One of the roles of social work professionals in hospitals is to help patients transition to home life from the hospital. Social workers generally have a list of resources to help patients procure basic necessities at least for the short term. It is not appropriate to refer this case to CPS at the present time. Likewise, it is inappropriate to start a collection before requesting social work consult. Discharge may be delayed due to certain conditions (e.g. unsafe environment), but this is only done after social work has exhausted other possibilities.