wic does not approve organic foods

Why not? The only reasonible explanation is that it assumed that the organic foods are more expensive. This assumption is not necessarily true.

I am not going to go into why organics are better but asking for any comments from you out there. Also asking if you agree that the policy be changed.

Please comment,

Thanks,

Frank

better with other browsers, ie 9 - not so good

Enhancements to style sheets have been migrated that allow better visual clues to browsers other than internet explorer. Ironically, if you have upgraded to ie9, you may throw some unrelated javascript errors. Their site doesn't recommend Chrome, but actually Chrome works very well with the site.

new features

General improvements added to the site.

uh ohh

you may have gotten an error while submitting a change report such as below. If so, report it in the survey section. I did so, so hopefully it will get resolved soon. The good news is that it won't stop your change report from getting to DES. They will still get the info in another format. The only thing it means is that you won't be able to see what you have submitted as a pdf.

System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapException: Server was unable to process request. ---> Timeout expired. The timeout period elapsed prior to completion of the operation or the server is not responding. at MyFamilyBenefits.IVRbusObjWS.IVRbusinessObjects.uploadChangeReportFiles(Int32 caseNum, DateTime SubmittedDate, Int32 FileType, Byte[] bytes, String Comments, String fileFormat) at MyFamilyBenefits.memberPages.ChangeSummary.uploadChangeReportFile(String filePath, DateTime SubmittedDate, String lang)

public announcement in a theatre near you

changes to the application

The office info is now hidden by default. Just click the bar to view. 

Instead of clicking the 'Add More' button, tryi clicking the title bars instead. It's a short cut to where you want to go.

Verifying your Changes were submitted.

Or just viewing what you sent to DES in the past.

Submit the change (or checkout as it's known in other systems)

If you don't checkout. All your changes will be deleted shortly after midnight and no one will see them.

street address

This is an example of how the (Example:) on the page would be entered.

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Saturday, July 24th 2010

MyFamilyBenefits help

6. How do I use the calendar feature?

To use the calendar feature, click on the Calendar icon next to any date field. When the calendar appears, it automatically shows the current month and year. If you want to go to another month and year, click on the Month, Year (example: August 2009) to select another month. Then click on Year (example: 2009) and use the arrows to select another Year or you can just click on the left and right arrows to change months and years.

How to use this web site, number 6 illustrated:

submit a survey comment

if you would like to suggest changes in the web site, DES in general or just get something off your chest, submit a survey comment. You can submit only a comment if you wish, or complete part or all of the survey along with it.

tip o the day - other changes

use the 'Other Changes' category to report things like Voluntary Withdrawels or for whatever you can't find a category.

Other types of changes such as an address change should be reported via the address page. Especially since an address is automatically updated while other takes a worker

tip o the day - submit the change report

Make sure you submit your 'change report' and the red bar  at the top disappears. Otherwise you will lose your changes shortly after midnight. When you save the change it takes you to the summary page. Just click the lower right hand button.

ITS ALIVE!

It's official. Last night, multiple members submitted changes through our site. Our first. I verified that the changes updated all the way through this system.

hello world

Well, the MyFamilyBenefits is up and running for those of you receiving assistance in the State of Arizona. Looks like we have our first people join up this past week.

Plan on using this blog for a way to communicate information and as a way for those of you who need to ask a question and receive an answer about the site.

Already a discussion of the site on my other blog. Feel free to post questions here or there.

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If you need to apply for said benefits, try this Cash (AFDC) or Nutrition Assistance (food stamps) or ahcccs/medical.

Any questions, feel free to leave a comment.

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hola mundo

Bueno, el MyFamilyBenefits está en marcha para aquellos de ustedes que reciben asistencia en el Estado de Arizona. Parece que tenemos a nuestra gente primero se unen la semana pasada.

Plan sobre el uso de este blog por una manera de comunicar la información y como un medio para aquellos de ustedes que necesitan para hacer una pregunta y recibir una respuesta sobre el sitio.
Ya la discusión del sitio en mi otro blog. Siéntase libre de enviar preguntas aquí o allá.