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Live or On-Demand, Collaborate Help is Always Available

The Collaborate team is committed to providing exceptional support & service to non-profits and social services agencies. Here’s a rundown of the many help options available to users.

Self-Serve Assistance, 24/7

Collaborate’s integrated Support Widget provides contextual help without leaving the application. With one click, you’ll be served suggested articles tailored to the section of the app you’re currently in.

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You can also search for specific topics from the Help Widget, or submit a Support Request to get a timely solution from the Collaborate team.

“I have never asked for something I was not helped with. Collaborate staff truly understand their role in helping organizations make lifelong impacts.”

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Brent Patrick

Chief Operating Officer, Gulf Coast Children’s Advocacy Center

Fast Support Turnaround

80% of Collaborate Support Requests receive a same-day response, and 90% are completely resolved within 24 hours.

Support Articles & Videos

Outside of the Help Widget, the full Collaborate Support Center includes dozens of in-depth articles ranging from beginner to advanced topics. If you prefer to watch instructional clips, On-Demand Training Videos have you covered (example below).

Self-serve help and customer support are included with standard Support & Maintenance.

Live Training, Consultations, and More

Visit the Collaborate Training page to register for live 1-on-1 sessions, including:

  • Reports Consultations for beginner and advanced reporting,
  • Administrator Consultations for managing users, configuring Roles & Permissions, or error-checking your data, and
  • Help Desk Sessions to get expert answers to your precise questions.
“The training was amazing. Extremely helpful and informative.”

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Dakota Mahoney

Program Outcome Specialist, Cooke County Family Crisis Center

New for 2024, we’ve also added the Product Feature Showcase as a periodic live event to demonstrate new and popular Collaborate features with Q&A from users.

Dedicated Account Manager

From initial onboarding through Go-Live and beyond, a dedicated Account Manager remains your primary point of contact. They’ll configure Collaborate to meet your needs, train staff to use the application, and provide ongoing support to ensure the application evolves alongside your organization.

Many Collaborate Account Managers hail from the social services world themselves, so you’ll have a true peer to rely on.

Live training, consultations, showcases, and Account Manager are included with standard Support & Maintenance.

Premium Support via Concierge

Beyond standard support, Collaborate Concierge offers tailored analysis and service to maximize your Collaborate usage. With premium access to Network Ninja software specialists, Concierge will help you complete your toughest tasks, such as:

  • Replacing the need for a Data Administrator,
  • Building audit reports to validate data integrity,
  • Tailoring custom trainings for your users, and
  • (For Networks) Supporting individual centers from a technical and data-centric standpoint.
“[Collaborate Concierge] Scott Swafford has been a tremendous asset to our network for the past 6 or so months...he has helped us with building dynamic reports specifically for our network, and used his expertise to help us improve our database.”

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Brooke Kenney

Administrative Director, South Carolina Network of Children’s Advocacy Centers

Concierge is priced in hourly blocks, with a 10-hour minimum.

With expert Account Managers, self-serve articles and videos, live 1-on-1 and group sessions, and optional premium expertise, the Collaborate team is always here to help. If you need assistance, or want to set up a demo, don’t hesitate to give us a shout.

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Your Cases, Your Clients, Your Workflow

Collaborate software running on a MacBook, iPad, and iPhone.

Collaborate is customizable case management software for non-profits and social services agencies.

  • Track Case information, from Intake, providing Services, setting Goals, to recording Outcomes.
  • Efficiently access Case history, medical exams, test results, custom Reports, and more.
  • Tap a single, secure, HIPAA-compliant, easy-to-use, web-based platform for all your Case management needs.

Who's Using Collaborate

Children’s Advocacy Centers of Georgia

Member of the National Children’s Alliance, The Children’s Advocacy Centers of Georgia, Inc. is Georgia’s statewide membership association of 50 local children’s advocacy centers.

CACGA Client Story

  • Dozens of networked Children's Advocacy Centers (CACs), each with own private customizable instance
  • CACs able to search through entire state database of clients, caregivers, and offenders
  • Statewide reporting
  • Mix of Multi-Disciplinary Teams (MDTs) and non-MDT children’s advocacy centers
  • 500+ users, years of case data, tens of thousands of cases, hundreds of thousands of services

South Carolina Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault

SCCADVASA is the statewide partnership of organizations providing services to victims and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in South Carolina.

