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Reducing County Costs: Transitioning People From Sna To Ssi, Qu Zhang Oct 2013

Reducing County Costs: Transitioning People From Sna To Ssi, Qu Zhang

MPA Capstone Projects 2006 - 2015

The Disability Review Unit (DRU) with Broome County Department of Social Services (BDSS) assist county Safety Net recipients with transitioning from the Safety Net Assistance (SNA) program to federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. Transitioning clients from the SNA to SSI program reduces local costs since SNA is funded by the federal government . However, according to DRU monthly reports, the SSI approval rates for both initial applications and the appeals (after the initial applications were denied) are relatively low. Therefore, in order to reduce the local SNA population and save local costs, BCDSS wants to find out the best …


Concluding Thoughts On The Finger Lakes National Forestarchaeology Project, James A. Delle Dec 2012

Concluding Thoughts On The Finger Lakes National Forestarchaeology Project, James A. Delle

Northeast Historical Archaeology

This is a conclusion to the research compiled in this issue. Delle impresses the importance of GIS for this research as a burgeoning technology with much potential in this field of study.


Spatial Analysis And Archaeological Resources In The Fingerlakes National Forest, Thomas W. Cuddy Dec 2012

Spatial Analysis And Archaeological Resources In The Fingerlakes National Forest, Thomas W. Cuddy

Northeast Historical Archaeology

The objective of this article is to' test how some of the more sophisticated analytical capabilities of GIS can be applied to the data set of the Hector Backbone site in the Finger Lakes National Forest. In doing so it demonstrates how GIS can be used to model the spatial characteristics of the data compiled from the site.