The Government of the District of Columbia’s Department of Human Services (DHS) selected Change & Innovation Agency (C!A) to help design, develop, and deploy new practices for its human services programs in an effort to realize process efficiencies in its operations, as well as improve accuracy. C!A assessed DHS’ existing practices and redesigned the process solutions, while […]
The State of Rhode Island’s Department of Human Services (DHS) wanted to improve their business processes because they struggled with issues such as increased workloads and antiquated business processes that resulted in long wait times and many repeat visits before families received their benefits. After partnering with Change & Innovation Agency (C!A), they developed readiness plans […]
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The Department of Social Services (DSS) for the State of Connecticut partnered with Change & Innovation Agency (C!A) to embark on an effort to redesign its business/eligibility processes with the goal of increasing its staffing capacity to withstand workload increases and program complexity. As-is process mapping was conducted, barriers and bottlenecks were identified, and new […]
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One of the most pressing challenges facing the Department for Children and Families (DCF) in Kansas was limited staffing resources to handle the increased demand for services. The DCF leadership group’s primary goals were to control and reduce fraud, achieve efficiency of service delivery, move towards virtual/online services, and focus on self-sufficiency of DCF clients. […]
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South Carolina’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) decided to redesign the enrollment and eligibility determination process for all Medicaid programs administered in the state. Unnecessary interactions (from redundant customer visits, calls, and mail) were negatively impacting the agency’s ability to keep up with their work. DHHS selected Change & Innovation Agency (C!A) to help design, […]
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From 2009 to 2010, the State of Arizona’s SNAP caseload increase was ranked 5th in the nation. During this time, the state had to eliminate 300 eligibility positions due to budget cuts. The Department of Economic Security (DES) joined with Change & Innovation Agency (C!A) and analyzed the agency’s most important eligibility practices to determine […]
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The State of New Mexico’s, Department of Human Services (DHS) was facing a staff shortage as SNAP caseloads and errors in processing were increasing. DHS was also operating with a 25-year-old, paper-based eligibility system that lacked sufficient interfaces and data collection capabilities for efficient case processing. DHS selected C!A to help modernize, design, develop, and […]
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