ACS Assists Oklahoma`s Department of Human Services In Award-Winning Effort to Help Citizens
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DALLAS--(Business Wire)-- Some elderly and disabled residents in Oklahoma now have access to cash benefits that they may not have known existed, courtesy of an award-winning effort by the state`s Department of Human Services (OKDHS) with assistance from Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. (NYSE: ACS). The initiative, led by OKDHS director of electronic payment systems Lisa Henley, is the winner of the department`s 2009 Quality Award, which recognizes OKDHS projects that best serve the citizens of Oklahoma. ACS is an operational partner to OKDHS by administering its electronic payment card program that provides state benefits to citizens on a debit MasterCard. Henley`s team contacted Oklahomans who are recipients of the State Supplemental program to make them aware of their available benefits and help them receive the funds. The innovative eight-week program reached out to approximately 800 clients, connecting them with more than $425,000 in benefits. ACS assisted by providing no-cost services and the information necessary to help the state make the funds quickly available. "I want to thank ACS for supporting the program. For the Oklahomans who rely on these benefits, ACS stepped up to help the state make this project run smoothly," said Henley. Oklahoma is a model in the use of ACS` electronic payment card technology. Citizens can access multiple benefits on a single debit card, including State Supplemental Payments, child support payments and Temporary Assistance to Needy Families. "Through the use of ACS` innovation, Oklahomans have quick and convenient access to their funds, and the state saves more than one million dollars a year by moving away from paper benefits," said Joseph Doherty, executive vice president and group president of ACS Government Solutions Group. "The program to help citizens recover funds is another example of how OKDHS genuinely cares about the citizens that it works hard to serve every day." As the largest provider of business process solutions and one of the largest IT service providers to the nation`s public sector, ACS serves as an operational partner to more than 1,700 government agencies on the federal, state, county and local level. The work of ACS touches millions of people every day. ACS processes more than half of the nation`s child support payments; manages 22 electronic payment card programs for state and federal clients, disbursing government payments and benefits; processes nearly 570 million Medicaid claims each year totaling more than $50 billion in provider payments; saves state child care programs millions of dollars; services student loans for more than 10 million borrowers; and facilitates more than 75 million online searches for unclaimed property per year. About ACS ACS, a global FORTUNE 500 company with approximately 74,000 people supporting client operations reaching more than 100 countries, provides business process and information technology solutions to world-class commercial and government clients. The company's Class A common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "ACS." Learn more about ACS at www.acs-inc.com. Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. Investor Relations Contact Jon Puckett, 214-841-8281 Vice President Investor Relations jon.puckett@acs-inc.com or Media Contact Ken Ericson, 202-378-2692 Director Corporate Communications ken.ericson@acs-inc.com Copyright Business Wire 2009
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