Cúram Software Announces Availability of New Child Care Solution
HERNDON, Va.-(Business Wire)-February 10, 2009 - Cúram Software, the leading provider of Social Enterprise Management (SEM) software solutions, today announced the release of Cúram for Child Care, a new generation child care solution designed to deliver dramatically improved access to affordable care. The solution delivers comprehensive functionality to determine eligibility, select and license providers, manage and track funding availability, waitlists, attendance, co-payments, provider reimbursement and child care plans.
Today, 6 out of every 10 children under the age of 5 are enrolled in some form of day care program. Funding associated with child care programs for low income families accounts for one of the largest expenditures for local governments. Providing quality and affordable child care to working families or those seeking employment is critical in these challenging economic times. Perhaps equally as critical is seeking new and innovative ways to stretch the funding while not compromising quality. Leveraging best practices, Cúram for Child Care increases program efficiency, allows provider and financial transparency, and reduces caseworker overhead. Through business process automation and multi-channel user access, governments can support more responsive, efficient and consistent client interactions.
One of the greatest challenges facing agencies that administer child care programs is the management and oversight of providers required to support the program, meet increasing demand, and reach a broad geography. According to United States Administration for Children and Families, there are over 665,529 providers across the U.S. providing child care services that have to be supported by an ever reducing number of staff. Cúram for Child Care delivers:
- Extensive provider self service capabilities to reduce staff workload
- Electronic financial management to reduce inefficiencies & cost
- Convenient provider search & matching to improve service quality
- Comprehensive place management to enhance child care quality
- Simplified tracking of accreditation, license, contracts and background check leading to better provider quality
Alberta Children and Youth Services (ACYS) selected Cúram for Child Care to further extend Integrated Child Services Environment (ICSE). Covering all 22 family and child programs across the ministry, ICSE will enable ACYS to deliver its entire portfolio of services on a common enterprise case management platform. The solution will help ACYS reach its goals of promoting the development and well-being of children, youth, and families. In addition, it will empower ACYS to support communities, enabling them to provide nurturing, safe environments for children.
“We wanted to build on the success we have had with the Cúram for Child Welfare solution. By choosing the Cúram for Child Care solution, we get a commercial off-the-shelf product that is well-developed, up-to-date, and supports our vision for a fully integrated child, youth, and family services solution," said Lorie Baddock, chief information officer, ACYS. "Cúram Software's depth and breadth of functionality will allow us to deliver a solution to the citizens of Alberta much more quickly."
“Cúram recognizes that the provision of Child Care is used by agencies around the world as a key enabler in helping citizens to achieve their economic potential; citizens need child care services while looking for work, or while recovering from injuries and disabilities or while engaged in part-time employment. Until today, agencies that administer or draw on child care programs had very few options in terms of available solutions to solve their business challenges,” said Ronan Rooney, founder and chief technology officer, Cúram Software. “Cúram recognized the need for a robust solution designed specifically to address the unique needs of child care agencies and agencies that make use of child care programs. With Cúram for Child Care, organizations focused on improving the lives of children and families have a new way to manage their critical child and day care programs.”
SEM is a category of enterprise software that is citizen-centric and leverages COTS products to transform as well as modernize health, human services, workforce services, and social security agencies. SEM provides comprehensive enterprise eligibility IT solutions – crossing agency boundaries, simplifying policies, and integrating with existing technology. SEM fosters holistic, convenient services for citizens as well as provides screening for needs and referrals to state- and community-based resources.
About Cúram Software:
Cúram Software is the leading provider of Social Enterprise Management (SEM) software solutions, delivering best-in-class applications for social enterprises globally including, health and human services, workforce services, and social security organizations. Using the Cúram Business Application Suite™ agencies can immediately reap the benefits of client-centric business processes and an outcomes-driven integrated service delivery model. The Cúram Business Application Suite, underpinned by the Cúram Enterprise Framework™, combines the advantages of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software, an enterprise platform and service-oriented architecture with the business and technical flexibility required to allow agencies to implement solutions to meet their strategic objectives. Cúram Software is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland with offices throughout North America, Europe, Australia, and India. For more information, visit www.curamsoftware.com.
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