FamilyMetrics Blog

Latest addition: Progress Note Summary! Latest addition: Progress Note Summary!

Ever wanted to view the notes for all the residents at your property at once? It used to be kind of a pain… going to a resident’s profile… running her Progress Note report…going to the next resident… running his report… over and over until you think you just can’t take it anymore! Well, have we got a new report for you! Introducing the Progress Note Summary! Easily see all progress notes for all of your property(s) in one place with just a few simple clicks. The report is located in the Reports and Ad Hoc Reports sections of the system (towards the top of the report list).

As always, please let us know if you have any questions or feedback!

Login got a facelift! Login got a facelift!

Two new features have been added to the login screen!

You can now have your password emailed to you in the event you’ve forgotten it without having to call into our office and explain yourself to the lovely Pangean on the other end… AND from the login screen you can now reset your password! We even included a nifty button that will generate a random, super-secure password for you if you’re not feeling especially creative.

As always, feel free to give us a call if you have any questions about these new features!

New Sub Categories Added! New Sub Categories Added!

Several new sub-categories have been added to FamilyMetrics to help you all provide a more complete picture of the services you provided your residents. The new sub-categories will appear in all service-related forms including Resident Service Logs, Group Add Service Logs, Program Attendances, and attached activity portions of the Program Attendances. They are also available for designating as a Program’s “type” when creating a Program in the Program Portal.

The new selections include:

·         BENEFITS/ENTITLEMENTS > Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)

·         COMMUNITY/CIVIC > Cultural Events

·         COMMUNITY/CIVIC > Gang Prevention/Intervention

·         HEALTH > Prenatal Care

·         HEALTH > Women’s Health

·         HEALTH > Teen Pregnancy Prevention has been updated to be Teen Pregnancy Prevention/Resources

·         OTHER > Conflict/Anger Management/Prevention

·         TRANSPORTATION > Repair Assistance

·         YOUTH EDUCATION > Developmental Disability Services

·         YOUTH EDUCATION > IEP School Collaboration/Services

As always, if you have any questions, feel free to contact our offices. Thank you for all of your excellent feedback and suggestions!

Program Portal Pre-Spring Cleaning! Program Portal Pre-Spring Cleaning!

Tuesday, March 02, 2010

We decided to do some pre-Spring Cleaning – Program Portal style. Just thought the look and feel could use a little freshening up and we hope you agree! Besides better colors and more uniform spacing for easier readability, we added a much enhanced pagination control. You can now choose to show 10, 20, 50 or All records at once. In addition, it displays how many records match the filter criteria. You may even notice a slight speed increase.

In addition, we decided to move some fields on the Program Attendance around. Many of you have told us you’d like to be able to denote the Service Coordinator, Location, and/or Referral Agency on a Program Attendance without having to attach an activity log at the bottom. Well, we listened. These fields are now located at the top of the form, just below Date, Time, and Duration, just how you’re used to on regular Service Logs.

We hope that you enjoy these enhancements. Please let us know about any questions/concerns!

Sincerely,
Pangea Foundation Support Team

Attention Overwhelmed Service Coordinators! Attention Overwhelmed Service Coordinators!

Feeling overwhelmed by all the work that goes into running a successful resident services program?

Well, the National Resident Services Collaborative is here to offer help! They have recently added some exciting and helpful material to the Best Practices & Training section of their website! Be sure to check it out for information ranging from planning and executing resident services programs, peer network exchanges, and specifically, a revised and expanded practitioner’s manual.

Here’s a direct link to the practitioner’s manual to get you started right away:

Creating Opportunities for Families through Resident Services: A Practitioner's Manual, Revised and Expanded Edition, September 2009.