| EVENTS CHC PROMOTES PAGU SYSTEM AT THE 39TH ANNUAL ISM CONFERENCE PAGU – The First Fully Integrated Paperless Public Assistance System TechnoMan touts it, speakers proclaim it, and attendees interact with it. It is PAGU, CHC’s Public Assistance Global Utility, the first fully integrated paperless public assistance system in the United States. A Platinum sponsor of the 39th Annual ISM Conference September 10–13 in Minneapolis, CHC is going all out to make their presence and their system known. Full Story >> NEWS CHC BRINGS FEDERAL COMPLIANCE TO GUAM’S PUBLIC WELFARE SYSTEM Public Health Replaces Old System with New, Federally Compliant PAGU System to Better Serve Public Welfare Clients MANGILAO, GU – January 17, 2006: Long lines and long waits will soon be a thing of the past for Guam’s public welfare recipients, much to the relief of clients and caseworkers alike. Surrounded by mounds of application folders, caseworkers at Public Health are frustrated at their inability to respond quickly to the needs of their clients – people who are often in crisis and need immediate assistance. Full Story >> CHC IN THE PRESS PAGU SYSTEM TO EXPEDITE WELFARE SERVICES When Mangilao resident Nuria Chiro applied for food stamps in January two years ago, she waited until October to see any help come her way. Not only did her application
get lost in the paper shuffle, she had to wait for five hours each
time she wanted to check on its status. GUAM INSTALLS COMPUTER SYSTEM TO EXPEDITE
WELFARE SERVICES AND CRACK DOWN ON BACKLOGS Nuria Chiro from Mangilao, Guam, applied for food
stamps in January two years ago and finally got help in October.
Each time she wanted to check on her application’s status
she had to wait five hours. Pagu, or Public Assistance for Guam,
is a new computer system seeking to improve service to 8,000 existing
customers and people newly applying for food stamp, welfare and
other benefit programs. With this new system, getting food stamps
or welfare will take two days instead of six to 10 weeks, said contractor
Charles Hansen of Charles Hansen Consulting. |
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