August 26, 2010

New CiviCore Client - Crisis Center of Johnson County


     CiviCore is happy to have recently launched a new database for the Crisis Center of Johnson County!  This new CiviCore partner has five main programs, including the Food Bank Program and the Emergency Assistance Program. These two programs provide material assistance to clients in the form of food, vouchers to purchase clothing and household items, local bus tickets, birthday items for children, blankets and sheets, financial assistance for emergency situations, and more. Last year they served 14,000 people in Johnson County, Iowa, and distributed roughly 1 million pounds of food and nearly $100,000 in emergency financial assistance to those in need in their community! To provide these critical services, they rely on roughly 150 volunteers each year.


     Sarah Benson Witry, Assistant Program Director, worked hard to get this complex system up and running, and user friendly enough that a volunteer based staff can easily enter the information and focus on the people they are serving.  Sarah had this to say about our system.
"Our Civicore database helps us track our clients, the services we provide, and the volunteers who provide them. We love that it is web-based, so we can access our information on any computer, and we love how responsive Civicore is to our needs. Our previous database used an outdated platform and was designed by a volunteer. When changes needed to happen, we had no one to turn to for support. With Civicore, our database can grow and change with our needs and improvements are made very quickly. In addition, our custom-made Civicore database was far more affordable than other databases that were less suited to our needs. The search function allows us to export data to Excel and has made creating reports much simpler and more accurate. We love Civicore and are so excited to continue working with them!"
           Sarah Benson Witry
           Food Bank & Emergency Assistance Program Director
           The Crisis Center of Johnson County


 

August 6, 2010

CiviCore goes live with Early Intervention Colorado Provider Database!

     CiviCore is happy to announce that the Early Intervention (EI) Colorado Provider Database launched in late July! This database allows providers who deliver early intervention services to children birth to age 3 and their families, to apply to the local EI Program(s) in their area and provide their credentials and other information over the Internet. 

     The local communities that help coordinate these services can in turn see the providers applications when they apply to that community, review their credentials, and approve them if they decide to hire or contract with them. Once approved, providers can be searched by families and the service coordinators that assist them. These searches can help a family find any provider or a specific type of provider that serves children in their specific zip code. Check it out at www.eicolorado.org!