Social Solutions is a 200+ person software company" Nonprofits turn to Middle River software firm "

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, Tuesday, November 25, 2009: Gus G. Sentementes. Accessed December 1, 2009. with headquarters in Austin,

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."Feds to pay Social Solutions $1M for use of its software"
''Baltimore Business Journal'', Friday, December 5, 2008: Scott Dance. Accessed December 1, 2009. The company provides performance management software for human service organizations, including

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, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the

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, the

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, and organizations in the cities of

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and Hartford, Connecticut. Social Solutions' software products, called Efforts to Outcomes (ETO) and Apricot, help organizations measure the progress that they make with participants and families.

History

Social Solutions was founded in 2000 by Steve Butz,"Making a Measurable Difference Creator of rating tool seeks to improve charity effectiveness"

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, Thursday, November 13, 2008: Caroline Preston. Accessed December 1, 2009. a former human service professional with the Living Classrooms Foundation."WASHINGTON: Social worker puts nonprofits to test"
The Washington Times, Sunday, March 29, 2009: Adrienne T. Washington. Accessed December 1, 2009. Butz and his co-founders, Adrian Bordone and Vince Griffith, were frustrated by their inability to accurately track progress when working with troubled youths, and decided that there must be a better way for human and social service organizations to affect participants, families, and communities. In 2014 Social Solutions was acquired by

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, and in 2015 Social Solutions acquired Community TechKnowledge (makers of Apricot software) based out of Austin,

References

The Baltimore Sun Media Group Names Social Solutions 2015 Top Workplace August 12, 2015 http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2015/12/08/8288359.htm

External links

Social Solutions Non Profit Software websiteArticle documenting Social Solutions' work with Administration on Aging
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