Tino, thanks for your excellent answer! As much as we love to share information for free, we have found that it is also an excellent resource that many are...
Hanacek, Betty
BHanacek@...
Feb 1, 2005 12:32 pm
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I think it is great if you are being paid by someone to update your database & produce directories, etc. however, there are some agencies, such as ours, that...
Yes Diane, you are correct. I am seeking a way to put a value (dollar amount) on the services we provide to the county for my grant application. We do exactly...
Toni McCuistion
ToniM@...
Feb 1, 2005 5:06 pm
5632
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE AIRS NETWORKER Last Updated December 2003 -- changes since December 2003 version * Updated the number of participants to...
airsnetworker@yahoogr...
Feb 1, 2005 5:38 pm
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Hi- Does anyone have any experience with LifeLine Systems in Massachusetts? What are the advantages to the consumer of using a local system versus a national ...
Anne, We refer people to Lifeline Systems all the time and have had good experience with them. Here in Vermont there are no local providers. Lifeline Systems...
We do have a Lifeline program and purchase equipment from Lifeline Systems in Mass. However, we monitor the equipment locally. We believe there is a...
Mary Raitano
MRaitano@...
Feb 2, 2005 2:22 pm
5636
When you refer a caller to a program not in your database, how do you code the referral? For example, last week we had a caller from our County who was...
Dear all I am participating in a couple of projects that both involve issues concerning how community information is maintained in two languages ... and was...
We have records ("agencies", if you will) in our database that are only viewable to our 211 staff for such sources of information (as opposed to records...
We use Refer, but we have a "reason for call" labeled "referred to program not in database." We don't use it very often but it comes in handy for those things...
Deb, we also had this situation. We decided to place referrals such as Local United Way, Local I & R, Local Churches (if not already listed) Local Therapist....
Thanks for this excellent analysis and corresponding questions regarding bilingual databases. Our agency is just beginning to have discussion about how to add...
We also include the information in our notes to that effect. Its not at all uncommon to look for a more specific referral than we regularly maintain on our...
We have translated a few community I &R databases into Spanish. After much research and discussions we translated only the agencies that could speak Spanish. ...
Thank you for the information it is helpful and informative. Shirley ... From: CLHUWIR@... [mailto:CLHUWIR@...] Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 5:03 PM ...
We do the same. Referral to Agency Not Listed. ... From: "Joanna Berk" <Joanna@...> To: <airsnetworker@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 02,...
Mark Lewis
mark@...
Feb 3, 2005 2:19 am
5647
Hi there, We are an emerging 2-1-1. One specialized I&R using our same software has no interest in updating and maintaining their database but wants to ...
Jeri, If possible, can you please explain why they feel a need to purchase this information. If they are an existing provider in the community, don't they ...
Diane Gatto, United Way of Greater Cleveland; and I wrote an article on the cost of maintaining a database that appeared in the AIRS Journal. We came up with...
Dale, We are a metro area of just under 2 million people and to date have no system-wide database that crosses the spectrum of social services. The closest...
This morning I was at a seminar on cross-sector collaboration. One of the other attendees was from the Seattle social security administration office. He was...
Tom Page
tompage@...
Feb 5, 2005 12:46 am
5652
Hey all - We have experienced some dramatic growth in the last 4 months and are working on managing that growth without compromising quality of services. I am...
Jeri, Thanks for the feedback. We're using a different business model. Our updating costs will be minimal once we automate that process with our online 2-1-1...
I will be out of the office starting 02/04/2005 and will not return until 02/08/2005. I will respond to your message when I return. Please contact Joyce...
Jeri - Very good points. The quality and the level of detail in community resource database varies tremendously from agency to agency. (Ask anyone who has done...
wfkoss@...
Feb 7, 2005 2:22 pm
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Hi, We use a "blended" training for volunteers (combination on line and classroom). See http://www.helpline-online.com/e-learning/ for a sample of our on-line...
I was not able to see a sample but would love to. _________________________________________________________________________________ Patricia R. Couto (Took) ...