Social-LIGHT Program Overview, Commitment & Guidelines

Commitment: As a Social-LIGHT, our desire is for you to provide encouragement and support to your social worker(s) through the remainder of this calendar year. At the end of each year, you will have the opportunity to renew your commitment or step down from the program.

Communication: As various personalities come together, it is inevitable that each relationship will look different. We believe in and want to encourage tactful management of expectations with grace and in love to foster a successful relationship. We encourage your creativity and autonomy, but we do ask that you allow time for the relationship to grow naturally and organically; keeping in mind the demands that a heavy workload, long days, and odd working hours might have on your social worker. We ask that:
· all Social-LIGHTS reach out to make an initial contact with their social worker, via email, within one week of receiving your match.
·         you continue to communicate on a regular monthly basis, as appropriate for your relationship.
·         you communicate with Spokane127 after receiving your social worker match to let us know that you have made an initial contact and whether or not you have heard back from your social worker.

Guidelines: You will receive a “Meet Your Social Worker” document that lists some helpful contact information and a little bit about them. Please do not share or publish this private information, unless you are sharing with other members of your Social-LIGHT group.

We look forward to seeing the great ideas you may have in mind to support your social worker and we will be sharing more along the way. However, we ask that you follow these important guidelines set forth by DCYF:
·         Gift card denominations cannot exceed $5 at one time
·         All gifts of monetary value must be reported to Spokane127
·         Monetary gifts and gift cards cannot exceed $50 total in one calendar year
·         Cash gifts are not allowed
·         All “snail mail” or deliveries will be sent to the social worker’s office location

We are grateful for your partnership, and we are excited to have you on board as a Social-LIGHT!

Social-LIGHT Agreement

By checking "Yes, Proceed" below, I am committing to be a Social-LIGHT for the remainder of the calendar year and agreeing to abide by the Social-LIGHT program guidelines outlined above.