A Continuum of Care

Robert immigrated to the US when he was a teenager. Now, he is a single father with soon-to-be teenagers. His ex struggles with a drug addiction and is often in and out of the home and their children’s lives, causing ongoing pain and trauma in the family. When she does come home, she often trades her food stamps for drugs, making it hard to consistently put food on the table for the family.

Due to his immigration status, Robert has had difficulty finding employment that pays the bills. He works a part-time job and other odd jobs such as playing music and cash-paying handyman services. The ever-changing nature of this work has made it difficult to reach financial stability.

Robert came into contact with SCAN’s Community Partners program when he was struggling to find beds for his family. During his initial talk with Megan, a SCAN Assessment Worker, they realized there were many ways this family could use help.

Robert struggled to connect with his daughter Julia as she was getting older. Megan referred Robert to SCAN’s Fatherhood Engagement program to work with him and Julia. They were able to help him navigate how to effectively communicate with her, develop a comfort level with feminine development, and understand what personal hygiene items to get her.

Additionally, SCAN worked with him to help him reach financial stability. Megan was able to help him find more work so he could ensure his family didn’t lose housing. While he worked toward financial stability, SCAN used flex funds to help him pay his gas, electricity and water bills.

SCAN also helped the family address other issues. Megan guided Robert in enrolling his children into counseling to help them process their trauma. Robert also worked with his SCAN workers to get help with the paperwork for child support, a protective order against the mother and begin work on requirements for the DACA program, birth certificates and social security cards.

By tapping into the complete range of services SCAN offers, we were able to partner together to help Robert’s family find healing, hope and stability as they continue their lives as a family.