Equifax Solutions for Workforce Agencies
Equifax provides workforce agencies, boards, and service providers with automated access to income and employment data through The Work Number®, the country’s largest, centralized commercial repository of consolidated employment and income information. This data is updated every pay period, ensuring that providers have the most current insights to track participant progress and comply with federal program guidelines required for continued funding. By leveraging this near real-time data, agencies can populate the reports they need to demonstrate program impact, uncover potential barriers to employment, or develop more effective reemployment plans.
Choosing Equifax allows these organizations to significantly reduce the administrative burden of manual outreach. Instead of relying on time-consuming surveys with low response rates, providers can automate the measurement process to receive alerts on critical life changes, such as when a client gains or loses employment. With a permissible purpose under the FCRA, Equifax enables faster, more accurate income and employment data t of program success.
Verification of Employment for Government Services
Equifax offers automated employment verification solutions using The Work Number® database, to help workforce agencies conduct verifications to better determine participant success and enable easier reporting under relevant federal guidelines. By providing credentialed verifiers with access to current - as of the last time a contributing employer or payroll provider processes payroll - and historical employment data, agencies can work to better understand potential barriers to employment and develop more effective reemployment plans. The streamlined platform can also help reduce administrative burdens by automating the verifications process.
How Reliable Data can Help Drive Efficiency in Government Assistance Programs
Government agencies are increasingly scrutinized for how they choose to spend taxpayer dollars while administering social service benefit programs. Turning to automated data solutions over outdated, manual processes is one way agencies are working to promote integrity while also conducting efficient, effective eligibility determinations. By utilizing industry leading data sets and solutions agencies can modernize and streamline their verifications process during eligibility determinations so that appropriate benefits go to eligible applications. Ultimately, leveraging these solutions and more reliable data allows social service programs to maximize limited resources while promoting the integrity of social safety nets.