Well, I have quickly come to learn on internship that nothing is set in stone. My mantra for the year has quickly become "just roll with the punches." It seems like nothing this year has been simple. When the group home shut down, everyone was scrambling to determine what I would be doing instead of that. Just when I thought things were beginning to settle down, I got an interesting surprise Sunday night.
I will give the short version...
The state of Nebraska has contracted with three organizations (OMNI was one of them) to manage all the cases in the state. The change was supposed to take effect today (July 1). The contract had been signed, the agreement set, and everyone was preparing for the influx of work this change would likely bring. Great, right? Wrong!
Sunday night when I returned home from vacation in Illinois (which was great, by the way), my supervisor called to inform me the contract had fallen through and people would likely be loosing their jobs. Fortunately, I am safe as I still am employed with NMHC, and home based services (which is what I provide for OMNI) were not affected by the breech in contract. Some of my coworkers, however, were not so lucky. Essentially though, things changed and OMNI has signed a temporary agreement to subcontract with another organization to provide services for the time being. But, when that contract is up (very soon) there may be a reduction in force (i.e. people getting fired). Not good.
So, for the time being, I am biting my nails, waiting for the other shoe to drop. In the mean time, I have plenty to keep me busy. And I am preparing for another weekend away from Lincoln, to go to Rolla to look for apartments.
I can really use some more time off. Or just to be done with the chaos that is internship! Only 8 1/2 more weeks left :)
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hang in there! =)
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