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Softscape Continues Significant Momentum in Government Sector.


Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

WAYLAND, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 7, 2003

Government Agencies Select Softscape's Web-Based Case

Management and Workforce Systems to Improve Client Care and Tracking

Softscape, an industry leader in web-based human capital management (HCM HCM hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. ) and case management solutions, today announced several new government contracts and renewals. Recent contracts include North Carolina's Department of Juvenile Justice A Department of Juvenile Justice is found in many places. Examples of such a department are:
  • The New South Wales Department of Juvenile Justice
  • The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice
  • The South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice
 and Delinquency Prevention, the Massachusetts Department of Youth Services, Wake County (NC) Childcare Subsidy and Wake County (NC) Human Services, and Broward County (FL) Sheriff's Office. The new customers join 15 other government organizations that have already partnered with Softscape to cost-effectively eliminate paper, automate processes, enhance employee development, or share clinical information, in order to better serve the public and individuals in their care.

Adoption of Softscape's Case Management and Workforce Management Workforce Management (WFM) encompasses all the responsibilities for maintaining a productive and happy workforce. Sometimes referred to as HRMS systems, or even the larger ERP systems (Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP). There are many software vendors within this space.  solutions reflects recent trends within the government sector to both improve the ability to manage and track citizens, whether in a human services or judicial capacity, and comply with eGovernment standards. Initiated at the Federal level in 2001, eGovernment calls for government agencies to share and replicate best practices in applying the latest information technology to better secure data, integrate operations, serve the public, and improve inter-agency and cross-branch (federal/state/local or private/academic/public sector) communications. Softscape's flexible systems vary between each customer implementation.

The Massachusetts Department of Youth Services (DYS dys Days
DYS Dystonia
DYS Do You See?
DYS Division of Youth Services
DYS Familial Dysautonomia
DYS District Youth Secretary
) has engaged Softscape to automate the full life cycle of juvenile rehabilitation, enabling caseworkers to provide better care to 5,600 juveniles annually. The new system is based on Softscape's CaseOne(TM) web-based case management system, and will reduce mountains of paper to better manage juvenile cases from arrest, through risk and needs assessment, pre-trial, rehabilitation, and reentry reentry n. taking back possession and going into real property which one owns, particularly when a tenant has failed to pay rent or has abandoned the property, or possession has been restored to the owner by judgment in an unlawful detainer lawsuit. . DYS also plans to rollout Softscape's Learning Management module, which provides online learning, to improve the skills development of its staff and manage the training and certifications of its more than 800 caseworkers and residential program advocates.

"Automating our cognitive-behavioral methodology for juvenile rehabilitation will not only transform how we work, but it will also greatly improve the care we provide to juveniles across Massachusetts," said Ed Dolan, Deputy Commissioner, MA Department of Youth Services. "The benefits of a web-based system are magnified by inter-departmental use, so we're actively seeking to share information with other agencies within the Commonwealth, including the courts, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Education."

Broward County Sheriff's Office, the largest nationally accredited accredited

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 sheriff's office in the U.S., selected Softscape's CaseOne(TM) to streamline and standardize administrative processes. Implemented for their Internal Affairs Internal affairs may refer to:
  • Internal affairs of a sovereign state.
  • Internal affairs (law enforcement), a division of a law enforcement agency which investigates cases of lawbreaking by members of that agency
 Division, the system will provide enhanced tracking and documentation of investigations, complaints, charges, dispositions, administrative issues, and histories. The system will also provide timely and accurate analysis of trends relating to relating to relate prepconcernant

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 professional standards set forth by Broward County Sheriff Ken Jenne Kenneth Jenne was a Democratic Politician, former Florida legislator, and the former Sheriff of Broward County, Florida. Jenne resigned his position of Sheriff in September of 2007 after pleading guilty to federal tax evasion and mail fraud charges. , and improve departmental efficiency and accuracy through state-of-the-art automation.

Acting on a growing need in government to streamline inter-agency processes and improve customer service, Wake County Human Services, NC (WCHS WCHS Warren Central High School (Indianapolis, Indiana)
WCHS Warren County High School (Warren County, Tennessee)
WCHS White County High School
WCHS Wesley Chapel High School
), will leverage Softscape's CaseOne(TM) application as the foundation to consolidate programs and services carried out by six separate departments and offices. The one resulting agency will serve as an Internet-accessible data center for the public to view information once housed at Social Services social services
Noun, pl

welfare services provided by local authorities or a state agency for people with particular social needs

social services nplservicios mpl sociales 
, Health, Mental Health, Job Training, Child Support, and Housing agencies.

"Softscape's success in government is a result of years of truly partnering with agencies to understand and overcome their case and operational challenges," said Dave Watkins, Executive Vice President and Co-Founder, Softscape. "Our integrated approach, which includes best practices in the private sector, facilitates inter-organizational collaboration, automates cross-functional workflow and eliminates the risk of client cases or key information falling through the cracks."

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Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop.
 Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (DJJDP DJJDP Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention ) selected Softscape's CaseOne(TM) web-based case management system to replace the manual processing and tracking of juveniles statewide. The system will replace scattered databases and automate statewide systems that monitor and manage the flow of individuals through the state's juvenile justice system. DJJDP will also use Softscape to manage bed space and program capacity for the full spectrum of community-based programs across its facilities.

Softscape Government Solutions

Softscape solutions for federal, state and local agencies are designed to cut costs and increase efficiencies by eliminating paperwork and enabling the sharing of data between organizations. The integrated Web-based solutions are a result of years of best practices in automating the hiring, development, retention or tracking of individuals, whether managed by a government agency or employed by a Fortune 1000 company. Softscape's scalable government solutions include Case Management, Emergency Management, Homeless Management, Offender Tracking, Job and Resume Bank, Workforce Management, Health and Human Services Noun 1. Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979
Department of Health and Human Services, HHS
, and Automated Welfare to Work, Workforce Investment Act, TANF TANF Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (previously known as AFDC) , and the Wagner Peyser Act. The solutions allow a wide distribution of authorized users to access information from any computer with a standard web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. .

Softscape's new government customers join existing government customers including The Health & Family Services Division of Orange County (FL), State of Connecticut Online Welfare-to-Work & WIA WIA
abbr.
wounded in action
, and the Mendocino County (CA) Department of Social Services.

About Softscape (www.softscape.com)

Softscape, Inc. provides web-based human capital management and case management solutions to enterprises and government agencies. Softscape's award winning software includes fully-integrated performance management, 360 multi-rater feedback, learning management, competencies, succession planning, requisition & applicant tracking, compensation management, benefits administration, and case and workforce management. The company's highly configurable systems are designed to improve organizational performance, shorten time-to-proficiency, ensure organizational goal alignment, and improve regulatory compliance. With millions of global users in 27 countries, Softscape's customers include Merrill Lynch, Corning, Anthem Healthcare, John Deere, Massachusetts Department of Youth Services, and Connecticut Department of Labor.

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