Customers
Trusted by State Agencies Nationwide
Key Features
Streamline Direct Certification
Automate your manual processes and improve accuracy.
Provide faster notification to qualified families.
Process DC matches daily with scheduled automatic uploads.
Achieve a 95% Match Rate or Higher.
Securely import Direct Certification data from various sources.
Facilitate collaboration with SFAs through shared data.
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Key Features
Ensure Compliance and Maximize Efficiency
Get consistent and accurate reporting across SFAs
Monitor sponsors’ Direct Certification compliance
Easily match siblings to extend Direct Certification benefits
Automatically compare enrollment and provide benefits in real time.
Provides direct certification for late student enrollees and newly eligible students.
Additional Features
Streamlined Training and Progress Tracking
Categorical Eligibilities
State Agencies can import additional files—like Foster, Migrant, or Medicaid—automatically from external sources. They can also add other eligibility categories such as homeless, runaway, or Head Start. SFAs can upload student files and PrimeroEdge will match them against available Direct Certification data. Matched results are then accessible to SFAs.
Secure Centralized Data
State Agencies can import additional files—like Foster, Migrant, or Medicaid—automatically from external sources. They can also add other eligibility categories such as homeless, runaway, or Head Start. SFAs can upload student files and PrimeroEdge will match them against available Direct Certification data. Matched results are then accessible to SFAs.
Reports
Generate custom reports based on any local or state needs, such as the FNS 834. States will be able to aggregate SFA reporting quickly and accurately to gather statewide information. For example, the CEP Report can be utilized to find the percentage of students that qualify for free meals and allow state agencies to determine special provision needs for the coming school year. PrimeroEdge continually updates and maintains all compliance changes.
User-Friendly Imports
Easily import data containing eligible students from the State Agency’s Department of Health and Human Services daily, monthly or annually, and conduct matches as needed. These imports create a matched and unmatched student database within PrimeroEdge where users can view Direct Certification (DC) matches in real time.
Matching Techniques
Our sophisticated matching algorithm with customized matching criteria for each state includes match merging, phonetic matching and probabilistic matching during the DC process. PrimeroEdge uses Metaphone® and SOUNDEX® phonetic matching which allows names with the same pronunciation to be matched even if there are minor variations in spelling. 90% of matches are made initially during importing of the primary Student Information System (SIS) file by SFAs.
Potential Matches
Supplementing the automated state-level match, the system provides SFA users with robust tools to directly certify unmatched SNAP/TANF/FDPIR children. The system displays a list of unmatched students ranked by high and medium match probabilities. Possible matches are displayed side-by-side for an easy way to visually compare the records. Users can directly certify the newly-matched student with one click. SFAs can see an additional 4% of matches occur during this phase.
Direct Certification
PrimeroEdge is an intuitive web-based system for Direct Certification, providing centralized reporting, accountability, and advanced matching techniques through statewide collaboration with SFAs.
