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ONLINE COMMUNITY BENEFITS MANAGEMENT TOOL SERVES AS NATIONAL MODEL

The Center for Health Futures developed CHiC Online to effectively and efficiently monitor and track the results of community benefits initiatives. And now this system is packaged so that other healthcare systems and nonprofit organizations throughout the country can subscribe and use this tool.

"CHiC Online has allowed us to ensure coordination and accountability for the projects we have invested in within our community, while saving lots of staff time and paperwork" explains Center for Health Futures Executive Director and Senior Research Fellow Richard Bogue, Ph.D. "And we think other communities are eager to do the same. That is why we are working on a patent for the system and reaching out to offer this user-friendly product as a subscription service to other hospitals and community organizations across the U.S."

CHiC Online provides an interface and ongoing, two-way communication between the funder and program or grantee, from the initial funding request to final reports. Users can customize the site, which contains worksheets to store data collected and tracking tools, including a dashboard that visually summarizes a project's status toward achieving its goals and outcomes.  

All proceeds from subscription sales are re-invested into improving the CHiC Online system and to support other research projects conducted by the Center for Health Futures.

CHiC ONLINE SUITE - A COMMUNITY HEALTH IMPACT CONNECTION TOOL

CHiC Online Suite ensures clarity, coordination, rigor, innovation and accountability for the grants and projects you invest in with your community, while saving lots of staff time. Simple to use, yet powerful in impact, this subscription service enables you to clarify and automate how you process requests for funding support; guide the development of strategic projects and track and report on their performance to ensure success on budget, on plan and on results; gain clear guidance and practical tools for all your community giving and/or community benefit activities; more effectively engage your leadership in your community changing efforts; and more:

• Clarify your focus and manage funding requests more fairly and with ease
• Save staff time while improving coordination, communication and accountability for projects
• Partner with multiple individuals or organizations through online project design, tracking and reporting
• Easily track project progress on budget, on plan and on results
• Generate various project reports, including colorful dashboard summaries, for your administrators, board members and partners
• User-friendly and highly customizable to your need
• Secure web-based, password-protected access with nothing to install!

There are three levels of service to meet your needs:

The Online Suite level of service provides access to the following six modules for an unlimited number of users and projects:

1. Processing Requests for Donations and Sponsorships
2. Guiding Community Collaboration
3. Posting Community Benefit and Other Reports
4. Communicating with Your Board and Leadership Team
5. Developing and Assessing Prospective Projects
6. Monitoring and Reporting on Project Performance

Online Express provides access to all six modules for an unlimited number of users for one project at a time.

Awards Online provides access to modules 1 through 4.

On-site or on-line training is available upon request at an additional cost.