Three computerized welfare screening and application programs, with the companies that developed them, their states of operations, the number of welfare recipients they have signed up and the value of

Three computerized welfare screening and application programs, with the companies that developed them, their states of operations, the number of welfare recipients they have signed up and the value of benefits they have delivered:
BENEFIT BANK
Solutions for Progress Inc., Philadelphia.
Operating in: District of Columbia, Florida, Maryland, Mississippi, Ohio, Pennsylvania.
Clients in 2006: 7,138.
Value of tax credits, food stamps in 2006: 7.1 million.
EARNBENEFITS
Seedco, New York.
Operating in: Georgia, Maryland, New York, Tennessee.
Clients since 2004: 18,298.
Value of food stamps, tax credits, Medicaid since 2004: 10.9 million.
REALBENEFITS
Community Catalyst, Boston.
Operating in: Illinois, Massachusetts, Maine.
Clients since 2003: About 100,000.
Value of health insurance, food stamps, heating assistance since 2003: About 300 million.
Sources: Solutions for Progress Inc., Seedco and RealBenefits Inc.