CVA App Template

Owned by Erick Romo
Last updated: Dec 20, 2024
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Application Summary

This CommCare application template serves as a comprehensive template for Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA) programs. It supports the major stages of the CVA process, including Registration, Eligibility, Approval, Distribution, and Monitoring. The application enables efficient case management for households and individuals, ensuring accurate data collection, seamless workflows, and effective monitoring of CVA program outcomes.

 

Application Outline

Modules and Forms:

  1. Registration Module:

    • Registration Form: Opens household case and captures initial data (e.g., household name, size).

    • Edit Individual Form: Updates individual-level case data as needed

    • Household Info Form: Updates household-level case data as needed.

    • Add Individual to Household Form: Adds new individual cases linked to an existing household.

    • Change Head of Household Form: Updates the head of household property in a household case.

    • Close Household Form: Closes a household case after all activities are completed.

    Household Verification Module:

    • Household Verification Form: This verifies the information registered in the registration module to check for fraud.

  2. Approval Module:

    • Approval Form: Marks households as eligible for resource distribution.

  3. Distribution Module:

    • Disbursement Distribution Form: Logs resource allocation to approved households.

  4. Post-Distribution Monitoring (PDM) Module:

    • PDM Form: Tracks the outcomes and effectiveness of resource distribution.

  5. Feedback Module:

    • Exit Interview Form: Collects feedback from households exiting the program.

    • Cash Distribution Site Monitoring Form: Observes and evaluates the resource distribution process at sites.

Case Structure

Case Types:

  • household case:

    • Properties: Name, size, pregnant women count, child demographics, displacement status, approval status, resources received.

    • Hierarchy: Parent case for individual-level cases.

  • individual case:

    • Properties: Name, age, gender, relationship to household head, specific needs, and any program eligibility markers.

    • Hierarchy: Child case linked to a household case. Allows tracking of individual-level data within the household context.

 

Forms and Functions

  1. Registration Module:

    1. Registration Form: Opens household case and captures initial data (e.g., household name, size).

    2. Edit Individual Form: Updates individual-level case data as needed

    3. Household Info Form: Updates household-level case data as needed.

    4. Add Individual to Household Form: Adds new individual cases linked to an existing household.

    5. Change Head of Household Form: Updates the head of household property in a household case.

    6. Close Household Form: Closes a household case after all activities are completed.

  2. Household Verification Module:

    1. Household Verification Form: This verifies the information registered in the registration module to check for fraud.

  3. Approval Module:

    1. Approval Form: Marks households as eligible for resource distribution.

  4. Distribution Module:

    1. Disbursement Distribution Form: Logs resource allocation to approved households.

  5. Post-Distribution Monitoring (PDM) