tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35706286156089127632024-02-29T22:39:07.746-07:00Visionlink, Inc.Welcome to the Visionlink Blog.visionlinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05491764242035517102noreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570628615608912763.post-66682727109745084082024-02-11T07:50:00.001-07:002024-02-11T08:00:41.239-07:00Visionlink is Celebrating National 211 Day!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbBalOYeKnvBvq1JLfEzoZOz3K2SIsZktvHVuJuOLBAco5jqVker-HgYpOnuKq7RiUD4EMbZ7bIjEKuZVjHto7mUoX8V9iXXjTOzrifGpN8PBNLGYvlmVMcxPugCIjMgw1rkA1J7xh0xwswnFjscP7ESSE1hcuRUD-_AHl_rPRZXkkpDAdGlu-jSQ-fc/s5760/Contact%20Center%20-%20Diverse%20Image.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3840" data-original-width="5760" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTbBalOYeKnvBvq1JLfEzoZOz3K2SIsZktvHVuJuOLBAco5jqVker-HgYpOnuKq7RiUD4EMbZ7bIjEKuZVjHto7mUoX8V9iXXjTOzrifGpN8PBNLGYvlmVMcxPugCIjMgw1rkA1J7xh0xwswnFjscP7ESSE1hcuRUD-_AHl_rPRZXkkpDAdGlu-jSQ-fc/s320/Contact%20Center%20-%20Diverse%20Image.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Join us as we celebrate the amazing individuals behind the life-enhancing services of 211 contact centers nationwide!</div><div><br /></div><div>211 is the most comprehensive and credible source of vetted information about local resources and services in the country. It's powered by people: thousands of caring, local experts who are available to help 24/7. Know someone who needs assistance? Have them dial 211.<br /><br /><i style="font-weight: bold;">We are proud to announce </i>that the number of call centers operating on the Visionlink platform increased by more than 110 percent this past year, and we're continuing that trend into 2024.</div><div><br /></div><div>Our <a href="http://solutions.visionlink.org" target="_blank">CommunityOS® platform</a> runs quietly in the background, offering the most advanced solutions for coordinated assistance, exchanging data, managing, vetting, updating, and publishing community-facing services. On this National 211 day, we are especially proud of our customers building out community information exchanges, using our API tools to connect virtually any partner or stakeholder into a system of systems. We're moving thousands of fields of data between different systems every second of every day to better leverage the services of collaborative partners.</div><div><br /></div><div>Driving those numbers are the professionals who keep their information about community services up to date, who listen with a practiced ear, and who respond with an effectiveness that should make everyone proud.</div><div><br /></div><div>We are humanitarians driven to build better connections for communities like yours. Join us!</div><div><br /></div><div><div><a href="http://www.visionlink.org" target="_blank">www.visionlink.org</a></div><div><a href="http://solutions.visionlink.org" target="_blank">solutions.visionlink.org</a> </div></div>Visionlinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15834915624630249066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570628615608912763.post-79699660580005812372023-10-14T11:31:00.005-06:002023-10-14T11:31:00.147-06:00Visionlink "FORE" Education!<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-UqhaWDckDokR8qlfTsZhyr3JdSt4oqMF3WpMCnkHZ4m95RaAJQsx7Ye7ggubiv6rYv9K1jnmtGb5Tjh02f14auC8o2P6p83Oe_ghlr9J144fogqdfDAt5VGwil-t-lOUU5s77eWAWdu6OZdp1trfD4O_2OF2mBZfLcz4wznI7_GxqCmf1M2G4zp32ac/s1572/Endeavors%20Sponsorhip%20OCT%202023.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1092" data-original-width="1572" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-UqhaWDckDokR8qlfTsZhyr3JdSt4oqMF3WpMCnkHZ4m95RaAJQsx7Ye7ggubiv6rYv9K1jnmtGb5Tjh02f14auC8o2P6p83Oe_ghlr9J144fogqdfDAt5VGwil-t-lOUU5s77eWAWdu6OZdp1trfD4O_2OF2mBZfLcz4wznI7_GxqCmf1M2G4zp32ac/s320/Endeavors%20Sponsorhip%20OCT%202023.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Visionlink is honored to be a platinum sponsor of the Endeavors Fore Education "General Alfred K. Flowers" Golf Tournament hosted by RVK Architecture and Nunnelly General Contractors on behalf of Endeavors. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We take this opportunity to thank and appreciate Major General (Ret.) Flowers for his 46 years of meritorious service to this country in the US Air Force and his continued support of vulnerable people in crisis through his scholarship program. The scholarship awards funds to undergraduate students pursuing a career in the social services sector at universities across the Endeavors footprint, including the University of Texas at San Antonio. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We are also honored to be supporting <a href="https://endeavors.org/veteran-wellness-center/" target="_blank">Endeavors' Veteran Wellness Center</a>. With our sponsorship, three military veterans will receive a one-year membership to its fitness center. It's the least we can do to thank our veterans.</div><div><br /></div><div>Endeavors is a San Antonio-based organization providing an array of programs in support of children, families, Veterans, and those struggling with mental illness, disabilities, disasters, or emergencies. </div><p></p><div><div>Visionlink is proud to support Endeavors' good work. You can learn more about them <a href="http://endeavors.org" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Visionlink continues to offer the most advanced solutions for coordinated assistance and disaster relief; information exchange; managing, vetting, updating, and publishing community-facing services; social determinants; and the only API Builder in the market, now moving more than a billion fields of data between various technology platform systems every day.</div><div><br /></div><div>We are humanitarians driven to build better connections for communities like yours,</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.visionlink.org" target="_blank">www.visionlink.org</a></div><div><a href="http://solutions.visionlink.org" target="_blank">solutions.visionlink.org</a> </div></div>Visionlinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15834915624630249066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570628615608912763.post-904444976166639362023-09-05T14:00:00.006-06:002023-09-05T14:14:54.793-06:00United Way Greater Chattanooga Moves to Visionlink CommunityOS™<p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzYNnsLem_jaxdIC8fZ-b_iKeQ60MA1rZu1xaQG8jKycSobd1X_oPM00Pw0XM5LIzAebtkKXQJzrs4EAqSXg7n3saUbqgR4A_1-3iQZf_aRvgpUVBUbLESQpHL_B4TzCaaU9MbqiqBb_52QBEj8vQG7E2ETANJWo8KhJnFtEYa_n9i4AovQu5NGVmD8i8/s2326/Screenshot%202023-08-22%20at%2010.26.34%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="2326" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzYNnsLem_jaxdIC8fZ-b_iKeQ60MA1rZu1xaQG8jKycSobd1X_oPM00Pw0XM5LIzAebtkKXQJzrs4EAqSXg7n3saUbqgR4A_1-3iQZf_aRvgpUVBUbLESQpHL_B4TzCaaU9MbqiqBb_52QBEj8vQG7E2ETANJWo8KhJnFtEYa_n9i4AovQu5NGVmD8i8/s320/Screenshot%202023-08-22%20at%2010.26.34%20AM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">Visionlink is pleased to announce that we have begun supporting the United Way of Greater Chattanooga and their community services 211 call centers. </p><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">For Chattanooga and surrounding areas, they provide support for approximately 90,000 calls a year and expect to eclipse the 100K mark. They see this as an integrated part of their United Ways support to the community. </p><p style="text-align: left;">Here's what Mike Mudd, Director of 211 and Community Resources, has to say about the Visionlink experience, <i>“We have been very happy with every aspect of our launch and very much appreciate the Visionlink team. Highly recommend.”</i></p><p style="text-align: left;">And Visionlink is proud to support their good work. You can learn more about them <a href="https://unitedwaycha.org/our-work/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Visionlink continues to offer the most advanced solutions for coordinated assistance; information exchange; managing, vetting, updating, and publishing community-facing services; social determinants; and the only API Builder in the market, now moving more than a billion fields of data between various technology platform systems every day.</p><p style="text-align: left;">We are humanitarians driven to build better connections for communities like yours,</p><div><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.visionlink.org" target="_blank">www.visionlink.org<br /></a></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://solutions.visionlink.org" target="_blank">solutions.visionlink.org</a> </span></p></div>Visionlinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15834915624630249066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570628615608912763.post-52781236571807885182023-09-01T05:56:00.000-06:002023-09-01T05:56:09.247-06:00September is National Suicide Prevention Month<p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjonpzoeZp9twhg5N22RPzqSCwLjIDyBwvc1564DfIlGyxowfFALaZ2aUyJqWrgayg1-yLrCU8VqzH0FgeSRTKRUIqVtH2wrfTFxvjM91T2epXkr68JR7hYXs8TWTLfr3RI33_bjHkLbDSmv4JdqNEUWHhXUZIjPCb-MJCJLFPi9cmbMIUIONzMY3TZQeQ/s401/Logo-_Bethe1to-full-greenblue.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="401" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjonpzoeZp9twhg5N22RPzqSCwLjIDyBwvc1564DfIlGyxowfFALaZ2aUyJqWrgayg1-yLrCU8VqzH0FgeSRTKRUIqVtH2wrfTFxvjM91T2epXkr68JR7hYXs8TWTLfr3RI33_bjHkLbDSmv4JdqNEUWHhXUZIjPCb-MJCJLFPi9cmbMIUIONzMY3TZQeQ/s320/Logo-_Bethe1to-full-greenblue.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDTq6ukv5-kr7lFBWXu5rHMoyEflmahCf5h6ac5HmfNJNrZj8cC-ClhFsp-2FBJhmkDD0SiTpZy9wFkRaSLJEqmUpUssQfdMIo2RCdDwhzWsMf3gBMox-EUZUDJ9-YcaSHVnsk3M1ZZQ8MS7OCMqonOes9_GcEfcXagTacF25gYm1rCx1ump_LQvXzzUU/s1027/988%20Lifeline%20Logo.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="1027" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDTq6ukv5-kr7lFBWXu5rHMoyEflmahCf5h6ac5HmfNJNrZj8cC-ClhFsp-2FBJhmkDD0SiTpZy9wFkRaSLJEqmUpUssQfdMIo2RCdDwhzWsMf3gBMox-EUZUDJ9-YcaSHVnsk3M1ZZQ8MS7OCMqonOes9_GcEfcXagTacF25gYm1rCx1ump_LQvXzzUU/s320/988%20Lifeline%20Logo.png" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Visionlink supports 988 by helping its network of local crisis centers stay connected.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">September is National Suicide Prevention Month. All month, mental health advocates, prevention organizations, survivors, allies, and community members unite to promote suicide prevention awareness. </p><p>We can all help prevent suicide. "Every year, the <a href="https://988lifeline.org/promote-national-suicide-prevention-month/" target="_blank">Lifeline</a> and other mental health organizations and individuals across the U.S. and around the world raise awareness of suicide prevention during September, National Suicide Prevention Month." </p><p>Visit the <a href="https://988lifeline.org/" target="_blank">988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline's website</a> today and <span style="color: #cc0000;">BeThe1To</span> help someone who is suffering connect! </p><p>We know this is a serious problem. In fact, in the United States, about 45,000 people die from suicide every year, and about 1.75 million people attempt. (CDC data) By reaching out and being direct, we can all make a difference.