Jaikayliah Home Case Study

Ms. Goodall living situation is not stable. She at first did not have any place to stay for herself and her daughter, Myan.

Sharing a one bedroom apartment with eight other people is not a placid experience according to Jairo Gomez. Jairo and his family have spent their whole life growing up in poverty in the midst of New York City. According to the government the Family is fifteen thousand dollars under the poverty line. The Gomez’s mother is a cleaning lady who works all day followed by coming home and cleaning her own house and taking care of her children. Jairo’s mother asks Jairo to constantly stay home from school and watch his younger siblings or to babysit after school. This limits Jairo’s time hanging out with friends, work, and completing school work. Since Jairo has never had freedom he often cut class to hang out with friends. Soon enough Jairo realizes that him playing hooky on school and staying home to babysit is damaging his chance to graduate from school and become successful later in life after he enrolled in the tenth grade for the second time. Jairo finally realized he needed to take initiative and change his ways. He did not want to

Marlon's mother and stepfather provide good supervision of Marlon and reports he has never ran away from the home. Mrs. Saunders reports Marlon is helpful around the home and is rewarded when he goes the extra mile. She reports these rewards include money and sneakers. Both Mrs. Saunders and Marlon deny any conflict in the home and Mrs. Saunders reports she punishes Marlon when he does not complete his chores. Mrs. Saunders reports if conflict arises, the family would sit down and have a family talk to resolve the issue. She reports these punishments include taking his cell phone away or not allowing him to have people over. The family reports they engage in family activities such as family dinners, family movie nights and family game nights. The family reports they have limited extended family support network from aunts, uncles and cousins. Both Marlon and his mother deny any incidents of physical or sexual abuse and any involvement with the Department of Social Services. The family is currently living in a two story home in the mid-city section of the city. The home consists of four bedrooms, two and half bathrooms, living room, kitchen and dining area. The home has a fenced in backyard. The home has vinyl siding and did not appear to be in need of repair when this officer visited on February 8, 2017. The family moved to this home in September of

Immediately upon looking at the walls residence, 93 little Hobart Street, one can tell that the family is suffering from poor living conditions. The outside of the house lacks any paint and there are many holes in the porch causing a safety hazard for the kids or anyone else. The interior is not fashioned with plumbing and there is only one bathroom in the entirety of the house. The house is essentially falling apart with clear holes in the ceiling. One room is used for most things and there are lots of paintings that line the walls of the home. All of the kids are crowded into one bed; there is essentially mold on every wall of the house. There are four children in the house named Jeanette, Lori, Brian, and Maureen. Jeanette is twelve, Lori is fifteen, Brian is eleven, and Maureen who is seven years old. All of the children appear to be rather dirty and looked battered. They must be freezing as this house does not have insulation whatsoever.

Dionnie Williams & Jaziaha Lawson are placed in Ms. Holland home. The home is not a pre-adoptive home and Dionnie and Jaziaha have expressed that they do not want to stay at their current placement long term. Dionnie and Jaziaha were in respite care from August 12, 2016 to August 14, 2016 at foster parent, Bashera Grove home. Jaziaha and Dionnie have both expressed to me they would like to be placed in Ms.Grove care long term. Ms. Grove is a pre-adoptive home and is interested in keeping the girls long term. I believe it would be best to place Dionnie and Jaziaha in Ms. Grove home before the start of the new school year. Please let me know what your thoughts

Jahafraka responded well to the intervention. Jahafraka continues to make progress towards his goals. Jahafraka stated, being hit, being punished, yelling, being singled out, being ignored, and being disappointed. Jahafraka stated, yelling, using profanity, throwing things, and refusing to do something. Jahafraka stated that he is trying to use coping skills to deal with anger situation at school. Jahafraka stated, not being treated fairly, being singled out, thing are not right and he should not let things go. Jahafraka completed the worksheet. Jahafraka stated, talking about his mom, calling him stupid, criticizing him, make rude comments and teasing him. Jahafraka stated, yelling, arguing and being non-compliant. Jahafraka stated, not being

Home visit completed on 9/13/17, with foster parent and Landen. Upon arrival of the home, Landen was running around the living room playing with his foster sisters. The worker sat and developed a rapport with the foster mother (Lisa) and gains some additional insight on the previous worker and the progress/lack of progress on the parents. According to the foster mother, Landen was placed with her in February of 2017. She said Landen’s parents (Courtney and Cody) have been having communication issues with the previous worker (Lameka) However; she still blames the parents for not completing their substance abuse treatment and mental health services. The foster parent told the worker, in the past she tried to help the parents with additional

The family resides in a townhome home in the Brandon Squares section of the city of Portsmouth. The home is located in Chruchland in a low to moderate income neighborhood. A home visit was conducted on September 12, 2016. The home was well

R/s Sharon has no stable housing for Taliah (13). R/s Sharon has four other children that are scattered out. R/s Sharon left Taliah with her grandmother and the grandmother isn’t able to care for Taliah because the grandmother can’t walk. R/s Taliah has no clothes. R/s Sharon is verbal abusive to Taliah and would tell the child “you are not going to college because you are going to get pregnant.”

Environment. J and K’s family lives in south Regina. They find their neighborhood safe and have access to school, the doctor, grocery stores and playgrounds, as everything is within walking distance. Their home environment is safe and adequate to meet the needs of this family.

Fortune reported that she is comfortable living with her mother. She indicated that her brother’s also live with she and her mom. Fortune stated that there are no other adults that live with them. Fortune indicated that the maternal grandmother lives nearby and is often at the home. The child reported that her mother is home when she returns from school. The child reported that there is nothing that she would change about her mother.

Jayla responded well to the intervention. Jayla continues to make progress towards her goals. Jayla stated, that hateful words, fighting, destroying things, using profanity, and wishing bad things on people. Jayla stated, feelings such as feel, joy, sorry, hate, that a person experiences. Jayla stated, joy anger, sorrow, crying, fear, and hate. Jayla stated, fare, frustration, depression, crying, hate, and happiness. Jayla, crying, fear, sadness, frustration, and anger. Jayla stated, that if a person has bad thoughts it will show up in the person behavior or actions. Jayla stated, that she have thoughts of wanting to run away from home when she have arguments with her mom, Jayla stated, that she would call her father to come and get her

The Johnson family lacks positive, clear and emotional support or expression. Vanessa has expressed that she truly cares about Tanisha and Jermaine, but finds it difficult expressing it to them. She further explains that during the time that she was growing up there was a lack of emotional bonding with her own parents. She states, “I never felt I was good enough”. “I never felt like I was loved as a child”. She has also stated that she is trying her best to raise Tanisha and Jermaine as she has her own child, but finds it difficult because they've both become so disrespectful. She is afraid if she doesn't seek help for herself and the children. Tanisha will follow in her mother's footsteps and start “running the streets”. Tanisha and Jermaine

Rakhma Homes, a nonprofit client of «DONOR» is hosting their 7th Annual Memory Bowl on Sunday, April 24, 2016. This bowling fundraiser provides critical funding for those at Rakhma living with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. Memory Bowl is a highly anticipated event that delivers an entertaining afternoon of bowling, pizza and tons of chances for participants to win fantastic prize packages. This signature event is held at Memory Lanes and Flashback Café in Minneapolis.

Josh reported at his mother’s, he and Jack shared a room and his sister always had her own room. The child stated that his mother is always home when he gets home from school. He indicated when he goes to his father’s home on Wednesday’s, his father is always present. Josh stated that he is comfortable in both homes. He indicated that his parents live fifteen minutes away from each other.