Caller Data Collection 650-50-85-50
(Revised 5/15/2012 ML #3328)
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I & R services use a system of collecting and organizing consumer data for appropriate referral and to help identify gaps in service available throughout the state.
- The consumer data collection and reporting methods will facilitate the analyses needed to support:
- The human service needs of the consumer
- Management information needs
- Community needs assessment
- The data collected will provide information on consumer needs to help identify:
- Gaps in service
- Insufficient resources
- Level of services requested
- Trends of unmet needs
- Socio-economic and demographic data
- Consumers have the right to decide what information they want to share with I & R staff.
- Data collection reports should facilitate the gathering of the following information, as available from the caller:
- Family name, address, telephone number
- Demographic data (age, sex, race/ethnicity, rural/urban, functional status, income, etc.)
- Name of individual for whom services are sought if other than caller
- Problems presented by caller and problems as assessed by staff
- Services needed
- Organizations to which caller was referred
- Nature of request
- Method of contact with I & R service (letter, telephone, walk-in, e-mail)
- How did the caller find out about the I & R service
- Follow up results, including whether or not the caller received services