</p><p>Visionlink is proud to support crisis centers and 988 lines, and many 211s that offer resources to help those in crisis. We are honored to help our customers help their clients. </p><p>We are humanitarians driven to build better connections for communities like yours,</p><div><p style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.visionlink.org" target="_blank">www.visionlink.org<br /></a></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://solutions.visionlink.org" target="_blank">solutions.visionlink.org</a></span></p></div>Visionlinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15834915624630249066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570628615608912763.post-8075142674548278482023-08-31T09:22:00.001-06:002023-08-31T09:28:01.998-06:00Join Our Team - We're Hiring! <div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuZKgHLEP353DEuYWzYked3jwE_KN76301VJBIVKxNPec8X0QbgkIkLOp8otpGWeMMDGmUUjONngbCDjHrU7F7Xo3RRX8i8miSyruCFmoVezbIvxbmPS7Dz3n7aosXyX6_Z3SgH7Cxa0-qt5Tn7hHiMBpEIPI8wJzoNQtF6qwtvMRS9cAxfRJzONXty2k/s1179/Screenshot%202023-08-30%20at%2010.08.14%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="785" data-original-width="1179" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuZKgHLEP353DEuYWzYked3jwE_KN76301VJBIVKxNPec8X0QbgkIkLOp8otpGWeMMDGmUUjONngbCDjHrU7F7Xo3RRX8i8miSyruCFmoVezbIvxbmPS7Dz3n7aosXyX6_Z3SgH7Cxa0-qt5Tn7hHiMBpEIPI8wJzoNQtF6qwtvMRS9cAxfRJzONXty2k/w388-h258/Screenshot%202023-08-30%20at%2010.08.14%20AM.png" width="388" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div>Current job openings at Visionlink and at WithinReach, one of our great customers. Might one of these interest you or someone you know?</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #990000;">VISIONLINK OPENINGS</span></div><div><span style="color: #990000;"><span style="color: black;">We are humanitarians driven to build better connections for communities like yours.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div>Visionlink builds integrated software solutions, with expert consultation and implementation services, to transform people-serving organizations.</div><div><br /></div><div>Our Community Operating System™ is used by large and small nonprofits, 211’s, elder care agencies, state, county, and federal agencies, disaster relief organizations, and many others. These multi-partner, multi-program initiatives leverage the power of coordinated care to make a difference that matters. Working on small pilot projects to the nation’s largest natural disasters, you can join a great group of colleagues who wake up every day to improve solutions for amazing customers and partners.</div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Project Manager</b></div><div>Location:<span> </span>Remote (HQ is in Boulder, Colorado)</div><div>Type:<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>Full Time</div><div>Supervisory Duties: None</div><div><br /></div><div>The Project Manager (PM) position provides project management support to the Visionlink Director of Planning and Design. The PM documents project specifications and manages custom projects as well as new customer launches. This position maintains existing processes, develops new processes to support internal coordination and external communication with customers, and develops and documents project plans and project milestones. This is a full-time position reporting to the Director of Planning and Design, who leads the company’s project management team.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Learn more and apply on <a href="https://www.indeed.com/job/project-manager-471a7be97703f524" target="_blank">Indeed</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>Solution Engineer</b></div><div><i>Note: This is not a software development position.</i></div><div>Location: <span> </span>Remote (HQ is in Boulder, Colorado)</div><div>Type: <span> </span><span> </span>Full Time</div><div>Supervisory duties: None</div><div><br /></div><div>As a member of our team, you’ll work directly with our clients as part of our Solutions Engineer team. You will build data capture and management solutions, work on data migrations and conversions, build reports and analytics, and create website pages using HTML4. You will work with customers to resolve issues, assist in training and documentation, and help customers realize the maximum value from their investment in Visionlink solutions. And, of course, other duties as assigned because our work varies every day depending on customer requests, which makes for an always engaging workplace.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Learn more and apply on <a href="https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?cmp=Visionlink-Inc&t=Implementation+Specialist&jk=2ed071db86683b06&q=implementation+specialist&vjs=3" target="_blank">Indeed</a>. </div><div> </div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #990000;">WITHINREACH OPENINGS</span></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Senior Manager for Data Systems and Evaluation</b></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div><div>Location: Remote - This is a remote position, but employees must live and work in WA state.</div><div>Type: Full Time</div><div>Supervisory duties: Vendors and staff</div></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Senior Manager of Data Systems and Evaluation is responsible for leading the ongoing development of WithinReach’s Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform, Visionlink Community Operating System™, which houses client data and a directory of community resource providers. </span></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Data Systems and Evaluation team maintains the technical and analytic infrastructure for a growing number of direct service programs housed at WithinReach, as well as the rapidly expanding Help Me Grow Washington network. </span><span style="font-weight: normal;">This role is responsible for the technical implementation of multiple concurrent projects, which includes the supervision of vendors and staff, as well as providing direct technical support to projects as needed.</span></h4><div>Learn more at <a href="https://withinreachwa.org/join-our-team" target="_blank">WithinReach</a>.</div><div><p>We look forward to reviewing your application.</p></div><div><br /></div>Visionlinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15834915624630249066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570628615608912763.post-31076250687742825772023-08-20T16:36:00.000-06:002023-08-20T16:36:34.516-06:00What Past Disasters Tell Us About What Maui Needs Now<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnK1LYowzBmboW9HQb2SsYo4nOkTOylcfneSbin_c3s_3ld0n7Kijc2RCKoaj9KG30IkRacjVpHXr6PSH4LbAKRhMTDFuyLLVIn7WueiSPtxlH40LBJ36jGgjBfDjhdNO_kEyFgOKCSfsKxaa0lafVAy--ffUwvkp8Otd8Y8a3hNhz2QBQydSPRyWx2w/s984/Maui%20Relief%20Images.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="984" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnK1LYowzBmboW9HQb2SsYo4nOkTOylcfneSbin_c3s_3ld0n7Kijc2RCKoaj9KG30IkRacjVpHXr6PSH4LbAKRhMTDFuyLLVIn7WueiSPtxlH40LBJ36jGgjBfDjhdNO_kEyFgOKCSfsKxaa0lafVAy--ffUwvkp8Otd8Y8a3hNhz2QBQydSPRyWx2w/s320/Maui%20Relief%20Images.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Slack-Lato, Slack-Fractions, appleLogo, sans-serif;">Our hearts ache for those in Maui; we wanted to share some insights as Maui enters the next phase of response. </span></p><div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Slack-Lato, Slack-Fractions, appleLogo, sans-serif;">With more than three decades of experience in disasters and humanitarian assistance with data management solutions, we would suggest that efficient and effective relief operations need to organize around a central registry or clearinghouse. Doing so helps to identify recovery needs, informs the administration of benefits, can be used to vet and verify service providers, and support the equitable distribution of resources.</span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Slack-Lato, Slack-Fractions, appleLogo, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Slack-Lato, Slack-Fractions, appleLogo, sans-serif;">Most importantly, the more comprehensive the information is in the early phases of recovery, the more the local community knows about its own needs, and the more it can better direct its own recovery. </span></div><div><span style="color: #333333;"><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Slack-Lato , Slack-Fractions , appleLogo , sans-serif;">Here are a few examples:</span></span><span style="font-family: Slack-Lato , Slack-Fractions , appleLogo , sans-serif;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Slack-Lato , Slack-Fractions , appleLogo , sans-serif;">A single case record accessible across the NGO sector will allow for faster access to vulnerable households and also help to equitably manage financial assistance and direct services. Individual and aggregate data about clients will offer invaluable insights as to how well communities are being served and detail their persistent and unmet needs.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Slack-Lato , Slack-Fractions , appleLogo , sans-serif;">Mental health is an acute need after a disaster like this. Coordinating access to clients in need and verifying the mental health professionals who volunteer is necessary to protect everyone involved.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Slack-Lato , Slack-Fractions , appleLogo , sans-serif;">The coordination of federal, state, and county assistance will need the cooperation and coordination with voluntary, nonprofit, and faith-based groups—as these groups offer decades of experience and large cadres of proven staff and volunteers. Many of these organizations already exist in the local community. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Slack-Lato , Slack-Fractions , appleLogo , sans-serif;">A clearinghouse provides increased stewardship over donated dollars through program controls for eligibility, as well as reducing duplication of benefits. Donated funds from a variety of sources may be made available and dispersed directly from the case record to increase equity. This also simplifies the administration of assistance through a single platform rather than multiple platforms, which consume precious financial resources with excessive overhead and administrative costs.</span></span><span style="font-family: Slack-Lato , Slack-Fractions , appleLogo , sans-serif;"></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Slack-Lato , Slack-Fractions , appleLogo , sans-serif;">A clearinghouse of affected households and families also facilitates the use of a call center for inbound calls for assistance. This also helps ensure that outbound messages are delivered promptly about new assistance programs, deadlines for applications, notices of community meetings, and so forth.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Slack-Lato , Slack-Fractions , appleLogo , sans-serif;">A multidimensional case record should include impacts, vulnerabilities, risks, assistance received, services needed, plus construction services, donated goods, and other items for effective long-term recovery, analytics for decision-makers, and reports for funders and donors.