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Maintained By |
Contractor Maintained |
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Development Source |
Custom |
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If Transfered, from which State |
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Application Status |
Operational |
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Planned/Actual Date Fully Operational |
August 14, 2001 |
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Functional Description |
BEACON Release 2 determines eligibility for assistance: calculates benefit amounts, notifies clients, produces detailed client information for case workers and passes updated transactions to issue and store benefit information while maintaining financial and other data elements. |
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Interfaces |
BEACON Release 2 passes updated transactions to FMCS, the Financial Management Control System, to issue benfits and store payment history information. Benefit payments are made through Electronic Benefit Transactions through E-Funds (formerly Deluxe Data Corporation), Direct Deposit transfers via Sovereign Bank, and check issuances from DIMS (the Data Insertion Mailing System). Social Security Income (RSDI) is updated from BENDEX, the Beneficiary & Earnings Data Exchange. The SDX or State Data Exchange, provides Supplemental Security or SSI information from the Social Security Administration. The Department of Revenue provides work history information and Child Support Enforcement collections information.
The Department of Employment & Training provides unemployment benefit information.
Social Security number validation and other Federal matching are processed through the State Verification Exchange System (SVES). |
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No. of System Users |
1,690 |
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No. of Clients Served |
As of 0704:S/B: 46,508 TAFDC,16,438 EAEDC,82,126 P |
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Certifications/Assessments |
Successfully completed FNS post implementaion review on June 4-6 2002 |
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Application Future Plans |
SSPS functionality to be included in the future |
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Other Relevant Information |
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| Programs and Services Information |
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Other Programs and Services Supported
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 Adoption |
Adult Protective Services |
 Child Care |
| Child Care Licensing |
Child Care Resource Referral |
Child Care Subsidy |
| Child Family Services |
Child Protective Services |
Child Support Enforcement |
| Child Welfare |
Employment Services |
Family Preservation Support |
| Food Stamp |
Foster Care |
Independent Living |
| Interstate Compact |
Juvenile Justice |
LIHEAP |
| Medicaid |
Provider Services |
TANF |
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Additional Program or Services Information |
Domestic Violence monitoring; Teen Living monitoring; School attendance monitoring; Child Immunization monitoring; Matching - IRS, State Tax, BSI Fraud |
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| Contact Information |
| IT Contact |
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James Reen, Assistant Commissioner for MIS |
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Department of Transitional Assistance
600 Washington Street
Boston
MA
02111 |
| Telephone |
617-348-8404 |
| Fax |
617-348-8575 |
| Email |
Jim_Reen@dta.state.ma.us
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