Service providers will also use the system as an efficient case management tool, while community planning can examine anonymous demographics and service profiles on system users for purposes of planning and resource allocation. Family Resource Centers and other organizations hosting pilot public access terminals will invite citizens entering their facility to use the Galileo system initially while waiting for an appointment. It will also empower consumers to obtain their own solutions to needs. This computerized information system consolidates social service, health care, training and job information in an interface that average citizens and system participants can use. With the Galileo system, families can enter basic information about themselves which multiple community agencies need for eligibility determination.
Families can decide which agencies they wish to allow to access the information.
They can also have the information and enrollment system fax a completed introductory program application form to community services. This collaborative group of professional constitutes the Pilot Steering Committee for the initiative, providing the structure and process to implement a cross system approach for the selection of public access sites, coordination with the vendor on system implementation, information updating, and funding to ensure the objectives of the initiative are achieved.