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Slack-Lato , Slack-Fractions , appleLogo , sans-serif;">Finally, organizing a clearinghouse of information supports the use of geospatial data layers to understand all phases of recovery, including transitional housing, distribution of benefits, volunteer coordination, and the components of long-term recovery. It becomes a tool to help impacted communities define their vision for their own future.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Slack-Lato , Slack-Fractions , appleLogo , sans-serif;">Visionlink data systems have been used to respond to more than 300 disasters over time and are supporting more than a dozen disaster relief operations, currently. The main lesson? Working together, we can recover from disasters—and work to change another part of the world for good. </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Slack-Lato, Slack-Fractions, appleLogo, sans-serif;">But it takes a concerted effort to work together so that our efforts do not become fractured and divisive.</span></div><div><br /></div></div>Visionlinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06548678751190777124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570628615608912763.post-37353630548547919672023-07-12T08:11:00.002-06:002023-07-12T08:11:57.423-06:00Join Us at the AIRS Discovery Conference!<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQjP-epGY7QQZGmXivuJxjCBrioKLbIAlfZCtztVqzgzpUKKD1do9DIzsDFiCWFToA67Y0XawzGSIfwVxF7Uzq_5Mjcv5Lg2dNXLb8mK9DEpRq0SJKqVSBHXsY3O0_H5HH0RAwFj-RbtI8Out8ss2-dkBL-OlFm0YsRcmwjFEy3IO2RzDOHzfrh9NZK0/s1264/Screenshot%202023-07-04%20at%204.28.17%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="1264" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGQjP-epGY7QQZGmXivuJxjCBrioKLbIAlfZCtztVqzgzpUKKD1do9DIzsDFiCWFToA67Y0XawzGSIfwVxF7Uzq_5Mjcv5Lg2dNXLb8mK9DEpRq0SJKqVSBHXsY3O0_H5HH0RAwFj-RbtI8Out8ss2-dkBL-OlFm0YsRcmwjFEy3IO2RzDOHzfrh9NZK0/s320/Screenshot%202023-07-04%20at%204.28.17%20PM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>We are excited to see you at AIRS this year!</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Stop by our <b>booth #104 </b> in the Exhibit Hall, and talk with Dr. Douglas Zimmerman, Visionlink CEO, and the rest of our Visionlink team, who would love to hear more about your challenges and opportunities and share ways we can support your vision. You can also sign up for one of our $50 Amazon gift cards -- just to keep it fun. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Visionlink Customer Reception: </b>Join us Sunday, July 30th @ 6p ET for a customer meet and greet, appetizers, and drinks after a day of travel. If you would like an invitation, please email Lisa at contact@visionlink.org for the details.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Tuesday Afternoon Session: Data Quality for Contact Specialists: </b>Join Dr. Zimmerman and Debra Harris-Tanner, MPH, for a conversation about the importance of data quality. Our focus? How and why this starts with the Contact Specialist's work, and how the quality of this data goes on to impact public access to services, data exchange, reporting, community information exchanges, and your revenue and grant awards. With specific examples and use cases, this is more than "because we said so" when it comes to data quality. Come and see for yourself. Leaders are welcome to attend, too. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The conference Program Committee has done it again by putting together quality sessions that incorporate <b>cross-sector collaboration, education, solutions, and networking </b>opportunities. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Did you know Visionlink supports</i> 211, 988, crisis lines, disability and aging service agencies, housing, veterans, VOAD, kinship care, migrant services, education, health, and animal welfare organizations? We do, and there's more: Visionlink powers the most advanced disaster relief systems available. All on one multi-partner, multi-program platform to reduce your technology costs. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We continue to offer the most advanced solutions for coordinated assistance; information exchange; managing, vetting, updating, and publishing community-facing services; social determinants; and the only API Builder in the market, now moving more than a billion fields of data between various technology platforms systems every day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We are humanitarians driven to build better connections for communities like yours.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Don't forget to stop by <b>booth #104 </b>in the Exhibit Hall to <b>connect </b>and for a <b>chance to win one of our $50 Amazon gift cards. </b>See you soon, and safe travels!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://www.visionlink.org" target="_blank">www.visionlink.org</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="http://solutions.visionlink.org" target="_blank">solutions.visionlink.org</a> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><br /></div><p></p>Visionlinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15834915624630249066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570628615608912763.post-73391771784594021772023-05-18T11:12:00.005-06:002023-05-18T12:05:06.436-06:00988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Centers: $200 million in New Capacity Building Funding Available<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjx2C2Lz0GuodAL8716TTxSqVNFLYMdUHKacNrB9gMnsKXQMTaFJNd-luXH24M7t815JOY8ifNeperDAv4eUtqV4guTk1R72ZanTynexsOWMaB7HCq7wg4sAjxLQ32XiDz32BBOUKDERMGrCZRHCjr0aWtbxGbgWPjkltymB3prlsNPZanjaGZ-Ixqs" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="588" data-original-width="1122" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjx2C2Lz0GuodAL8716TTxSqVNFLYMdUHKacNrB9gMnsKXQMTaFJNd-luXH24M7t815JOY8ifNeperDAv4eUtqV4guTk1R72ZanTynexsOWMaB7HCq7wg4sAjxLQ32XiDz32BBOUKDERMGrCZRHCjr0aWtbxGbgWPjkltymB3prlsNPZanjaGZ-Ixqs" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial;">We are pleased to pass on this news:</span></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">"The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), today announced more than $200 million in new funding for states, territories, and tribes to build local capacity for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and related crisis services."</span></p><p><a href="https://suicidology.us19.list-manage.com/track/click?u=7d39195cb11abdf2353c6dc11&id=1986319fc3&e=0454d7a759" style="font-family: sans-serif; text-size-adjust: auto;" target="_blank"><strong>VIEW THE FULL PRESS RELEASE</strong></a></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial;">Visionlink is pleased to support 988 systems with advanced technology and tremendously flexible, easy-to-use tools and assessments available as part of our advanced Crisis Care Management module </span><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">on </span><a href="http://www.visionlink.org" style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">Visionlink</a><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">'s Community Operating System® or, </span><a href="http://solutions.visionlink.org" style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;" target="_blank">CommunityOS™</a><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial;">Suicide remains a top contender for the leading cause of death for people aged 10-14 and 25-34 years. Tens of millions of people ages 18 and older have serious thoughts of suicide. The American Association of Suicidology reminds us "that after speaking with a trained crisis counselor, most 988 Lifeline callers are significantly more likely to feel less depressed, less suicidal, less overwhelmed, and more hopeful." </span></p><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial;">An </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial;">effective crisis response capacity is important in every community. How may we support your organization and community in this response effort? </span></div><div><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Did you know</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> we support crisis/988 lines, 211s, disability and aging service agencies, social determinants, veterans, VOAD, kinship care, migrant services, education, health, and pet and animal welfare organizations across the country? Not to mention the most advanced disaster relief systems available. All on one multi-partner, multi-program platform to reduce your technology costs. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our work in Community Information Exchange is unparalleled, with the only API Builder in the market, now moving a billion fields of data between various technology platforms systems every day. Who could we connect to your 988 service - other community services providers, local health organizations, or area mobile crisis units? </span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now, that we have your coordinated care wheels turning, let us know what solution works best for your local collaborative soon.</span></div><div><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 14pt 0pt;"><a href="http://www.visionlink.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #d52c1f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.visionlink.org</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://solutions.visionlink.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #d52c1f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">solutions.visionlink.org</span></a></p></div>Visionlinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15834915624630249066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570628615608912763.post-32923686458926993162023-05-08T15:49:00.000-06:002023-05-08T15:49:14.426-06:00Join us in St. Louis for the National VOAD Conference!<div class="separator"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX8V8e_2TXrT2JQWc3-WrmDjNot056jh3LAbBT7F-WOWc5LoW2WoXBKBM4GUHOgVcClUmllaIPHDvFSqe-Lus8UtDxFfV9OHRNJmhStRzAwC07VHqTgQBInyEQnDQh9SCBg2GyBnLg9rnYAybtPviGj0lX4erHOlGftGWHzDjHPY07XgVcTHusN6CD/s365/NVOAD%202023.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="357" data-original-width="365" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX8V8e_2TXrT2JQWc3-WrmDjNot056jh3LAbBT7F-WOWc5LoW2WoXBKBM4GUHOgVcClUmllaIPHDvFSqe-Lus8UtDxFfV9OHRNJmhStRzAwC07VHqTgQBInyEQnDQh9SCBg2GyBnLg9rnYAybtPviGj0lX4erHOlGftGWHzDjHPY07XgVcTHusN6CD/s320/NVOAD%202023.png" width="320" /></a></div><h2 style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><br /></h2><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">We look forward to another engaging conference with the <b>National Voluntary Agencies Active in Disaster (NVOAD)</b>, in St. Louis, Missouri</span><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">, from <b>May 8-11, 2023</b>. </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">This conference is important because it brings together key voluntary agencies active in disaster alongside many service delivery partners for health, mental health, and coordinated care, as well as leaders from vital federal agencies and emergency management professionals. </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are pleased to be one of the first partner organizations, supporting the work of NVOAD.