For quite a while, she had a financial assistant and a home visit assistant, each of whom visited at least twice a week. Because of insurance changes, the financial assistant had to stop.

It was in the gap of finding this out and getting myself back in the loop that the home visitor managed to get checks cashed that she didn't know about.

The services are already in existence, just not consistently or as comprehensively as they could/need to be.

A legislative issue to stop nickel and diming social assistance, for sure. These kinds of services should be available for anyone who needs them, not just whatever narrowly defined criteria in current funding mandates.

We as the public just don't care enough.