Why You Still Have Data and Information Issues (Bad Data, Missing Data, Stuck Data) – And How to Get Rid of Them Forever!

In today’s data-driven world, nonprofits, government agencies, and human services organizations rely on accurate, real-time information to make informed decisions, secure funding, and improve client outcomes. Yet, many agencies continue to struggle with bad data, missing data, and stuck data—the three silent killers of efficiency and effectiveness in case management.

If your organization is still dealing with these frustrating challenges, it’s time to ask: Why? And more importantly, how can you get rid of them forever?

FAMCare is on SHI International's NASPO ValuePoint Cloud Solutions Contract

ST. LOUIS, MO, September 05, 2024 

Global Vision Technologies (GVT), a leading provider of case management software for human services, is proud to announce that its flagship solution, FAMCare, is now available through the NASPO ValuePoint Cloud Solutions contract. This partnership with SHI International enables participating state and local governments to access FAMCare's powerful tools for enhanced reporting and outcomes analysis, critical for improving human services delivery.

Lafayette Parish Juvenile Detention Home's New Educational Program, R.I.S.E.

LAFAYETTE, La. (KLFY) — A new program called R.I.S.E. is now in place at the Lafayette Parish Juvenile Detention Home in an attempt to reduce recidivism and occupy idle time.

Louisiana’s juvenile incarceration rate is nearly double the national average, according to The Southern Poverty Law Center.  The juvenile detention home has introduced a new program called R.I.S.E. (Reformative Instruction and Skills Enhancement) with the goal of reducing the number of juveniles who are re-incarcerated after release.

How Not to Waste Time on a Case Management Software Demonstration

When attending your next software demonstration – remember this, if you know what you’re looking for – you can save your company thousands of dollars and hours of time figuring this all out. We’ve spoken to several agencies directors about what they think about when seeing a software demonstration. Many do not prepare in advance. Here are some pitfalls:

Finding the Perfect Fit:  How to Source the Best Case Management Solution for your Nonprofit 

As a non-profit executive working in healthcare and human/social services, there’s no question that you have a tendency to put others’ needs before your own. Which is an awesome quality when you’re sitting behind your executive desk, but not so awesome when you and your family need attention.

Finding the best case management software to meet your agency's size and mission can be challenging as social service agencies expand and new case management software enters the market. If your organization wants to manage its caseload more effectively, we hope to be able to provide some assistance and direction. This is a significant choice that, quite honestly, has the potential to change how your organization operates.  

If you’re like most agencies, the people you serve have come to you through a referral process.  Being able to track where you get your “clients” or “kids” or “students”, etc. (for this article let’s refer to them as clients) is vitally important to your business model.  Clients may be referred to you through the schools, courts, hospitals, jails, DHS, and other organizations that provide complimentary services.

In the 1970s a management concept called the matrix structure began to take hold in American industry.

Case workers involved in health and human services are in a unique position to be aware of families in the communities struggling to make ends meet.