California Statewide Automated Welfare System
The California Statewide Automated Welfare System, which automates access to a number of benefits programs across the state's 58 counties, is looking for a security and operations manager.
What to Know:
- Federal mandates have added new welfare benefits verification requirements for all states.
- California Statewide Automated Welfare System leadership says the team is focused on strengthening the system and meeting deadlines, rather than implementing new technologies.
- The system received full funding in this year's budget process, and new staff and executive-level leadership have joined the effort.
Erdkamp is no stranger to large and challenging projects. She’s pointing her expertise at building a better welfare system for the state of California.
In addition, the California Department of Justice is recruiting for an IT project manager, and the California Department of Technology is seeking a senior enterprise architect.
An update issued Friday by CalSAWS notes that in addition to the addendum to the original RFP, the question period for vendors has been extended from its original June 18 deadline to June 25. CalSAWS held the bidders’ conference last week.
The California Statewide Automated Welfare System is looking for a vendor to take over the maintenance and operation of its BenefitsCal application.
Erdkamp brings extensive leadership experience to the CalSAWS executive director role. The high-profile project to streamline benefits access spans all 58 counties in the state.
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H.R. 1 has significantly reshaped the operating environment for health and human services agencies, increasing both oversight and administrative demands across programs like SNAP and Medicaid. The legislation raises the stakes by tightening expectations around payment accuracy — placing SNAP agencies at risk of financial penalties if error rates exceed 6% by 2028 — while also expanding eligibility verification requirements, such as requiring certain Medicaid recipients to undergo recertification twice a year instead of annually.
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