Social Services still has Computer Woes

While Garfield County (Colorado, USA) doesn't have the backlog of folks waiting for welfare benefits that seems to be plaguing the Front Range, it's still under the gun to convert its files to a new and imperfect state computer system.

The system is so glitchy a Denver District Court judge ordered the state to set up a toll free number for people whose applications for benefits have gotten lost in the system.

Renick is confident the upgrade can be completed in time. Although she acknowledges that the $200 million computer software was needed to replace the antiquated state system, it is seriously flawed. "It wasn't tested." she said.