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">Gateway to Collaboration is the conference’s theme, something that's central to all that we have worked to support over the past decades. Visionlink offers the only disaster solutions that are both pre-built and completely configurable--and designed for collaboration and data exchange from the ground up. We are ready to support local, regional, or national collaborations with proven and well-tested tools. </span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stop by <b>Booth #33</b> in the E</span><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">xhibit Hall and say hello! Learn more about our newest solutions used all over the United States and beyond. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Exchange information with our team members</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for a chance to win a </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">$50 Amazon gift</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> card--just to keep it fun.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">On <b>Wednesday, May 10th, Visionlink will co-present</b> a workshop with<b> Endeavors:</b> <b><i>From Help Comes Hope: Harnessing Tech to Provide Mission-Driven Emergency Services</i></b>. This workshop will cover mission-driven emergency services for vulnerable people in crisis, including intake, health screening, wellness support, sheltering, and coordinated care with an innovative touch and mission-critical technology supporting federal programs.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">For nearly 20 years, <a href="http://www.visionlink.org" target="_blank">Visionlink</a>'s Community Operating System® or, <a href="http://solutions.visionlink.org" target="_blank">CommunityOS™</a>, has been at the core of major humanitarian aid efforts across more than 300 relief and recovery events in the US and its territories. We are proud to be a technology partner with National VOAD, supporting its flagship technology, the Disaster Agency Response Technology (DART) platform.</span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.visionlink.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #d52c1f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.visionlink.org</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://solutions.visionlink.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #d52c1f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">solutions.visionlink.org</span></a></p></div>Visionlinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15834915624630249066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570628615608912763.post-81089523991562904912023-04-14T08:37:00.002-06:002023-04-14T09:31:58.275-06:00Meet Visionlink at AAS2023 "Make An Impact" Conference in Portland!<p><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmS-a1WfQtUdpuo6cDnsJvJf-N4kXOCu37Fn28BDaBrie_4Nc18iMMdzNv6MbfmZ0Z0R1KMdcnbq3hY68fBVktIVtLlIGAmJIq1Yz-zt1-sHz-sV-_7bqb97ZJNnJcEp1bkOi-oXZwRCfXo9LWAm7A19Bj-pP5UR5_g8fctoAspGc_TkbiFPy5o4Br" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="217" data-original-width="565" height="154" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhmS-a1WfQtUdpuo6cDnsJvJf-N4kXOCu37Fn28BDaBrie_4Nc18iMMdzNv6MbfmZ0Z0R1KMdcnbq3hY68fBVktIVtLlIGAmJIq1Yz-zt1-sHz-sV-_7bqb97ZJNnJcEp1bkOi-oXZwRCfXo9LWAm7A19Bj-pP5UR5_g8fctoAspGc_TkbiFPy5o4Br=w400-h154" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AAS 2023 - “Make An Impact” Conference! April 18-22</span></div><p></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-f6a755f0-7fff-c1b3-4861-af7b344c2351"><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">American Association of Suicidology</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stop by our table in the Exhibit Hall, and t</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">alk with </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Deb Harris</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Visionlink Senior Advisor & Domain Expert, who is also a former colleague. She worked with many of you in the trenches - crisis/suicide intervention, 211, veteran peer support, and coordinated care - for thirty years. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Deb would love to hear more about your challenges and opportunities and share ways we can support your communities.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> You can also </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">exchange information with our team member</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for a chance to win a </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">$50 Amazon gift</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> card--just to keep it fun.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Multiple industries are represented at AAS, including Crisis/988, 211, Health Care, Public Health, Housing and Homelessness, Aging and Disabilities, and more. The conference Program Committee did an outstanding job with quality sessions incorporating the <b><i>"</i></b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Make An Impact"</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">theme</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">through</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> cross-sector collaboration, diversity, equity, and inclusion</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Conference attendees will be focused on the components of whole communities, centered around crisis intervention, stabilization, and coordinated care. And Visionlink, too--because </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">making an impact</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> requires a flexible solution that adapts to your community. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0e101a; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Did you know</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> we support crisis/988 lines, 211s, disability and aging service agencies, social determinants, veterans, VOAD, kinship care, migrant services, education, health, and pet and animal welfare organizations? Not to mention the most advanced disaster relief systems available. All on one multi-partner, multi-program platform to reduce your technology costs. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Our work in Community Information Exchange is unparalleled, with the only API Builder in the market, now moving a billion fields of data between various technology platforms systems every day. What could we connect for you?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Don’t forget to stop by the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Visionlink table</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in the Exhibit Hall to </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">connect</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and for a </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">chance to win a $50 Amazon gift card</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. See you soon, and safe travels!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; padding: 14pt 0pt;"><a href="http://www.visionlink.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #d52c1f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">www.visionlink.org</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://solutions.visionlink.org/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #d52c1f; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">solutions.visionlink.org</span></a></p><div><br /></div></span>Visionlinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15834915624630249066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570628615608912763.post-40830540860835760052023-03-14T10:27:00.001-06:002023-03-16T10:36:02.869-06:00Great Rivers Conference - Join Us<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrqijssVCiZfSDXoLynZ1ACKCs50xxTqqZlqm4w_E0IBQGQiXVaBG7HIJ3hdngn7U-vrEifCI8S_Rgv2PJpU-QXrSSmA3J07pMBAfVnD9B-lhw7aPHGmUWtpxDZONFv9LZV2dgo-Oyo4W1WsHMkLJqyB1zki62SEkXPg8EHsqsMIUgYeVdrRgRqWM/s398/UW%20Logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="174" data-original-width="398" height="175" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrqijssVCiZfSDXoLynZ1ACKCs50xxTqqZlqm4w_E0IBQGQiXVaBG7HIJ3hdngn7U-vrEifCI8S_Rgv2PJpU-QXrSSmA3J07pMBAfVnD9B-lhw7aPHGmUWtpxDZONFv9LZV2dgo-Oyo4W1WsHMkLJqyB1zki62SEkXPg8EHsqsMIUgYeVdrRgRqWM/w400-h175/UW%20Logo.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Visionlink is pleased to join the United Way and others in Rochester MN, at the Mayo Clinic Civic Center for the annual Great Rivers Conference.</p><p>Visionlink CEO Dr. W. Dougals Zimmerman is presenting on Community Information Exchange (CIE) building, and we have a booth with lots of information and fun giveaways. Come by and say hello!</p><p>The Co-Chairs of the conference are Robyn Davis, President & CEO of the Brown County United Way, and Amy Canterbury, the President & CEO of the United Way of Southwestern Indiana. </p><p>The annual conference is organized and supported by the United Ways of Wisconsin. It's a great conference to share ideas and tactics, strategies, and connections. </p><p>Learn more about Visionlink at www.visionlink.org, and solutions.visionlink.org. Contact us at contact@visionlink.org.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Visionlinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06548678751190777124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570628615608912763.post-46027855895796979242023-02-13T13:50:00.001-07:002023-03-16T10:38:42.976-06:00Visionlink Supports: 2023 Colorado Emergency Management Conference<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnNtrGkPv_GTUHaN11vY-_9rs8i5Bll7_skug44Y1OUK9d87hNQB-xujPmqAOuYOHp_Zm7sOx3hzSP4UvmOzFI4x9HPuiJnxuLNzTIux2duzVZtPo__-c0q85h8Q7yesjXchgKjTN3hi2eNitrDWa98g1U8FpyO_cEFygo1ACvwAAOWNvTBMPkvj4/s366/CEMA%20Logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="366" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnNtrGkPv_GTUHaN11vY-_9rs8i5Bll7_skug44Y1OUK9d87hNQB-xujPmqAOuYOHp_Zm7sOx3hzSP4UvmOzFI4x9HPuiJnxuLNzTIux2duzVZtPo__-c0q85h8Q7yesjXchgKjTN3hi2eNitrDWa98g1U8FpyO_cEFygo1ACvwAAOWNvTBMPkvj4/w200-h191/CEMA%20Logo.png" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570628615608912763.post-75856504679772183432023-02-08T07:56:00.001-07:002023-02-08T07:56:21.812-07:00The Countdown is On: Celebrating National 211 Day!<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Saturday, February 11th, is National 211 Day 2023!</span></b> </p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9GL1HLiKS5lZ2bilKeVT_os1XAiCcSyN4Kck1fWD02dHJlCu23lBg9VI32IF95Kuf-pgKYTEW-PVQfZ8JosAf8fJC1y3A4HhBj00yehrp6NrGtDrm05x9XeoQ0fo2Bis5OPiFI32P_z9lNIl12c3FK0gTVi36XofEBMjX2YAGPPdOCGP_lNQLuhuR/s786/Contact%20Center%20Pic1.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="786" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9GL1HLiKS5lZ2bilKeVT_os1XAiCcSyN4Kck1fWD02dHJlCu23lBg9VI32IF95Kuf-pgKYTEW-PVQfZ8JosAf8fJC1y3A4HhBj00yehrp6NrGtDrm05x9XeoQ0fo2Bis5OPiFI32P_z9lNIl12c3FK0gTVi36XofEBMjX2YAGPPdOCGP_lNQLuhuR/s320/Contact%20Center%20Pic1.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Join us as we celebrate the individuals behind the life-enhancing services of 211 call and contact centers nationwide!