TANF 60 Month Eligibility Query System

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TANF 60 Month Eligibility Query System

• SYSRAD Technical Team
• December 12, 2006

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System Scope

• Search Module
• Provides ability to the state users to input
  search criteria and search against one or many
  states
• Responding State Module
• Sample implementation and simulation of a state
  that accepts requests for eligibility and
  provides response
• Administration Module
• Available only to authorized users
• Provides ability to Manage User Roles, Users and
  Access Controls
• Provides ability to Manage States that intend to
  participate
• Provide ability to Manage Contacts both at
  federal and state levels
• Provide a real-time and historical dashboard to
  view transactions
• View and Print Pre-defined Reports

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System Overview

• TANF 60 Month Eligibility Query System provides
  the following features
• A tool for participating states to share
  eligibility information
• Access to real-time benefit information
• Search capability for case worker to fetch
  eligibility data
• Ability to query multiple state databases with
  the same/different search criteria
• Logging of search transactions in the database
  for
• Audit Statistics
• Usage Analysis
• Response Times
• Ensure SLA requirements are met (10 second
  response)
• Ability to search eligibility data via XML input
  or HTML screens
• Ability to manage (add, activate and inactivate)
  states participating in TANF Data Exchange.
• Ability to maintain state and federal contact
  information
• High Availability Uptime gt 99 and 24/7 schedule
  

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System Overview Continued

• Ability to select from a list of participating
  states to query for benefit data
• Search Criteria includes
• Social Security Number and/or
• First and Last Name of the client
• Date of Birth
• Gender
• Benefit Information
• Multi state search results are compiled into a
  single response to the user
• Responding states provide caseworker contact
  information for each candidate that meets the
  search criteria
• Users can export results into Adobe PDF
  documents, Excel or CSV Files

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System Overview Continued

• State Responsibilities
• User authentication and logon
• Proxy server
• Web Browser
• Data Retrieval
• OFA Responsibilities
• Centralized Server to handle requests and
  responses
• Verification of states as actively participating
  in the program
• Validating requests are correctly formed
• Validating responses are correctly formed
• Compiling responses from multiple states into a
  single response

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System Overview User Data Flow
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TANF Data Exchange Search Module
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Search Module Request Data Structure
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Search Module Response Data Structure
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Search Module Response Data Candidate Overview
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Search Module Response Data Case Details
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Search Module Response Data Case Services
Details
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Search Module Response Data Contact Details
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Search Module Audit Trail - Request
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Search Module Audit Trail - Response
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Search Module Search Screen
Search Params First Name Last Name Middle
Name DOB SSN Gender Type of Benefit Date of
Benefit Providers
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Search Module Results Screen
Search Results Participant Info Case
Details Case Services Case Worker
Details Export to PDF / Excel / XML Pagination
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TANF Data Exchange State Module (Reference
Implementation)
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State Module Details

• State module simulates the processing for
  participating states in the TANF Data Exchange
  eco-system.
• Processing includes fetching information from
  sample state databases based on the search
  criteria e.g. First Name, Last Name, DOB, SSN,
  Gender etc.
• State module exposes functionality via a web
  service based upon the TANF Data Exchange schema.
• Current reference implementation state module is
  based on J2EE, but web service based
  implementation can be exposed on the other
  existing state systems that may be running on
  CICS, .NET etc.

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State Module User Authentication

• State User Authentication Screen Reference
  Implementation

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State Module Some Implementation Options

• Use the existing reference implementation as is
• No change required in the state module
  implementation
• Add external batch scripts / processes to bring
  data from current production systems to the RI
  database.
• Expose current systems (J2EE / .NET / CICS .)
  via a web service by taking the current state
  module as a reference implementation.

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TANF Data Exchange Administration Module
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Administration Module User Authentication

• User Authentication Screen

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Administration Module Welcome Screen

• Welcome Screen

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Administration Module Manage Users

• Select Manage Users Tab from the Menu

Functions View Users Add User View Roles Add
New Role Assign User to Role
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Administration Module Add New User

• Click New User from the tabbed submenu to add a
  new user to the system

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Administration Module View Users Assigned to Role

• Click on Roles by User sub-menu to view users
  that are assigned to a role

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Administration Module View Roles

• Click on Valid Roles to view all valid roles

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Administration Module Add New Role

• Click on New Role to define a new role

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Administration Module Manage States

• Click on Manage States to view list of States
  enrolled for data exchange

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Administration Module Add New State

• Click on Add New State to add a new State for
  data exchange

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Administration Module Edit State Information

• Click on a line item on the list of States to
  edit details

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Administration Module Manage State Contacts

• Click on the Manage Contacts Menu Item to view
  all State Contacts

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Administration Module View Federal Contacts

• Click on Federal Contact List to view Federal
  Contacts

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Administration Module Add New State Contact

• Click on the New State Contact sub-menu to add
  a new contact

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Administration Module Add New Federal Contact

• Click on the New Federal Contact sub-menu to
  add a new contact

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Administration Module Federal Dashboard

• Click on Dashboard menu item to view real-time
  and historical transactions

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Admin Module Pre-Defined Administration Reports
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Admin Module Pre-Defined Administration Reports
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Q A

• Questions?