By Scott Miller, Vail Daily
There’s a lot of need in Eagle County, and only 24 people in the county’s Economic Services Department. That department is now using some electronic help.
During a Monday presentation to the Eagle County Board of Commissioners, Melissa Moore, the department’s organizational effectiveness manager, talked about the department’s use of a new software program, MyFriendBen.
That program is a creation of Gary Community Ventures, an effort named for Colorado philanthropists Sam and Nancy Gary.
Moore said Eagle County is among the first three Colorado counties — and the first on the Western Slope — to begin using the program. The system will help screen applicants for eligibility for more than 50 public assistance programs and tax credits.
Department deputy director Michelle Dibos said the system is easy to use and can estimate in as little as six minutes the level of benefits an applicant is eligible for.
