The New York Foundling Success Story

Transcription

1 The New York Foundling Success Story Executive Summary The New York Foundling is a social services organization with a 147-year history of supporting youth and families in need throughout all five boroughs in New York City as well as in Puerto Rico. The Foundling began in 1869 as a home for abandoned babies, and now provides a wide array of life-changing services, including foster care and adoption services, support for young mothers in tough circumstances, residential programs and job placement for adults with disabilities, and even an overnight summer camp for children in the welfare system. The organization operates various staffed residential homes and seven offices throughout the boroughs and recently relocated their headquarters to a new space in Manhattan with far less room to store human resources records. With over 1,700 employees and counting, maintaining an organized file structure with a paper filing system and limited space had become impossible to manage efficiently. The Foundling needed a digital solution to be able to store all their files in one unified location and to allow their 19 human resources staff members to access the files on demand. They turned to Digiscribe for help digitizing, storing, and managing over 9,000 of terminated employee files as well as 1,700 current employee files. Digiscribe s document scanning & indexing services and cloud Industry Non-Profit Challenge Implement a unified, secure, & quickly accessible document storage & management solution for all employee files Enable staff to more efficiently respond to ad hoc audits throughout the year Improve file organization in smaller office space Solution Scan & index backlog of terminated & current employee files Store & manage all scanned employee documents in the cloud with FileBound On-Demand software Annual scanning & indexing of employment applications and temporary staff and intern paperwork Sharing of UltiPro HRIS generated documents and data with FileBound On-Demand Impact HR staff can now quickly access employee files in the cloud Employee files easily searchable with multiple index fields 90% reduction in time needed to respond to ad hoc audits Employee information is accurate & kept up to date in FileBound On-Demand without the need for manual data entry Eliminated backlog of thousands of employee files stored in filing cabinets

2 document management software have enhanced The New York Foundling s human resources department in the following ways: Faster and easier access to digitized HR files, even remotely Significantly improved audit response times Flexibility to relocate to a smaller space thanks to improved file organization Simpler and more organized filing structure hosted securely in the cloud Challenge With hundreds of terminated employee files at 40+ pages each in addition to records of their 1,600 current employees, The New York Foundling was struggling to maintain an organized filing system and desperately needed a centralized place for human resources files that allowed for quick and easy on-demand access. With limited storage space at their new headquarters, human resources staff had to dig through drawers in a cramped back room to find the information they needed for ad hoc social services audits throughout the year. The audits are carried out by agencies such as City of New York, Office of People with Developmental Disabilities, and Office of Mental Health, and happen randomly and without notice. That means there is the potential for one or more auditors to appear at one of several New York Foundling offices and residential programs at any time, where they each typically request to review up to 20 files at a time. With their paper filing system, locating, scanning, and delivering the files being audited often took several hours, especially when the audit requests were made at locations other than the headquarters where the HR files were housed. With the potential of concurrent audits, this time-consuming process simply wasn t sustainable and HR staff was spending valuable time searching for files instead of on work that supports the organization s mission. Solution The New York Foundling needed a digital solution to help them more easily manage thousands of human resources files and allow them to work efficiently within the smaller office space in their new headquarters. With document scanning & indexing services and FileBound cloud document management software, Digiscribe was able to address each of these issues.

3 At the outset of the project, Digiscribe scanned all of The New York Foundling s human resources files, from employment applications to tax-related records. Each employee file can include up to 77 different types of documents which require expert identification and indexing by Digiscribe s data entry team. The scanned and indexed documents were uploaded to FileBound, a cloud-based document management system, and organized into 13 discrete projects based on category. In addition to being able to navigate files by category, HR staff also needed the flexibility to search files using a variety of terms such as employee name, social security number, location, or document type, and Digiscribe s indexing expertise provided the perfect solution. Now, the only paper documents The Foundling stores at their headquarters are employment applications and temporary staff & intern paperwork, which are sent to Digiscribe for scanning once per year. Even onboarding paperwork, which used to be cumbersome and fully paper-based, is now completed with Ultimate s HRIS software, UltiPro. New hires complete and sign paperwork electronically, then HR staff verify it before uploading their entire personnel file to FileBound. The raw data from the electronic documents is captured in UltiPro and shared with FileBound thanks to FileBound s Importer Pro module, eliminating the need for any data entry of records in FileBound. Any changes made to employee information are shared with FileBound which means employee information is kept up to date in both systems without the need for manual data entry. Impact It cuts down so much time when it comes to searching. It is such a simple process. Melissa Caba HR Associate The New York Foundling Improved Efficiency Locate documents immediately by searching on multiple fields including employee name, social security number, location or document type Cloud document management allows HR staff to access digitized documents from any computer or mobile device

4 File requests can be addressed immediately instead of in batches because all HR staff members now have digital access HR files can be securely ed directly from FileBound software Faster Audit Response Time Reduced audit response time by 90%, from 4 hours to 20 minutes HR staff can now securely access, zip, and send employee files to auditors right from their desks Storage Savings Eliminated nine full filing cabinets to reduce expensive storage space by over 50% Reallocated office space used for filing cabinets for employee use Solutions Used Document Scanning & Indexing Cloud Document Management Software

5 About Digsicribe & Digiscribe New England Digiscribe delivers paperless office solutions that eliminate manual and inefficient business processes in accounts payable, human resources, and other critical business areas. Our clients engage us to lower costs, improve efficiency, and mitigate compliance risk throughout their organizations. We offer cost-effective services and software including outsourced digital mailrooms, mailroom scanning, workflow automation, cloud document management software, and document scanning. Digiscribe s New York office is one of the first SOC 2 Type 2 document conversion centers in the tri-state area, and our New England office is a Massachusetts Privacy Law compliant facility. Both offer award winning technical support and customer service, more than 25 years of experience, and a HIPPA compliance trained staff. Learn more at digiscribe.info. New York New England About The New York Foundling Founded by the Sisters of Charity in 1869 as a home for abandoned children, The Foundling today offers an expansive array of services for underserved children, families, and adults with developmental disabilities. Whether it s an abused child in need of a foster home, a young mother who lacks the skills to care for her child, or a young person lost in the juvenile justice system, The Foundling provides the resources necessary to rebuild lives and rebuild families. To learn more about The New York Foundling, visit their website at nyfoundling.org.