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Atlantic County, New Jersey Turns to Accela’s Environmental Health Software

Accela to help county improve transparency, streamline workflows for the benefit of division staff, residents and businesses

San Ramon, Calif. (February 28, 2022) – Accela®, the trusted provider of cloud solutions for government, today announced that the Atlantic County Division of Public Health authorized a project to quickly transition from EnvisionConnect to Accela’s Civic Application for Environmental Health, Accela’s cloud-based permitting, inspection, and billing system for environmental health departments.

Accela, the Atlantic County EH team, and Accela certified partner [s]Cube are migrating current and historical data, modernizing workflows, and publishing a public-facing web portal for operators to conveniently renew, apply, and manage their environmental health programs. The county will also move from local servers to Accela’s cloud-based platform, powered by Microsoft Azure, thus relieving division staff of backup, security configuration, and performance monitoring, and giving them more time for more complicated, higher priority work.

Atlantic County’s Environmental Health Division oversees the traditional environmental health programs (e.g., food surveillance, bathing places, and air sanitation) as well as some health programs not always delegated to local environmental health departments. These specialty programs include kennels, boilers, campgrounds, and landfills. The county also tracks employee time against a myriad of additional services which educate and protect the public’s health in the region.

“It’s really fun to see environmental health professionals begin to realize more and more aspirational projects. For example, a full-service public-facing portal is a game changer for operators and applicants to conveniently transact and pay fees on any connected device,” explained Accela’s General Manager for Environmental Health Darryl Booth. “The public too will be able to search and browse public information, including inspection results, which will increase transparency and community engagement.”

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Accela provides a unified suite of cloud solutions trusted by governments across the globe to accelerate their digital transformation, deliver vital services, and build stronger communities. More than 275 million citizens worldwide benefit from Accela’s government software solutions. The company offers agile, purpose-built solutions and the power of a platform that provides users with a consumer-like experience, shares data across departments, and ensures world-class security.

With Accela, government agencies experience rapid and effective digital transformation. Accela’s government software meets agencies wherever they are on their modernization journey, while also helping them prepare for whatever comes next. The company is a 2021 Microsoft US Partner Award winner for its innovative SaaS solutions to help governments respond to the COVID-19 pandemic and was named as one of the Largest East Bay Tech Employers by San Francisco Business Times. Accela is headquartered in San Ramon, California, with offices around the world. For more information, visit www.accela.com.