November 11, 2012 | Read Time: 1 minute
Developing a software system to track client information helped the Family Service Agency of San Francisco improve its financial management and cut the amount of time its employees spend on paperwork, freeing up more time to focus on the people they serve.
Now the charity has started a business to make that software available to other nonprofits.
Without an electronic system, keeping track of the rules associated with complex government programs, like Medicaid, is a nightmare, says Bob Bennett, chief executive of the new company, Circe Software. Problems with documentation, he says, can lead to reimbursements being denied.
“Now we get e-mails when things are due,” he says. “We actually have a dashboard that will tell us when anything is past due, so we can follow up on it right away.”
Circe is available for a $5,000 set-up fee, which the company is waiving until the end of the year, plus $240 a year per person. The system is built on the Salesforce Force.com platform.
For more information: Go to circesoftware.com.