</span></div><p></p><p>211 is the most comprehensive source of information about local resources and services in the country. It's powered by people: thousands of caring, local experts are available to help, 24/7. Calls to 211 are confidential and can be anonymous. </p><p>Our friends at <a href="https://www.unitedway.org/" target="_blank">United Way Worldwide</a> shared the following about 211:</p><span style="color: #0b5394;">"The 211 network in the United States responds to more than 20 million requests for help every year. Most calls, web chats, and text messages are from people looking for help meeting basic needs like housing, food, transportation, and health care. 211 can be accessed by phone or computer at <a href="http://211.org">211.org</a>. A toll-free call to 211 connects you to a community resource specialist in your area who can connect you with local organizations that provide critical services."</span><p style="text-align: left;"><i style="font-weight: bold;">Did you know <a href="https://solutions.visionlink.org/" target="_blank">Visionlink's CommunityOS®</a> </i>platform runs quietly in the background, supporting scores of 211s, crisis lines, disability and aging service agencies, veterans, VOAD, kinship care, migrant services, education, health, and pet and animal welfare organizations? Not to mention the most advanced disaster relief systems available. All on one multi-partner, multi-program platform to reduce your technology costs.</p><p style="text-align: left;">We know that as 211 services continue to evolve and are enhanced in communities across the country, the landscape of Information & Referral (I&R) will grow and change, too. Offering more ways to access services, more ways for partner collaborations, and more ways to connect whole communities to improve whole health outcomes for every person.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Visionlink continues to offer the most advanced solutions for coordinated assistance; information exchange; managing, vetting, updating, and publishing community-facing services; social determinants; and the only API Builder in the market, now moving billions of fields of data between various technology platforms systems every month. </p><p style="text-align: left;">We are humanitarians driven to build better connections for thriving communities like yours. Celebrate National 211 Day 2023 with us!</p><p style="text-align: left;">Visionlink's <a href="https://solutions.visionlink.org/" target="_blank">CommunityOS®</a> platform supports some truly amazing organizations that serve in this capacity. Watch this blog space for more examples of their work in action!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwVPnwLhEwt96OxXAuC2fl-3d6BIyadUhQgHcxTYqtlWItcsANxSDOAh8pBbeiWsTeusazEi3HXURVXGzIwaCJm3twjyeMKOBsUCRxZgXP_Q3RQCqW_RipLJxJ79CsSqTSyKD1BdquWrV2N-MxYdH1WE-tFNPv1u2hiFSquTvwZhzLDbYe31yhfPN5/s299/Image%202-1-23%20at%2012.23%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="299" data-original-width="160" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwVPnwLhEwt96OxXAuC2fl-3d6BIyadUhQgHcxTYqtlWItcsANxSDOAh8pBbeiWsTeusazEi3HXURVXGzIwaCJm3twjyeMKOBsUCRxZgXP_Q3RQCqW_RipLJxJ79CsSqTSyKD1BdquWrV2N-MxYdH1WE-tFNPv1u2hiFSquTvwZhzLDbYe31yhfPN5/s1600/Image%202-1-23%20at%2012.23%20PM.jpeg" width="160" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p>Visionlinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15834915624630249066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570628615608912763.post-6943075928470304562023-01-26T17:08:00.001-07:002023-01-26T17:08:51.411-07:00Visionlink New Feature: Search & Send<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlqRdGqEAyUUbGGxETarfTUjwg0ngNMDMlRSNI-WZuPvWhU0kpC4kSzhlw5vjDf2K2nKaN7tQDBC7x3SWkb1jQBQ1SJh2ureBklI2dFpNvA-_Ov_OIJo3QhNCGGvhHTK-gOjHZS9Aar4A4anDHfuzExgR9hFRaMYnUHxC26ymb0UYTY3eovaZYPqE/s558/Envelop%20Graphic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="498" data-original-width="558" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlqRdGqEAyUUbGGxETarfTUjwg0ngNMDMlRSNI-WZuPvWhU0kpC4kSzhlw5vjDf2K2nKaN7tQDBC7x3SWkb1jQBQ1SJh2ureBklI2dFpNvA-_Ov_OIJo3QhNCGGvhHTK-gOjHZS9Aar4A4anDHfuzExgR9hFRaMYnUHxC26ymb0UYTY3eovaZYPqE/s320/Envelop%20Graphic.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Visionlink's Community Operating System™️ latest feature enhancement allows your case managers, volunteer coordinators, contact specialists, navigators and others to send announcements and other updates directly from their Visionlink platform to large or small groups of users! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Search for specific users, create the </span><span style="font-family: arial;">subject line, compose your content</span><span style="font-family: arial;">, review the draft and then send away! We deploy with email handling systems that can manage small or large numbers of deliveries.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This innovation has 'Preview' and 'Testing' tools built-in to check for errors to ensure that your ad-hoc message is well formed. You can also create templates to use again and again. Note, this enhancement does not take the place of your day to day email system, but it does offer the useful capacity to deliver specific communications to all or some of the clients you serve. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">No longer do you need to export lists of contacts and move them into another communication program. Do your work quickly and easily from your Visionlink platform. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Another enhancement from your Visionlink Team, and thanks to the our customers in California and New Jersey for making it happen!</span></div><p></p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570628615608912763.post-13838109804455079242023-01-18T08:43:00.001-07:002023-03-16T10:42:36.557-06:00FEMA's 2022 National Preparedness Report Findings<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi45FFD7OfI4tpZMonz4uN-7dSQzgBV42iFsIR5NdXEeYJrLqhZYFkLvabKG6cG5_0IcchwxFZjlPH-WTccM4usrUIfhw56eXx-MzFJiJxEL_JzuzNIk4qUXmMVDKPksxywkIjb337frbOJdxDiaaA2AEqliv72MLh0hTIE03K2X9_1fD46iU21_Uk/s1176/FEMA%20Preparedness%20Report%20Logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="1176" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi45FFD7OfI4tpZMonz4uN-7dSQzgBV42iFsIR5NdXEeYJrLqhZYFkLvabKG6cG5_0IcchwxFZjlPH-WTccM4usrUIfhw56eXx-MzFJiJxEL_JzuzNIk4qUXmMVDKPksxywkIjb337frbOJdxDiaaA2AEqliv72MLh0hTIE03K2X9_1fD46iU21_Uk/s320/FEMA%20Preparedness%20Report%20Logo.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">We’ve been reviewing the recently released National Preparedness Report from 2022 and a few sections really stand out. Have you seen the report?</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"> You can find it here: <a href="https://www.fema.gov/sites/default/files/documents/fema_2022-npr.pdf" target="_blank">National Preparedness Report December 2022</a></span></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">Here is our take.</span></span><p></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Starting on page 6, with the fact that weather-related disasters are clearly on the rise, it is now increasingly important that our government agencies continue to help fund and guide mitigation and resilience-building efforts.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here at Visionlink, we’ve engaged across the disaster cycle for 25 years, connecting nonprofits and faith-based organizations, with the private sector, FEMA, and state and local governments--— all while protecting the privacy of disaster-impacted individuals and families. As a result, national capabilities supporting readiness, mass care, and individual assistance programs have significantly improved.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In support of the report findings, Visionlink provides real-world solutions for communities to improve their social and human service emergency management operations under both blue and gray skies. We’ve always been particularly focused on partnership-building solutions where different agencies can work in their own specific ways— yet in concert with other agencies for collaborative outcomes for clients.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bolstered by Administrator Criswell’s introduction, “Private-public partnerships and increased information-sharing between these sectors remain pivotal to reducing risk to aging infrastructure systems and building resilience to all hazards,” Visionlink is at the ready with deployable solutions for tomorrow’s event. We are committed to continuing this capability-building practice and look forward to the year ahead to fostering whole-community resilience. </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Working together we all work better.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><br /></div></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570628615608912763.post-14833365404153498372022-12-16T09:00:00.001-07:002023-03-16T10:52:53.380-06:00Solutions for Grant Funded Programs<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCOgux93ppbdGRyCpKwVOjEL1s10oOOta4qdjohJqN91VRq-c3T-dNiXlhzjcfK_-GsCZ1mxSaWqn94KQZSIOEf0cuOMXGGbOYWE1oU1-2w9-I3q_vgOZAZ5Eq4rgxqRe29LZ4nHLPaR5Tnp7bnalEk0f3a0B5XBCdpdcoSPJgYBCMWwpeZEB6x8A/s7500/AdobeStock_406456117.jpeg.crdownload.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5000" data-original-width="7500" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCOgux93ppbdGRyCpKwVOjEL1s10oOOta4qdjohJqN91VRq-c3T-dNiXlhzjcfK_-GsCZ1mxSaWqn94KQZSIOEf0cuOMXGGbOYWE1oU1-2w9-I3q_vgOZAZ5Eq4rgxqRe29LZ4nHLPaR5Tnp7bnalEk0f3a0B5XBCdpdcoSPJgYBCMWwpeZEB6x8A/s320/AdobeStock_406456117.jpeg.crdownload.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Visionlink introduces Community Cleanup! </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">These proven solutions have been used by the American Red Cross, United Ways, city, county, and state governments, and hundreds of nonprofit organizations, including by a national group of trusted VOAD partners. Thanks to these good organizations, our Community Operating System continues to evolve to meet the new and demanding challenges ahead. Like no other-- the Visionlink toolkit is based on the experience of nearly 300 disaster recovery operations, including the nation's largest natural disasters.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Whether you are looking to leverage ARPA-Funds, HMPG, EMPG, BRIC, UASI, Cyber Security, or especially DCMP funding, our CommunityOS®️ <a href="https://solutions.visionlink.org/disaster-technologies" style="background: transparent; color: #d52c1f; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Disaster Technologies</a> provide the intra-agency platform that you can rely on to develop resilience across the whole community. This includes supporting crisis centers, youth, and aging services, coordinated care for veterans, disability organizations, and client and case management programs in communities across the USA.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The new package under the tree this holiday season? It's Visionlink's vibrant Community Cleanup solution! We're redefining clean-up solutions for communities and states to assist with safely clearing debris, securing homes, and supporting clean-up efforts under blue and gray skies. