.waptac.org/Technical-Tools/SIRTT.aspx
Carbon Project
http://www.nascsp.org/Carbon-Project.aspx
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WOMEN"S
HEALTH
As of 2011, there are over 158 million females in the United States,
representing more than half of the US population. The growing diversity
of the U.S. population is reflected in the racial and ethnic distribution
of women across age groups and underscores the importance of examining
and addressing racial and ethnic disparities in the social determinants
of health, health status, and the use of health care services.
Women's Health
http://www.hrsa.gov/womenshealth/
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WOMEN"S
HEALTH
RELATED
TOPICS
Diabetes
http://www.mchb.hrsa.gov/whusa13/health-status/health-indicators/p/diabetes.html
High blood pressure
http://www.mchb.hrsa.gov/whusa13/health-status/health-indicators/p/high-blood-pressure.html
Overweight and obesity
http://www.mchb.hrsa.gov/whusa13/health-status/health-indicators/p/overweight-obesity.html
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
http://mchb.hrsa.gov/whusa13/health-status/health-indicators/p/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease.html
HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections
http://www.mchb.hrsa.gov/whusa13/health-status/health-indicators/p/sexually-transmitted-infections-hiv-aids.html
Women veterans
http://www.mchb.hrsa.gov/whusa13/population-characteristics/p/women-veterans.html
Maternal and Child Health
http://mchb.hrsa.gov/womenshealth/
Women’s Health USA 2013
http://www.mchb.hrsa.gov/whusa13/index.html
womenshealth.gov
http://womenshealth.gov/
Women's Health
http://www.cdc.gov/women/
Office on Women's Health- OWH
http://healthfinder.gov/FindServices/Organizations/Organization.aspx?code=HR2492
Women's Preventive
Services Guidelines
http://www.hrsa.gov/womensguidelines/
Families
http://www.hhs.gov/children/index.html
Girls health.gov
http://www.girlshealth.gov/
Wx Plus Health
http://www.wxplushealth.org/
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COMMUNITY
SERVICES
RELATED
TOPICS
National Partners
http://www.nascsp.org/http://Links/764/National-Partners.aspx?iHt=77
State and Local Government Resources
http://www.nascsp.org/Links/765/State-and-Local-Government-Resources.aspx?iHt=78
Government Agencies
http://www.nascsp.org/Links/766/Government-Agencies.aspx?iHt=79
Research and Policy Organizations
http://www.nascsp.org/Links/767/Research-and-Policy-Organizations.aspx?iHt=80
Data Resources
http://www.nascsp.org/Links/768/Data-Resources.aspx?iHt=81
Funding Opportunities
http://www.nascsp.org/Links/769/Funding-Opportunities.aspx?iHt=82
Additional Resources
http://www.nascsp.org/Links/770/Additional-Resources.aspx?iHt=83
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Public Health Emergency (PHE.gov)
http://www.phe.gov/
Poverty
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poverty
Category:Poverty
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Poverty
List of human resource
management associations
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_human_resource_management_associations
International Service
for Human Rights ISHR
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Service_for_Human_Rights
International Service
for Human Rights ISHR
http://www.ishr.ch/
www.psc.gov/
http://Program Support Center
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HUMAN-SERVICE
HUMAN
SERVICES
LINKS
10 Leadership Strategies for Women in Social Service Management
http://www.socialworktoday.com/archive/marapr2008p38.shtml
Administration on Aging (AoA) National Organizations
http://www.aoa.gov/AoA_programs/Tools_Resources/national_organizations.aspx
American Public Human Services Association APHSA
http://www.aphsa.org/content/APHSA/en/home.html
Benefits.gov
http://www.benefits.gov/
The Center for Law and Social Policy
http://www.clasp.org/issues?type=child_care_and_early_education
Child Welfare Information Gateway
http://www.childwelfare.gov/organizations/
Council for Standards in Human Service Education (CSHSE)
http://www.cshse.org/
Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department
Directory of Local Homeless Service Organizations
http://www.nationalhomeless.org/directories/directory_local.pdf
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Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center
http://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/
Global Health.gov
http://www.globalhealth.gov/
Global Impact
http://charity.org/
The Head Start Experience
http://www.ericdigests.org/pre-9218/head.htm
HELP International
http://help-international.org/
HHS Organizational Directory
http://directory.psc.gov/
Human Rights First
http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/
Human Services
http://www.guidestar.org/nonprofit-directory/human-services.aspx
Human Services
http://kresge.org/programs/human-services
Human Services-Board Certified Practitioner (HS-BCP)
http://www.cce-global.org/credentials-offered/hsbcp
The Human Services Directory (HSD)
http://humanservicesdirectory.vic.gov.au/Home.aspx
Human Services Programs
http://www.urban.org/publications/412446.html
International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO)
http://www.icaso.org/
International Disability Organizations and Services
http://accessible-techcomm.org/international-disability-organizations-and-services/
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International Human Rights Advocacy Groups
http://www.guidetoaction.org/intlgrps.html
International Labour Organization
http://www.ilo.org/global/lang--en/index.htm
International and Non-Governmental Organizations
http://askew.fsu.edu/prospective/mpa/international.html
Internationally Known Human Rights Organizations
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/center/fellowshipguide/hrorgs.shtm
National Association of County Human Services Administrators NACHSA
http://www.nachsa.org/
National Bureau of Economic Research
http://www.nber.org/digest/mar05/w10452.html
The National Child Support Enforcement Association (NCSEA)
http://www.ncsea.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/INTERNATIONALDIRECTORY1.pdf
The National Human Services Data Consortium (NHSDC)
http://nhsdc.org/
National Human Trafficking Referral Directory
http://www.traffickingresourcecenter.org/training-resources/referral-directory
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/
National Organization for Human Services
http://www.nationalhumanservices.org/
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS)
https://www.hhs.gov/about/index.html
United States Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/institutions/health_and_human_services_topic.html
What is human services?
http://wendiw.hubpages.com/hub/What-is-human-services
What is human services?
http://www.etsu.edu/coe/chs/humanservices/Whatishumanservices.aspx
What Is Human Services?
https://learn.org/articles/What_is_Human_Services.html
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