Traditionally, by the time a family becomes known to a child welfare agency, they are already in crisis. The Family First Prevention Services Act, was a good start in allowing funding for prevention services to be provided to a family in need, but it is not enough. Preventing crisis requires cross programmatic service delivery models that include a vast array of programs, providers and other community partners in health and human services. It...

As the number of demands placed on Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies grows, so does the need to modernize technology and streamline workflows. Agencies are focused on solutions that will improve health outcomes for children and families by delivering a digital-first experience for both constituents and staff. Join us on October 13 for a 30-minute webinar to hear from government leaders on how agencies can quickly and easily implement so...

Texas Health and Human Services (HHS) — which includes the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) — has hundreds of programs and services that help more than 7 million Texans a month with food, health care, safety, and disaster services. As the CIO for HHSC, the largest state agency in Texas with an annual budget of over $39 billion, Ricardo Blanco oversees the tec...

Join us for CYBER 2022 the deepest dive into the cybersecurity solutions for government. We have structured this collaboration with the goal of furthering the President’s Executive Order on Enhancing the Nation’s Cyber Security and will focus on: Modernizing Federal Cybersecurity, Practices that Enhance the Software Supply Chain Security, Responding to Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities and Incidents, and Improving Detection of Cybersec...

State and local agencies are under enormous pressure to deliver results faster and more efficiently – and to make better use of data to drive decision-making and serve constituents. That’s what drove DC Health, the health department for Washington, D.C., to upgrade its legacy platforms to a modernized system for tracking vaccinations and other vital health metrics. Working with Oracle and partner Tharseo IT, the team migrated its e...

State health departments are swamped with their responses to COVID-19 and the recent monkeypox outbreak, making it difficult to map out data modernization strategies. But two public health agencies, the Iowa Department of Public Health and Maryland Department of Health, have successfully adopted a "working backward" approach to strategic development. With the assistance of Amazon Web Services (AWS), these agencies have crafted roadmaps to thei...

Consolidating real estate technology environments from the University of Nebraska and Nebraska Medicine fueled an opportunity for the two organizations to combine their staff and technology resources, save costs and simplify their operations. Getting there required careful planning due to the combined portfolio approaching 32 million square feet. To accomplish their goals, the two organizations found a partner that could help them create a mor...

State Medicaid systems are at important crossroads. The proliferation of data and new advancements in AI-powered analytics could revolutionize public health and patient care. But too many Medicaid systems still rely on legacy, on-premises systems that can’t scale or keep up with rapid change. By migrating core functions to the cloud, Medicaid agencies can implement transformative changes, modernizing whole systems to provide next-generat...

COVID-19 caused unprecedented levels of stress on health and human services (HHS) systems, often making it harder for people to access needed services. This tremendous pressure accelerated the pace of innovation, driving rapid change for state and local governments across the nation. Indeed, the delivery of HHS benefits is transforming through new technology that provides new ways for constituents to receive services. Join Government Technolog...

Like many agencies, the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) had to rapidly deploy mission-critical services during the pandemic to meet constituent needs. But while speed was paramount, it could not come at the expense of security. Protecting residents’ sensitive information and complying with federal and state security mandates are a top priority for the department. Join Government Technology on June 28 at 10...