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Florence software company to showcase flagship product developed for food banks, partner agencies

By Lucy Berry

Posted October 16, 2013 at 4:30 PM, updated October 16, 2013 at 4:33 PM

FLORENCE, Alabama – They describe themselves as nerds, armed with a hunger to design and build web applications and make computers easier to navigate.

The Florence-based software business has developed a flagship product for food banks and partner agencies to keep track of information related to client intake and reporting data, as well as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) outreach.

The company, Simon Solutions, will showcase their product Oasis Insight, which is being used by 50 of more than 200 food banks in the Feeding America Network, during the Feeding America Agency Capacity, Programs and Nutrition Conference in Chicago from Oct. 21-23.

"This gives us a chance to talk with our food bank partners face to face, listen to their goals and grow our relationships," said Oasis Insight spokesperson Joey Yarber.

Opened since early 2006, Simon Solutions eventually developed the CharityTracker after being approached by the United Way of Northwest Alabama to devise a system that would link caregivers in the event of a future emergency. Thousands of groups in more than 650 U.S. cities are now using the system.

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