New 'Navicates' Will Help Montco Residents
Residents who require social services will have a single point of contact with the county government.
Montgomery County residents who have typically had to travel to Norristown to obtain social services from county government will soon be able to accomplish many of those tasks closer to home. The county is preparing to field a corps of so-called "Navicates" ― the word is a portmanteau of "navigator" and "advocate" ― who will be stationed at office locations around the county. "We're taking the advocates and the navigators [of the county's social services] out of Norristown and into the communities where people live," County Commissioners' Chairman Josh Shapiro said Thursday. Shapiro said the "Navicates" will "revolutionize the way social services are delivered in Montgomery County." Navicates will be charged with assessing the needs of …
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2:53 pm on Wednesday, January 9, 2013
navicates should be privy to all aspects of the human services realm ...I feel that providing a more well rounded knowledge of services will help both the consumer and the families have their needs met more globally more ›