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Technology Regression Happens. Here’s How to Fix It.
People turn over. Processes change. If the way you use technology doesn’t keep up with the way you work, the efficiencies and time savings you once gained may slowly trickle away—especially several years later.Read the blogto learn four tips to keep your technology on track.
Psst. If you’re a Northwoods customer, read moreto learn what a “Solution Optimization” is and how the process could benefit your agency.
What's New with Northwoods?
Your Mission is Our Mission
Our drive to support the underserved is more than a mission statement, it’s our passion. That’s why we’re so deeply committed to giving back to the same communities your agency is serving every day.
Northwoods is honored to receive a2019 Corporate Citizenship Awardfrom Columbus Business First for our commitment to making Central Ohio a better place.
We have an internal volunteer site that employees can review for opportunities and each employee is allowed 20 hours per year to donate their time. Along with volunteering, employees can financially support theNorthwoods Foundation, which then fulfills requests for assistance submitted by employees, partners, families, and friends.
We are thankful for this award and our ability to make a difference! If your agency has a program that needs support, we’d love to hear about it. Just emailfoundation@teamnorthwoods.com!
How Technology Can Help You Be a CCWIS Superhero [Webinar]
On July 17 at 11 a.m. Pacific/2 p.m. Eastern, join the Governing Institute and a panel of experts discussing how child welfare agencies can meet IT requirements and empower caseworkers to make informed, confident decisions that will positively impact children’s lives.
The panel includes:
Ginger Pryor, Former State Director, Georgia Division of Family and Children Services
Don Abney, Chief Technology Officer, Northwoods
Casey Burns, HHS State & Local Lead, Amazon Web Services
Kathleen Dalton, Ph.D., Senior Fellow, Governing Institute
Family First Prevention Services Act: Anticipating and Navigating the Road Ahead
The Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA)supports something child welfare agencies have wanted for years: IV-E funding flexibility to support and expand their preventative services. FFPSA also has guidelines and restrictions that are making states pause and evaluate the negative impact to current IV-E waiver-supported programs.
We know you have questions about how FFPSA will ultimately impact agencies at all levels (we do too!), so as a partner in your prevention efforts we have compiled a list of several resources that we think will be a big help to you as you navigate the changing waters.
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Human-Centered Design: How Northwoods Builds Solutions Around You
Human-centered design is and always has been the Northwoods way.
To create technology that solves problems for human beings, one must truly understand the problems, contexts, and conditions those human beings are subjected to, and to us, that’s just common sense.
Everything we create ... everything we do ... is done with the needs of the people our solutions serve in mind.
Here's a quick lookfrom our product design leader at how we apply our human-centered approach from product idea to maturity.
National Foster Care Month: Organizations Doing Amazing Work for Children and Youth
While May,National Foster Care Month, has come and gone, its mission to recognize the role that each person can play in enhancing the lives of more than 440,000 children and youth in foster care, plus hundreds of thousands more who have aged out or found permanent homes, is not over.
Key Considerations When Integrating Human Services Technology
As government agencies get more comfortable with technology, a new challenge arises: integrating disparate systems to securely exchange data and information so you can use it to improve service delivery and make informed decisions.
Read the blogto learn from one of our senior solution architects what to expect when starting to integrate, to understand a few of the challenges of data integration, and to discover how your agency can integrate data in a way that reduces how much time you’ll have to spend digging for information.
Upcoming Events & Webinars
Hear from Our Team at These Upcoming Event Sessions: