Stresses Case

In society many people have to deal with different stresses of day- to- day life. Many of those people do not know there are avenues available to help them cope with the stresses. The United family service is a place a person can go to get professional help on a sliding scale cost. United Family Services' mission is to provide hope and solutions for people in crisis. When a person has nowhere to turn united family services provides help.

Their service area is charlotte and surrounding areas. The counseling is open to most adults but there is about a two for three month wait before seen unless it is an emergency and harm may happen. If the thought of immediate harm will happen there are immediate services provided.

The population served is people who need counseling in different areas. The counseling geared toward women involved in domestic violence. With this a woman can receive counseling to remove themselves from the abuse and have shelter for herself and her children. It is not limited to just women. There are programs for men and teens to receive the help they need.

Other services that are available are: clinical services, which are marital or family counseling, anger management support groups, parenting classes, crisis intervention such as 24- hour sexual assault hot line, child abuse intervention grief counseling following a homicide, support groups for teens and also post -traumatic stress debriefing for groups affected by violence.

Another service provided is economic independence. This service provides people with tools to budget money or money management education. This service helps people learned how to have economic independency. There are also services provided for people who need help prevent the possibility for foreclosure

There is no referral process in place but in some situations there can be a referral. An example of this is if a person becomes in a homicide case the investigator can give that person a referral for services at the United Family Services. The referral is not necessary but, it may help a person receive services faster.

The United Family Services provide many services. These services provide grief counseling, anger management support groups, and economic independent groups. There is no referral process but there is a wait to be seen. These services are on a sliding scale. Without the services provided many people may not try to receive help.