Members include rape crisis centers and women's shelters throughout the state, serving clients 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

  • Dozens of member organizations, many cross-trained with partner CACs
  • Cross-trained Users can quickly switch between DV/SA and CAC sides
  • Hotline Intakes, with ability to easily change Case type for full Intakes later
  • Optional Modules include Batch Simple Services, Document Queue, and Document Templates

LifeBridge Health's Center for Hope

LifeBridge Health's Center for Hope is a comprehensive violence prevention and intervention agency. Programs include child advocacy, domestic violence, community violence, and elder justice for survivors, caregivers, and communities.

  • Referral Module to manage internal and external Referrals, across Programs
  • "1-Click" VOCA Report to easily meet funding requirements
  • Custom Services for Treatment Plans, Clinical Assessments, and Forensic Interviews

Douglas County, Nebraska

Three human services departments of the Douglas County, Nebraska municipal government run on Collaborate, each with their own tailored software implementation.

DCGA Client Story

  • No need for additional systems or network administrators
  • No software to install
  • Lightning fast, with as much bandwidth, processing power, and storage as you need
  • Access from anywhere, any time

The Spot / Project Ark

The Spot / Project Ark is a cooperative focusing on social justice and health care for at-risk youth.

The Spot / Project Ark Client Story

  • Collaborate facilitates all data management and reporting for SPARK
  • Medical services, mental health counseling, sexual and reproductive health services
  • Work development / workforce coaching services
  • Substance abuse counseling
  • Fully electronic medical records, charting, even immunization records

Substantial Cost Savings

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Miami (CCADM) was established in 1931 to serve impoverished families during the Great Depression. Since then, CCADM has grown to offer a diverse slate of Services in the Miami area, including alcohol & substance abuse treatment, child development, behavioral health, elderly assistance, homelessness, and help for immigrants & refugees.

  • Universal Intake to facilitate a quick implementation
  • Custom workflow allows Clients to have several open Cases at once
  • Reporting for over 40 distinct Service offerings across dozens of sites
  • Optional Modules include Batch Simple Services, Case Review, and Class Management

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Benefits of Using Collaborate

Cut out the Paper

Let Collaborate do the heavy lifting. Collaborate adjusts to your workflow and processes, not the other way around.

“Prior to Collaborate, we were using paper charts…”

See what The Spot has to say about Collaborate vs. Paper.

  • Use your existing forms, electronically
  • No more boxes of folders, no more spreadsheets
  • Clients can sign documents using smartphones, tablets, or computers
  • Save everything in one place

Fully Customizable

Don’t mess with a good thing - keep your workflows where they work, use our templates where they can be improved upon.

“…it’s like partnering with architects, engineers, and systems designers!”

See how we went above and beyond with Casa de Salud’s customizations.

  • We’ll customize and configure Collaborate for you, good to go at launch
  • Afterward, as requirements change, make configuration changes on your own
  • Grant requirements change frequently, so can Collaborate’s reports
  • Our expert software developers can accommodate your specialized requirements

Fast and Secure

Directly on the Internet backbone, and actively monitored for security, so you’re safe and sound.

Assist America uses Collaborate’s admin capabilities to configure who can access Collaborate from where, and even automatically lock accounts if something suspicious is happening.

  • High-grade encryption
  • Users can be granted access to what they need, only
  • Stable and scalable platform
  • Hourly backups means disaster avoidance
  • HIPAA compliant

Cloud-Based

Hosted and maintained by us, for you.

Children’s Advocacy Centers of Georgia and SCCADVASA both make use of Collaborate’s cloud-based nature to allow users spread across a large area to access their database securely, using a web browser. Assist America does it worldwide.

  • No need for additional systems or network administrators
  • No software to install
  • Lightning fast, with as much bandwidth, processing power, and storage as you need
  • Access from anywhere, any time

Easy to Use and Understand

Developed and constantly improved upon, since 1998, we take our clients feedback seriously. Easy to use, even for the most technology-averse.

Our userbase is diverse, but most are not organizations that traditionally rely heavily on technology. Take a look at how some of our features work, simple and straightforward.

  • Intuitively designed interface
  • Simple to navigate
  • Dedicated support staff to assist
  • Online support & issue reporting

Substantial Cost Savings

Software is a tool to help you perform better, with less effort. Let it handle the grunt work and tedium, allowing you to focus on your real goals.

“…making for a highly efficient client experience and delivery of services…”

See how Collaborate streamlined The Center’s processes and reduced overhead.

  • Significant reduction in organization communication overhead
  • No annual or "per seat" license fees
  • Increased productivity and lower administrative costs
  • Reports that used to take weeks now take seconds!

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