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Community Cleanup also captures response data to highlight the scope and scale of recovery needs. The best part? Information flows to-and-from this module, with all the other modules in the Visionlink platform, for non-duplicative data entry, better data quality, and less fraud. Importantly, this Visionlink solution focuses on vetted agencies so that only approved and verified organizations are working with your clients and survivors. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Enjoy your holiday season and know we truly appreciate the amazing work you and your teams do each day. We look forward to connecting in the new year! </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather, Georgia, serif; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">- The Visionlink Team</span></p>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570628615608912763.post-462342835863143002022-12-09T14:59:00.001-07:002023-03-16T11:31:39.470-06:00Giving Tuesday, Looking Back and Looking Ahead<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzVqE7vTp5GBphYhR_IKTgbpoRdUbYRS76gJ8gVTCZN9wDxcBkdjNRJQIdmg8-zaF_gakVl-BC-EPMiFSpECfuu5hqRanqDZNh8zQsi-WbZ2KjvkC5kWaZkHnbkbIE6_AJtOOGPvDJlib-AOpVaGQC-xes_pnA7TguWf6Pq-itX0b6KQe98aTKjvE/s234/Giving%20Tuesday%20Logo.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="124" data-original-width="234" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzVqE7vTp5GBphYhR_IKTgbpoRdUbYRS76gJ8gVTCZN9wDxcBkdjNRJQIdmg8-zaF_gakVl-BC-EPMiFSpECfuu5hqRanqDZNh8zQsi-WbZ2KjvkC5kWaZkHnbkbIE6_AJtOOGPvDJlib-AOpVaGQC-xes_pnA7TguWf6Pq-itX0b6KQe98aTKjvE/s1600/Giving%20Tuesday%20Logo.png" width="234" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;">We just LOVE the 10th Anniversary results for Giving Tuesday! </span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">According to published reports, the single-day event raised $3.1 billion, breaking 2021's $2.7 billion mark across the country. Wow! Congratulations to the annual cause and amazing outcomes. We can already imagine the good that these contributions will make more possible. Our social service-providing, not-for-profit customers will directly benefit for sure, as will their clients. And of course, contributions are needed throughout the year.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Our customers continue to report the strain on services and how needs outweigh supply in all social service categories. And, that crisis center and mental health service providers are reporting higher than normal service demands as we head into December.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Visionlink is a proud supporter of Giving Tuesday and for those who missed the 11/29 "Giving Tuesday," moment, or for those who want to do even more during the "season of giving and charity," we have some tips that may be useful:</span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Decide what types of causes match your interests and community need. Not every organization benefits from Giving Tuesday.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Search non-profit directories. We like <a href="https://www.charitynavigator.org/" target="_blank">Charity Navigator</a> and the options from <a href="https://www.guidestar.org/" target="_blank">Guidestar</a>.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Connect with your local non-profit associations and look for their Annual Reports to understand efforts, results, and key measures.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">Check out the social media activity of the groups and their storytelling, but realize that many small organizations do a great deal of good, even though they have very little social media presence.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial;">And for those customers of Visionlink? Consider activating our Volunteer and Donations Management solutions to systemize contributions of time, talent, goods, and services.</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: arial;">In Community, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Your Visionlink Team</span></div>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570628615608912763.post-14389899722895687792022-12-09T09:01:00.009-07:002022-12-12T07:53:37.068-07:00It's Aging Gracefully Month <p><br /></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-be0417b5-7fff-2bd3-8640-17cfd492c34c"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhApGOw-10uLhuFTFicwUI-3OT4_FwK-SKeoZhOymG2Vyc35R-MqHDcxj72QYyo51AiIqNYND0eHYbNdN49zA09C8Km-SZdBFTWgGmUCz9sOfjqOGbXFmCfCdyiFZRQn1TMLl3J0zKolAyVp8MsWgfuCdujkjP595gMk8A2BEBVsjh5Q4WGdRa-GM8/s6016/Senior%20Couple%20calculate%20their%20monthly%20expense.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4016" data-original-width="6016" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhApGOw-10uLhuFTFicwUI-3OT4_FwK-SKeoZhOymG2Vyc35R-MqHDcxj72QYyo51AiIqNYND0eHYbNdN49zA09C8Km-SZdBFTWgGmUCz9sOfjqOGbXFmCfCdyiFZRQn1TMLl3J0zKolAyVp8MsWgfuCdujkjP595gMk8A2BEBVsjh5Q4WGdRa-GM8/w400-h268/Senior%20Couple%20calculate%20their%20monthly%20expense.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 18pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: center;"><br /></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #0e101a; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It’s all about aging gracefully this month. How do we define “graceful,” you ask? We are so glad you asked. With the nation’s largest generation (~22% of the population), the </span><a href="https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-are-baby-boomers-definition-age-characteristics.html#:~:text=The%20baby%20boomer%20age%20range,which%20was%20a%20record%20high." style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #0e101a; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Baby Boomers</span></a> are <span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #0e101a; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">turning 59 to 77 years old in 2023. Over 30 percent of baby boomers chose retirement during the COVID epidemic. There is an expectation that 75% of baby boomers will retire soon. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Retire to what? Relaxation and regular vacations with the kids and grandkids? Staying at home because they no longer trust themselves to drive, waiting for the Meals On Wheels volunteer? Or are they moving in with their adult children and finding it hard not to be a bother? Whatever the retirement plans look like, two things are essential in all the scenarios: family and community. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #0e101a; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">This month, we will focus on how communities work to support this great generation. </span><a href="https://solutions.visionlink.org" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #0e101a; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Visionlink’s CommunityOS®</span></a><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #0e101a; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> platform supports some truly amazing organizations that serve this population. Watch this space for examples of our work! If waiting is not your thing and you want to learn more about </span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #0e101a; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">CommunityOS</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: #0e101a; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, set up a demo for your organization by emailing us at: contact@visionlink.org or call 303-402-0170 x302.</span></span></p><br /><br /><br /><div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span>Visionlinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15834915624630249066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570628615608912763.post-59422443530652076832022-11-14T06:00:00.000-07:002022-11-14T07:30:33.822-07:00Join Us! ISEM Conference <p><br /></p><span id="docs-internal-guid-f03c161a-7fff-b9a5-2162-05447e3873ec"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY-nG8jcYuD0I72HqxSrqjLm3fyJvO2EpQRoEvc9JOpzIkow5KdHubmXllQkVRmmemmULE1-Etu3ZMuo4JnbwhDvx6rS3-hZIFTaWCIbktaTImtH8k2l52j8eVCoNVO72hr4eQZWQxs7KN2wMC73C7ynvQZhmeOVzGa7v856TxWw6d5jIe_dCXX_c/s1250/IAEM%20Conference%20Logo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="1250" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY-nG8jcYuD0I72HqxSrqjLm3fyJvO2EpQRoEvc9JOpzIkow5KdHubmXllQkVRmmemmULE1-Etu3ZMuo4JnbwhDvx6rS3-hZIFTaWCIbktaTImtH8k2l52j8eVCoNVO72hr4eQZWQxs7KN2wMC73C7ynvQZhmeOVzGa7v856TxWw6d5jIe_dCXX_c/w400-h210/IAEM%20Conference%20Logo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #262626; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Visionlink is proud to support this year’s</span><a href="https://www.iaem.org/usconf" style="text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> International Association of Emergency Managers Annual Conference and EMEX</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #262626; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> this month in Savannah, Georgia!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #262626; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #262626; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We’ll be at </span><b><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #262626; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">booth</span><span style="color: #262626; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> #621</span></b><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #262626; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> joining crisis professionals across the country to discuss the latest technological advances and disaster resiliency-building efforts, all “</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #262626; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">unmuted." </span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #262626; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our focus? Demonstrating how “the many can serve as one,” across an advanced, secure, and proven technological platform for coordinated disaster care. <br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #262626; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Way back in 2005, Visionlink made a BIG bang by innovating with leading disaster relief agencies to create the first nationwide, multi-agency coordinated assistance platform. </span></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">Visionlink, the American Red Cross, The Salvation Army, NVOAD, and seven other prominent faith-based agencies created the first version of CAN, the Coordinated Assistance Network. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> <br /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #262626; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For the first time, digital collaboration for disaster-impacted clients was possible. No longer would survivors need to retell their story multiple times to different agencies. Plus, the platform reduced duplicate data entry, and mitigated fraud. More than 500 agencies were supported on the Visionlink platform, serving clients in every state of the Union during its first deployment: Hurricane Katrina. The platform became known as the "one national system that did not fail."