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Article updated on June 1, 2023. If your agency regulates residential facilities for children and vulnerable adults, safety is your primary focus. But availability matters, too. Your agency, then, must ensure not only that your providers meet health and safety...
Preparing for a board meeting takes time. Lots of time. Each item that appears on an agenda, from a rule change to a disciplinary case, requires supporting information. The people involved must be notified. And your board must receive a complete packet far enough in...
Article updated on June 1, 2023. Why do regulatory officials inspect facilities that serve children and vulnerable adults? The reasons are obvious. Yet audits that describe unsanitary and hazardous conditions at group homes and similar facilities appear with alarming...
Facilities that serve children and other vulnerable people are only as good as their caregivers. State regulators ensure that caregivers are competent by managing requirements for continuing education. To manage continuing education, agencies may engage in several...
Article updated on June 1, 2023. State agencies that regulate child care, foster care and related services have one overriding responsibility: Keep vulnerable people safe. For that reason, people who work for service providers must undergo background checks. But...
States are in a perfect position to address pent-up technology needs. In response to the COVID pandemic, Congress has directed hundreds of billions of dollars toward state and local governments, most recently through the American Rescue Plan Act. Regulatory agencies...
Whether your state controls access to firearms tightly or allows adults to carry concealed weapons without obtaining a license, law enforcement officials and retailers need to perform background checks quickly and accurately. Interfaces allow the system to search the...
Even as nonviolent crime dipped across the country in 2020, homicides soared. Over the first nine months of the year, the number of killings exceed 2019 numbers by almost 21%, according to The Washington Post. The trend affected small cities as well as large ones....
Increasingly, professional licensing agencies are leveraging GL Suite’s labor-saving ability to support online applications, renewals and other activities. Among them is the North Dakota Real Estate Appraiser Qualifications and Ethics Board, which licenses appraisers,...
