NBA legend Shaq visits Missouri to celebrate state benefits expansion
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KY3/Edited News Release) - NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal was at the Missouri Capitol Friday as part of a benefits expansion of SteadyIQ. Shaq cofounded SteadyIQ.
According to the Missouri Department of Social Services, the service is designed to streamline the often time-consuming process of income verification, a critical step in enabling access to safety net benefits like Medicaid, SNAP, and TANF.
“Income verification is a mission critical step in the process of determining benefits eligibility. But for the growing number of workers who earn income from multiple sources, the process can be unnecessarily cumbersome and paperwork intensive,” said Melissa D. Wolf, Deputy Director of the Family Division at the State of Missouri’s Department of Social Services. “This is about modernizing the process using proven technology. It’s about boosting access and also improving the efficiency of our staff and accuracy of our programs in Missouri.”
SteadyIQ works with government agencies across the country to streamline benefits istration and reduce fraud. Traditional methods of ing income rely on databases that pull information on behalf of an applicant, a process that is opaque and limited in coverage to established data partnerships. SteadyIQ’s technology puts applicants in the driver’s seat, enabling them to review and share up-to-date income information. The result is a -directed and permissioned solution that allows applicants to seamlessly provide proof of income, clearing a significant hurdle in the process to apply for public benefits.
“New technologies have a crucial role to play in updating state benefits infrastructure for the 21st century, in ways that both improve processes and reduce fraud risk,” said Kim Evans, Division Director of the Family Division. “What sets SteadyIQ apart is their deep understanding of state benefits systems, and their commitment to creating a tailor-made solution that solves our agency’s most pressing income verification challenges.”
For more information on SteadyIQs work with state governments across the country, click here.
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