</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #262626; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #262626; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">For nearly 20 years, Visionlink's Community Operating System® or, CommunityOS™, has been at the core of major humanitarian aid efforts across </span><span style="color: #262626; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">more than 300 relief and recovery events </span><span style="color: #262626; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">in the US and its territories. Deployed for a long time as CAN, now as DART (with NVOAD), and other white label brands, and available directly from Visionlink, the platform is now many generations past those initial solutions. </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #262626; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span><span><span style="color: #262626; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Thanks to the design assistance of so many relief agencies and partners, CommunityOS continuously evolves, improving constantly, remaining the most advanced and comprehensive platform available.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="color: #262626; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="color: #262626; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We are honored to support the work of disaster relief professionals.</span></span></span></div></span>Visionlinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06548678751190777124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570628615608912763.post-79576867346315306772022-11-11T15:12:00.001-07:002022-11-11T15:27:19.381-07:00Freedom of Expression and Assembly<p><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpposvobiI3uDxylW3pRUSZnZ9lswZnjEPC6ZAp9jfTuIXdfHrPNcH-H0AcJWI6PHzGHa3-UOuJI7uaHGgCkskEWzhdsWE2WpycbhyDFoE4gYzfbxrhz-SwtNyv_3Bk3b87Mvjg6vuBem8Y_8uU40y5N5MI9Z1k-q55JnpO47XZrmiPw48XtNhaao/s711/Veterans%20Coming%20Home.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="357" data-original-width="711" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpposvobiI3uDxylW3pRUSZnZ9lswZnjEPC6ZAp9jfTuIXdfHrPNcH-H0AcJWI6PHzGHa3-UOuJI7uaHGgCkskEWzhdsWE2WpycbhyDFoE4gYzfbxrhz-SwtNyv_3Bk3b87Mvjg6vuBem8Y_8uU40y5N5MI9Z1k-q55JnpO47XZrmiPw48XtNhaao/w400-h201/Veterans%20Coming%20Home.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;">Freedom of expression and assembly</span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: x-large;"><div style="text-align: center;">Protected rights, and our rights to vote</div><div style="text-align: center;">Not perfect but protected</div><div style="text-align: center;">Our Democracy<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Indebted to those who served</div><div style="text-align: center;">And to those who do so now</div><div style="text-align: center;">Not complete but progressing<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;">We the self-governed</div></span><p></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 15px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">Thank you on this Veterans Day, this Armistice and Remembrance Day, </span></i><i><span style="font-size: medium;">to service members, </span></i><i><span style="font-size: medium;">veterans, and their families from all of us at Visionlink</span></i></p>Visionlinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06548678751190777124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570628615608912763.post-5095731374898945632022-11-07T07:58:00.001-07:002022-11-14T07:28:59.551-07:00Washington 211: One Millionth Call !!<p style="text-align: left;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1QbUmdKWdqhiIYjsmw28XWBt2-N7BzGMrlQxi3L6jl4f9xM5FGYsUJK1o6uAv7vj9xQWYbEIJwyvp3nrClb-Tfyw0GoVZ4n8e4IsuZO2CafXc_k3AYnxsSYFBXhH16lSwmOkbXkzXIOJnJApfJ0V4PpmYK1BxygHX5buNnKm7zMd-l54jiuSNnNA/s278/211%20Logo%20Washington.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="162" data-original-width="278" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1QbUmdKWdqhiIYjsmw28XWBt2-N7BzGMrlQxi3L6jl4f9xM5FGYsUJK1o6uAv7vj9xQWYbEIJwyvp3nrClb-Tfyw0GoVZ4n8e4IsuZO2CafXc_k3AYnxsSYFBXhH16lSwmOkbXkzXIOJnJApfJ0V4PpmYK1BxygHX5buNnKm7zMd-l54jiuSNnNA/s1600/211%20Logo%20Washington.jpg" width="278" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;">We are pleased to share that Washington 211 has helped </span><b style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;">one million callers</b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;"> since the launch of their Visionlink software in 2019. Arion Bevan, a 211 Information and Referral Specialist from King County 211 Contact Center, helped the one millionth caller. Arion referred the caller to the Attorney General’s Office for a consumer fraud issue. Outstanding!</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://wa211.org/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="-webkit-text-decoration-skip: none; background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;">Washington 211 (WA211)</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"> </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Highly effective, this team of professionals offers coordinated care support, comprehensive health and human services information and referral, crisis and suicide intervention (988), and more to residents and visitors to the state of Washington, 24/7. </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">During the worst months of the COVID pandemic, WA211's trained, knowledgeable, and compassionate specialists were able to respond to hundreds of thousands of citizen requests for essential needs including: vaccination assistance and appointment setting, rides from <span class="s1">Lyft and Uber</span> to get to appointments, and help with rental utility assistance, among others. </span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Congratulations Washington 211 for the Millionth Call !! We are honored to support your work.</span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Your Visionlink Team</span></p></div>Visionlinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06548678751190777124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570628615608912763.post-66246511054905955422022-10-13T10:14:00.003-06:002022-10-13T10:23:42.561-06:00Join Us: AIRS Conference <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZZDiK-HOECgpCAfsQD7rQzuRP30G8nXZIN-JcT0gMYrC2XxFLxzAqXO_xHkbJcH7bcLJtX75DBc6gFKdsExG3TeCSr8Pk8DqrQMIXh4GXjgtG3kO7dSNXfp5DTuM1yhttOA46lhH3dx8ipFbpwhnQh68vBj8TuHTCxs93snOxrpFY0I28Mpw_BDY/s558/Envision%20Logo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="558" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZZDiK-HOECgpCAfsQD7rQzuRP30G8nXZIN-JcT0gMYrC2XxFLxzAqXO_xHkbJcH7bcLJtX75DBc6gFKdsExG3TeCSr8Pk8DqrQMIXh4GXjgtG3kO7dSNXfp5DTuM1yhttOA46lhH3dx8ipFbpwhnQh68vBj8TuHTCxs93snOxrpFY0I28Mpw_BDY/w400-h329/Envision%20Logo.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>AIRS 2022 Conference! October 17-19</b></span></p><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We are excited to return (in person!) to AIRS again this year. </span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stop by our</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> booth # 107</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in the Exhibit Hall, and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">t</span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">alk with Dr. Douglas Zimmerman, Visionlink CEO, who would love to hear more about your challenges and opportunities and share ways we can support.</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> You can also exchange information with one of our team members for a chance to win a $50 amazon gift card--just to keep it fun.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Monday Learning Lab</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">: We're offering a learning lab on Monday, "Active Referrals---Going Beyond Closed Loop." We'll focus on why active referrals are different than closed loop, and why this needs to be a part of your overall coordinated care strategies. </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Multiple industries are represented at AIRS, including Housing and Homelessness, Aging and Disabilities, Crisis, Health Care, Public Health, and more. The conference Program Committee did an outstanding job of putting together quality sessions that incorporate </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">cross-sector collaboration, diversity, equity, inclusion, and access</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> themes. </span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One should envision these many components of whole communities when establishing or growing a program that centers around information and referral data sharing. One should also think about </span><span style="color: #0e101a; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Vision</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">link</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> when imagining I&R. We have been a part of the safe data sharing movement since its inception!</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #0e101a; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Did you know</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> we support 211s, crisis lines, disability and aging service agencies, veterans, VOAD, kinship care, migrant services, education, health, and pet and animal welfare organizations. Not to mention the most advanced disaster relief systems available. All on one multi-partner, multi-program platform to reduce your technology costs. </span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We continue to offer the most advanced solutions for coordinated assistance; information exchange; managing, vetting, updating, and publishing community-facing services; social determinants; and the only API Builder in the market, now moving trillions of fields of data between various technology platforms systems every month. </span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">We are humanitarians driven to build better connections for thriving communities like yours.</span></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: left;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Don’t forget to stop by </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">booth # 107</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> in the Exhibit Hall to </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">connect</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> and for a </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">chance to win a $50 amazon gift card</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. See you soon, and safe travels!</span></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="http://www.visionlink.org">www.visionlink.org</a>
