Archive for the ‘Social Services’ Category

How to Find the Best Software for Social Workers

May 11

Software For Social Workers

Sometimes it seems like every tech company out there is creating new software targeted at the social service sector. While it’s nice to see the industry attracting so much interest, it can also be a tremendous waste of your valuable time trying to weed through all of the options.

Keep reading to find out why trends in the non profit sector are being influenced by the software industry and how to find the software for social workers that will be the most valuable to your organization.

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Managing Program Effectiveness with Child Welfare Software

Oct 19

Boosting your organization’s credibility and inspiring funder confidence doesn’t always have to be difficult. Child welfare software that’s capable of efficiently translating your intentions into measurable outcomes is essential for many non profits working with children.

Competition for funding is always fierce. If you want to match your efforts with increased outcomes and prove your organization’s value, then your company needs child welfare software that gets the most out of your organization.

If you’re in need of social services software that can help you improve your organization, then continue reading to learn how it has helped Pathways to Safety of Monterey County. Read the rest of this entry »

Developing a Mentoring Program: How One Organization Tracks Progress in Youth Development

Oct 14

Developing a mentoring program is one of the surefire ways of reaching out to at-risk youth who need some guidance in developing the skills necessary to become productive citizens in society, but how can an organization know that its efforts are actually making a difference?

That was the questioned faced by the Latin American Youth Center (LAYC) as they set out to improve the lives of youth in their community.

This organization realized the size of the task in front of it and sought to not only make the job of helping young people manageable, but make sure that the efforts they made to improve the lives of those youth were adequately kept track of so that the impact of those efforts could measured.

Their use of non-profit software designed to help nonprofits has made it possible to see just how the LAYC is making strides in helping the youth in their community, and this post will show you just what kind of process is involved in developing a mentoring program that creates meaningful opportunities for at-risk youth. Read the rest of this entry »

Introducing ETO Fundamentals

Oct 26

We at Social Solutions are excited to announce the creation of a new product, Efforts to Outcomes (ETO™) Fundamentals.  Designed to meet the expanding demands of small to medium-sized nonprofits, ETO Fundamentals enables providers to track key participant information, demographics, services provided and assessments. Read the rest of this entry »

Nonprofit Leaders Align to Improve Sector Effectiveness

Oct 1

A man living in New York City takes the bus down 5th Avenue each day to get to work.  When the bus approaches the corner of 5th Avenue and 42nd Street the man throws his newspaper out the window; he does this every day for weeks.  Finally, the bus driver asks, “Why do you throw your newspaper out the window?”  The man replies, “To keep the elephants off of 5th Avenue.”  “But there aren’t any elephants on 5th Avenue” replies the bus driver.  The man replies, “You see – it works.” Read the rest of this entry »