The North Dakota Department of Human Services, Children and Family Services Division, has chosen GL Solutions to develop a statewide child-care licensing system. The system will streamline the licensing, management and administration of child-care facilities throughout North Dakota. Regulatory officials will use GL Solutions’ configurable GL Suite application to ensure that facility operators adhere to safety standards involving facility size, cleanliness, staff qualifications and staff-to-child ratios, among others.
In addition to licensing, North Dakota’s GL Suite system will manage facility investigations and enforcement actions, including license suspensions and revocations. The system also will facilitate criminal history checks for staff at child-care facilities.
To keep consumers informed, GL Suite will support a website allowing the public to review the up-to-date licensing and disciplinary status of child-care facilities.
Following installation, GL Solutions will provide ongoing support through its GL Simple plan, which includes hosting at a Tier III certified data center, covers all defect correction and allows for continual system enhancements.
The North Dakota Department of Human Services is the third state regulatory agency in 2020 to choose GL Solutions. The New Mexico Children, Youth & Families Department engaged the company in May to develop a licensing system for a range of services and facilities related to foster care, behavioral health and residential treatment. The Nevada State Fire Marshal subsequently contracted with GL Solutions to develop a system to license fire-protection industries.
GL Solutions serves a growing portfolio of agencies that protect particularly vulnerable populations. In addition to its new clients in North Dakota and New Mexico, GL Solutions has contracted to develop a licensing, inspection and enforcement system for the Virginia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services.
For more than a decade, meanwhile, the Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Services has used GL Suite application to certify or license several professions, including nurses’ aides, adult care home administrators and dieticians. The agency also uses GL Suite to perform criminal record checks and to approve courses and instructors for the professionals the agency certifies and licenses.
Founded more than 20 years ago by former regulators with the Oregon Department of Justice, GL Solutions produces enterprise software that is used by dozens of state regulatory agencies, from Alaska to Connecticut. Its clients include boards of medicine, pharmacy, accountancy and cosmetology, among others.
For more information, contact Erik Lukens, VP for Business Solutions, at lukens@glsolutions.com or 541-312-3662.
