Purpose:  The County of Morris seeks to continue funding support to the Navigating Hope mobile outreach team.  The Navigating Hope mobile outreach team provides face-to-face support to help individuals access a broad range of services including, but not limited to, benefit eligibility, social services, housing support services, care management services, and referrals to various community resources.  All services are offered in a Stigma-Free environment.

The County of Morris is seeking applications for a Care Manager, a Navigating Hope team member. The Care Manager will be supported through this RFA and staffed by a Morris area nonprofit organization. The intention of this expanded mobile outreach model is to offer the greatest flexibility and autonomy of service provision based on demand. Human Services Office of Temporary Assistance (OTA) workers will staff the outreach vehicle. As a Navigating Hope team member, the Care Manager’s key role in this partnership is to provide extended care management in the community to Navigating Hope clients with the goal of achieving stability and improved quality of life. The Care Manager will also act as the connector to additional community resources as needs arise beyond OTA’s capabilities. Additionally, the Care Manager will staff the outreach vehicle at least once per week, with additional days when warranted, focusing especially on the Code Blue season.  This will include untraditional hours such as nights, weekends, and holidays.

The Care Manager position is full time.  In addition to staffing the mobile outreach vehicle as outlined above, the Care Manager is expected to manage a minimum of a 30-person caseload following initial assessment.  Referrals for care management under this grant will only include individuals referred by the Navigating Hope team.  

The Navigating Hope Mobile Outreach Team will include:

• Care Manager, staffed by a Morris County area nonprofit and funded through this grant
• Human Services Office of Temporary Assistance staff members (may include an interviewer, social worker, driver, outreach coordinator)
• Veteran’s staff as requested
• Aging staff as requested
• Child support staff offered via skype

Services offered by the mobile outreach team will include:

• Emergency shelter year-round per current County protocols and with the expanded resources that will be made available through this grant. The grant will give high priority to Code Blue needs as directed by state legislation. The successful applicant will be a key partner with Code Blue services.
• Services to homeless individuals, including access to affordable housing resources
• Aging & Veterans Services
• Medicaid assistance 
• SNAP assistance
• TANF/GA assistance
• Child Support Services 
• Transportation
• Linkages to critical community services/resources

For more information on the scope of services, see Page 25 of the guidelines documents listed in Supporting Documents, below.