Iowa (RI) — A new IT system that child protective service workers in Iowa rely on to track foster and adoption cases is set to roll out in December. The new federally-compliant system, called VISION, replaces the state’s current system, which was created in the 1980s, known as FACS. Janee Harvey, director of the Family Well-Being and Protection Division, says FACS relies on “F” keys on a keyboard to navigate the system instead of a mouse.
Iowa Department of Health and Human Services officials said in a webinar that the new, user-friendly IT system could help with workforce retention and recruitment. Harvey says the current system is inefficient, and social workers have quit because of it.
The state entered into a near-42-million dollar agreement with Google last year to build the new VISION system.
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