<a href="http://solutions.visionlink.org">solutions.visionlink.org</a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><p><br /></p>Visionlinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06548678751190777124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570628615608912763.post-79100648770690081982022-09-27T12:05:00.003-06:002022-09-28T09:53:44.645-06:00Activating Damage Assessment System for Hurricane Ian<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgT8te4pWPukU08IVMN4u2Z44dvhhP-12BP0zD2zxYk4XLpZmj_SckITBOmuRShwPWLi232RsBGw1lNpnE7NEXg7TTR40byJ6xIRKcz7Kr7haVY7jk9THhiZIiXYDLMBsjxbZimfmBS9weFD25vXKvA3GkYOQsdUWddYG2md2ur0eNpT_802vpXD-4" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="1378" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgT8te4pWPukU08IVMN4u2Z44dvhhP-12BP0zD2zxYk4XLpZmj_SckITBOmuRShwPWLi232RsBGw1lNpnE7NEXg7TTR40byJ6xIRKcz7Kr7haVY7jk9THhiZIiXYDLMBsjxbZimfmBS9weFD25vXKvA3GkYOQsdUWddYG2md2ur0eNpT_802vpXD-4=w400-h280" width="400" /></a></div><div><span style="color: #1d1c1d; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #1d1c1d; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"><b>UPDATE: </b>New estimates call for a storm surge of 12-18 feet from Englewood and Charlotte Harbor to south of Fort Myers. A broader area, running from north of Englewood to north of Sarasota, could experience a storm surge of eight to 12 feet. This will be a serious level of impact.</span><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #1d1c1d; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">To help, </span><b data-stringify-type="bold" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1d1c1d; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"><a class="c-link" data-remove-tab-index="true" data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-stringify-link="https://www.avancerapartners.org/#intro" delay="150" href="https://www.avancerapartners.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" tabindex="-1" target="_blank">Avancera Partners</a></b><b data-stringify-type="bold" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1d1c1d; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"> </b><span style="color: #1d1c1d; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">has activated Visionlink's public-facing Damage Assessment tool for emergency managers and non-profit relief agencies preparing to respond. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #1d1c1d; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This simple, yet powerful tool allows affected households to self-report damage from their smartphone or tablet in less than three minutes.</span></span></span><span class="c-mrkdwn__br" data-stringify-type="paragraph-break" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1d1c1d; display: block; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; height: 8px;"></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #1d1c1d; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"> • Quick link for public messaging on social media and city/county websites</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1d1c1d; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;" /><span style="color: #1d1c1d; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"> • Real time mapping and situational awareness tools for decision support</span><br style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1d1c1d; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;" /><span style="color: #1d1c1d; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"> • Integration with Case Management and Sheltering modules on Visionlink's platform</span></span></span><span class="c-mrkdwn__br" data-stringify-type="paragraph-break" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1d1c1d; display: block; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; height: 8px;"></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #1d1c1d; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">Informed client consent governs the use of the system. Avancera will release impact information to vetted United Way, VOAD, and government agencies. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #1d1c1d; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">Communities expecting impact can receive a link to capture damage impacts from Hurricane Ian by emailing </span><a aria-expanded="false" aria-haspopup="menu" class="c-link" data-remove-tab-index="true" data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-stringify-link="mailto:hrivnak@avancerapartners.org" delay="150" href="mailto:hrivnak@avancerapartners.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; text-decoration-line: none;" tabindex="-1" target="_blank">hrivnak@avancerapartners.org<span aria-label="(opens in new tab)" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></span></a><span style="color: #1d1c1d; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"> or by calling Visionlink at </span><a class="c-link" data-remove-tab-index="true" data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-stringify-link="tel:3034020170" delay="150" href="tel:3034020170" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; text-decoration-line: none;" tabindex="-1" target="_blank">303-402-0170</a><span style="font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"> <span style="color: #2b00fe;">x302</span></span><span style="color: #1d1c1d; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">. </span></span></span><span class="c-mrkdwn__br" data-stringify-type="paragraph-break" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1d1c1d; display: block; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; height: 8px;"></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #1d1c1d; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;">Learn more about the solution: </span><a class="c-link" data-remove-tab-index="true" data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-stringify-link="https://solutions.visionlink.org/disaster-technologies" delay="150" href="https://solutions.visionlink.org/disaster-technologies" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="box-sizing: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; text-decoration-line: none;" tabindex="-1" target="_blank">https://solutions.visionlink.org</a></span></span><span class="c-mrkdwn__br" data-stringify-type="paragraph-break" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1d1c1d; display: block; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; height: 8px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d1c1d; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Avancera operates as an incubator, as a facilitator, and often as a neutral third party to help leaders move from the desire to work as partners, to the operational reality of doing so.</span></span><span class="c-mrkdwn__br" data-stringify-type="paragraph-break" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1d1c1d; display: block; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; height: 8px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d1c1d; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Prepare. Be safe.</span></span><span class="c-mrkdwn__br" data-stringify-type="paragraph-break" style="box-sizing: inherit; color: #1d1c1d; display: block; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; height: 8px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d1c1d; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Your Visionlink Team</span></span></p></div>Visionlinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06548678751190777124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570628615608912763.post-77960939301635982912022-07-26T12:04:00.003-06:002022-07-26T16:19:25.940-06:00Celebrating National Disability Independence Day<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkoe-nDBq4ZGQ73T2ZfxB7ERz7SXQQw23Ga5PwtSDclOAJIPbVQin3eoX-RWrrqFrzmr6Ilvsl3_xdNDU07dueY2zhiNap5Hzee-vXoMs0NFcfn8P_cdo6yvHX4F4qzL0d32iFoOCAKWgHxCfyhwpvxV--CroRKRNgTm-lh0UktktLKdR2PkoMvmo/s4743/National%20Disability%20Independence%20Day%20Logo.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3162" data-original-width="4743" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkoe-nDBq4ZGQ73T2ZfxB7ERz7SXQQw23Ga5PwtSDclOAJIPbVQin3eoX-RWrrqFrzmr6Ilvsl3_xdNDU07dueY2zhiNap5Hzee-vXoMs0NFcfn8P_cdo6yvHX4F4qzL0d32iFoOCAKWgHxCfyhwpvxV--CroRKRNgTm-lh0UktktLKdR2PkoMvmo/s320/National%20Disability%20Independence%20Day%20Logo.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="color: #333333;">In honor of National Disability Independence Day,</span><span style="color: #333333;"> </span><span style="color: #333333;">Visionlink commemorates the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and celebrates the structural changes across the US since July 1990 and the assistive digital technologies that we've embraced.</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333;">We're partnered with the <a href="https://wid.org/">World Institute on Disability</a> to help evacuate individuals with disabilities from Ukraine--and more generally, to move the Visionlink platform from assistive compliance, to actually well-designed usability. </span></p><p><span style="color: #333333;">As we support whole-of-community approaches under both blue skies and gray, we are building solutions that are not only supportive of public users, but for staff users as well. Learning from WID, we do this so our systems can be used by disability-led organizations, not only those who support disabled clients.</span></p><p><span style="color: #333333;">To learn more, check out </span><a href="https://wid.org/why-digital-accessibility-should-matter-to-you/">Why Digital Accessibility Should Matter to You</a><span style="color: #333333;"> - by World Institute on Disability freelance writer Lucy Sirianni. She shares great insights that can help you keep your systems adaptable, interaction-friendly, and accessible. Together we celebrate truly inclusive solutions.</span></p><p>Let's go change another part of the world for good.</p><p>Your Visionlink Team</p>Visionlinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06548678751190777124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3570628615608912763.post-70654988916273890072022-05-20T10:46:00.001-06:002022-05-20T10:46:05.251-06:00Join Us: Great Rivers Conference<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHtBfXZ0XtYMCODIR0lp35bmD5B8IY8D4meo96uV7MH0Ziuzs6t6QECplBnqbFZpI5diFba8IVsSAYmv3F8Vknk82VrYjOmEaS8fuXQfVlp155jwtTGTadMfsk4bTe0ZXslQw0NYRjDGooHa-8jUm8v5-L1TS_jkT0yocOMvq3aQxCM1h6JW8L2W8/s788/Great%20Rivers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="246" data-original-width="788" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHtBfXZ0XtYMCODIR0lp35bmD5B8IY8D4meo96uV7MH0Ziuzs6t6QECplBnqbFZpI5diFba8IVsSAYmv3F8Vknk82VrYjOmEaS8fuXQfVlp155jwtTGTadMfsk4bTe0ZXslQw0NYRjDGooHa-8jUm8v5-L1TS_jkT0yocOMvq3aQxCM1h6JW8L2W8/w640-h200/Great%20Rivers.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>We are looking forward to seeing everyone at the Great Rivers conference, May 23-26, in Madison Wisconsin! </p><p>Come by and visit us in the exhibitor's area, and learn about some of the new features and modules recently added to CommunityOS® the most advanced platform available for community service, disaster relief, and coordinated care management. </p><p>Dr. W. Douglas Zimmerman, CEO of Visionlink is offering a session Monday, after lunch: The Superpowers of Multi-Agency, Multi-Program Hubs. </p><p>Join us!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Visionlinkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06548678751190777124noreply@blogger.com