Commonwealth Access to Social Service
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| Institution: |
Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare
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| Implementation Date: |
Jan 01, 2002 |
| Summary: |
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Access to Social Services, or COMPASS, is the Department of Public Welfare's response to the increasing complexity of program delivery and accessibility to social services by providing online screening and applications for social service programs offered by the Commonwealth.
It evolves into a cross-department, single access point for a wide variety of offerings such as healthcare coverage, cash assistance, food stamps, and home and community-based services.
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| Impact: |
COMPASS makes Pennsylvania social services accessible to citizens and community partners.
It eliminates the need for citizens and business partners to understand the complex rules behind the administration of social service programs through automatic routing of information to appropriate program offices for application processing.
On the operational front, the online application decreases the errors in completing, interpreting, and processing the hand-written application. Errors from data re-entry are also eliminated through the use of interfaces to other systems.
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| Source: |
Stockholm Challenge Award |
| Project Home URL: |
http://www.compass.state.pa.us |
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