:: South Carolina Office of Research and Statistics  ::

Further establishing GeoSolve in the behavioral health care field -- we have provided a data management product for SCORS to process state mandated reporting from foster care homes in South Carolina. Prior to our work with SCORS, this state government organization was being inundated with paper surveys from its member agencies. For their part - the agencies were struggling with the monthly obligation of filling out
 an 8.5 X 11 form for each of their residents in care.

GeoSolve modified existing software the foster care homes already use to create this survey information in a digital format (an XML file). This consolidated file of all residents can then be uploaded by the foster home up to a centrally maintained web site hosted on the SCORS network.
This has the following advantages:

• Paper surveys are no longer required, and with them the expense of postage, the challenge of data entry and the obligation to shred


• Initially generating the information is dramatically easier and more accurate for the foster care homes


• Automated reporting of data errors and missing surveys increases the validity of the ongoing research of SCORS staff
   

This solution relies upon XML, Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and Access Data Pages for remote access by the SCORS agency. It is a fine
example of the way our company is leveraging the Internet to serve our customers.