LITTLETON, Colo., Sept. 12, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- In July 2019 extendedReach completed a study that analyzed standard deficiencies over the past 36 months for foster care agencies in Texas. The study used audit data publicly available from the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) website. Texas DFPS defines a "deficiency" as any failure to comply with a rule, including a minimum standard, a statute, a specific term of a permit, or a condition of evaluation, probation, or suspension. A standard deficiency is also referred to as a violation.
The data was then divided and assigned into two groups:
1. Agencies that use extendedReach (approximately 40% of Texas agencies)
2. Agencies that do not use extendedReach
The study concluded the following:
Agencies that use extendedReach:
- Reduce the total number of standard deficiencies by 77%
- Reduce the total number of medium-high/high deficiencies by 81%
Agencies that do not use extendedReach:
- Experience 3x more standard deficiencies than agencies that use extendedReach
- Experience 5x more severe deficiencies than agencies that use extendedReach
"extendedReach is the company to work with for solving the needs of data management in the Mental Health and Social Services field," said Dan Johnson, Executive Director of Pathways Youth & Family Services in Kerrville, Texas. "We have it running in five programs today and live in a Pilot Project with the State of Texas."
For more information about extendedReach's solutions for child and family social services agencies, please visit http://www.extendedreach.com.
About extendedReach
extendedReach Software is a web-based SaaS solution used by child and family social service agencies to manage foster care, residential, behavioral health, and community-based programs. Since the company's founding in 1999, extendedReach's products are in use by over 12,000 professional social workers in 31 States and Canada. extendedReach is developed and supported from their Grand Rapids, Michigan and Littleton, Colorado offices. For more information visit http://www.extendedReach.com.
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