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Tool Helps Foster Youth Keep Their Documents Safe and Discover Local Resources
Like many kids his age, Thomas Fair wanted to play sports. But as a teenager in Florida’s foster care system, switching schools always presented the same obstacle. Joining a new team meant submitting a record of his last physical exam—a process that involved reaching...
ICD-10 has arrived, but not without headaches for providers and system owners alike
Implemented in 1979, ICD-9 enjoyed a 36 year reign in the U.S. before being phased out. Service providers first exposed to ICD-10 and DSM-5 with the October 2015 transition are understandably frustrated with having to move to an entirely new set of diagnosis and...
Major Northeastern County Department of Children and Family Service Selects CareMatch
A major County Child Welfare Services Agency has chosen CareMatch as its software of choice to track all referrals, network management, placements and reporting including integrating with SACWIS data. The County will utilize CareMatch’s pioneering algorithm to...
2015 Texas Alliance of Children and Families Conference: Spotlight on Technology for Performance Based Contracting
Liz VanAcker, CEO of Five Points Technology Group, Inc. was invited as a speaker at this year’s TACFS conference, where she presented details about the role technology is playing in addressing the needs for performance based contracting in human service delivery, a...
Five Points first in new, state of the art Peak 10 Data Center in Tampa, FL
Tampa, FL. After searching for the best solution to support Five Point’s needs for more space and performance requirements for its custom cloud based software solutions, the company settled on Peak 10 Data Solutions, a leader in innovative data center...
SACWIS opens federal data integration rules with Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System (CCWIS)
Washington, DC. In 1993, the Federal Department of Health and Human Services published regulations for SACWIS (the Statewide Child Welfare Information System) along with enhanced funding for states building a single comprehensive system that supported all child...
Five Points forms CBCIT, LLC with Community Based Care Holdings for enhanced service offerings
Orlando, FL. Both Five Points Technology Group, Inc. and Community Based Care Central Florida (Holdings) have long histories of working closely with the child welfare communities to create improvements in overall care delivery. It wasn’t until early 2015 that both...
Iowa Psychiatric Bed Reservation System fills critical state needs with CareMatch
Des Moines, IA. The State of Iowa is experiencing a severe shortage of available inpatient psychiatric beds across the state. As reported in the Iowa Gazette http://www.govtech.com/health/New-Tracking-System-Reduces-Hospital-Wait-Times-in-Iowa.html many times those...
Florida Department of Children and Families contracts with Five Points for Statewide Implementation of My JumpVault
Tallahassee, FL. In 2013, the Florida Legislature funded an opportunity for the Department of Children and Families to procure a patient centered, internet based personal health record system for foster children. This personal health record system allows youth and...
Five Points Joins Florida Technology Council as Founding Member
Tallahassee, FL. The Florida Technology Council (FTC), a newly-formed association exclusively focused on the needs of the technology sector, today announced that it is finalizing a founding board. The FTC also announced today that James Taylor will serve as the...