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Muscogee Staffing Solutions Helps with CARES Act Applications

Additional staff helps in processing applications

by Lani Hansen
October 9, 2020
in Home Feature, News
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Muscogee Staffing Solutions Helps with CARES Act Applications

MCN COVID Specialist Brigham Bert and other staff members continue working on processing applications for the CARES Act funding. (Lani Hansen)

By Lani Hansen, Senior Reporter

OKMULGEE, Oklahoma– Muscogee (Creek) Nation Acting Secretary of Community and Human Services Shawn Partridge provides an update on the CARES Act funding for citizens.

“On September 21, we threw a partnership in contract with Muscogee Staffing Solution adding 20 temporary staff reporting,” Partridge said. “Fourteen of those staff were designated to work on processing applications. Six of the staff were designated to work in the call center.”

Some of the staff members in both groups are currently out of office, so it has slowed down the process of reviewing applications and answering calls. Currently in the call center there are two staff members working.

Every Monday, there is someone who is compiling data from the week before over the number of applications processed through finance for payment. As of September 25, there was 2,436 income support applications and 2,476 hardship applications that were approved.

“The data and information are compiled weekly,” Partridge said. “As of September 25, we have expended $2,372,000 in hardship applications funding. We also paid out $3,643,000 in income support.”

With temporary staffing being added in the last full week of September, they had to take time to go through training. Looking forward, Partridge said they have seen benefits from having additional capacity to assist. With additional staffing, they are hoping to see an increase of processing applications.

The hours of operation in the call center is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and it is closed for lunch from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

“That allows time for a follow-up with any of the case workers either in the morning or afternoon,” Partridge added. “We do want to re-iterate that even when we had six people working in the call center, there was still a wait time.”

The deadline for applications are set for December 15.

For more information call the Coronavirus CARES Act hotline, at (918) 549-2440.

Tags: #CARESACT#MCN#MuscogeeStaffingSolution
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Comments 3

  1. Terry Lindsey says:
    2 years ago

    I had been waiting since June on my application. I finally a response back last week you needed my proof of income and the name on my letter wasn’t even my name. I sent it in Wednesday and haven’t gotten a response it was received. Just curious if it will be expedited since I have been waiting so long or am I going to have to wait another 3 months. Just curious. Mvto.

  2. Margaret Honyouti says:
    2 years ago

    Mvto for your work on getting the funds out to the Citizens. We need to understand with that many applications and not enough staff on board due to the pandemic it is expected to take time to process.

  3. Christina Hunter says:
    2 years ago

    Who can apply for the coronovirus cares act and can we apply online

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