For Immediate Release: March 4, 2004

For more information:
John Williamson, (785) 296-5003, jwilliamson@ajla.net

AJLA Introduces FiscalLink

With the December 2003 release of America’s JobLink (AJL), the ability to use one program to manage both participant services and vendor payments became a reality. After strenuous pilot testing in Kansas’ Local Workforce Investment Area V, FiscaLink became the newest addition to the AJL suite of products. FiscaLink allows AJL subscribers to currently process payments for all WIA programs including NEG (National Emergency Grants) grants, and TAA (Trade Adjustment Act) activities.

FiscalLink provides AJL users with a complete fiscal management application that seamlessly integrates with ServiceLink, the case management and job seeker tracking module of AJL. AJL security insures adequate internal controls are present to make sure FiscalLink complies with GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principals) requirements for sound fiscal management. The system fully supports accrual accounting methods, ensuring the accurate reporting of programmatic obligations and outlays. Fiscal staff and service delivery staff can now use a single program. Fiscal staff will be able to directly view the case management records, while case managers will have access to participant and vendor budget and payment information.

FiscalLink provides the following fiscal management functions: generating participant budgets and payments; generating vendor budgets and payments; creating vouchers for expenditure management; managing administrative budgets and payments; generating obligation and expenditure reports down to the office level; and numerous other fiscal management reports at the office, WIB (Workforce Investment Board) and state level. While FiscalLink is not a check writing system, it does produce standard output files that can be imported into any one of several software programs. Currently, AJLA-TS has created two separate interface programs for FiscalLink for participant and vendor check processing.

FiscalLink is now being used across Kansas to manage WIA fiscal activities. Future enhancements already in the planning stages include the ability to enter overall program level budgets for WIA at the WIB and State level, including the ability to enter outlays for other program costs. This will allow FiscalLink to become a single repository for fiscal management information. Contact AJLA at 1.800.255.2458 for more information about FiscalLink.

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