In life, and in software, deciding to do something on your own feels very different from being made to do something.

Being forced into a situation or a change that you're not ready for creates stress, anxiety, and resentment.

On the contrary, entering into a new situation or change that you innately support (because you've made the decision or at the very least contributed to it) is exciting, anticipatory, and far more positive. 

So what does that mean for provider agencies switching to electronic records software or implementing an agency management platform? It means that internal buy-in should be a top priority.

Today we launched a brand new eReport and it's a really good (and incredibly useful) one. Anyone and everyone involved with operations and decision making at an agency should definitely check it out. 

Not only does it tell you what 50 pieces of data every human services agency should be tracking, it tells you how to use the data once you have it and shares some real life agency applications. 

According to a recent article that appeared in the Washington Post, The Justice Department is not pleased with the state of Virginia (or the state of their I/DD programs for that matter.) They say that Virginia is not being serious enough about their efforts to comply with court-ordered reforms to its program for people with disabilities.