Garrett County Community Action Committee is a private, nonprofit organization in Garrett County, Maryland. Its activities and projects focus on strategies that assist low-income people to be more self-sufficient. The agency provides a variety of services for individuals, families, and older adults. It also owns a number of housing developments […]
Community Action Paperless Success Stories
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I found this question posted on LinkedIn the other day. “What are the biggest challenges you face in the day to day work with your Head Start/Early Head Start program?” Many of the answers were about the lack of qualified staff and having the funds to pay them properly. One […]
We have done a lot of work with Head Start and childcare organization. Here are some uses for Laserfiche in Head Start and childcare organizations: child safety logs incident reports security policy automation teacher expense and travel voucher approvals student records student on-boarding various other electronic forms If you are not […]
Douglas County CAP, in conjunction with a network comprised of 20 various non-profit and public agencies, serves the needs of over 12,000 people living in poverty in Douglas County. For years, the CAP had been struggling to find a way to share information and documents between the various agencies, without exposing sensitive data […]
You may know that Community Action Agencies (CAPs) are one of the verticals that we focus on. We’ve been working with CAPs in Minnesota for over fifteen years and have been branching out to other states. This year we did projects for a CAP in Maryland and Colorado. And we integrated Laserfiche […]
I recently talked to a director of a Community Action in Missouri and he was wondering if he could legally scan their paper documents and rely totally on electronic records. Missouri like many other states has adopted the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act in August of 2003. This Act focuses on treating […]
If you are a community action agency or other non-profit operating in Indiana, you may be wondering if you can convert your paper documents to electronic records to save time and space. Indiana like most states has passed the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act. It essentially says that electronic record should […]
I have had a number of Community Action Agency directors in Alabama ask about the requirements for them to keep paper documents. Like most states, Alabama adopted the Uniform Electronic Transaction Act. That Act states, in my opinion, that electronic documents should be treated no different than paper documents. And application […]
The Government Paperwork Elimination Act (GPEA, Pub.L. 105–277 Title XVII) requires that, that Federal agencies use electronic documents, forms, and signatures to conduct official business with the public. The Act requires agencies, to allow individuals or organizations the option to submit information or transact with the agency electronically and to maintain records electronically. The […]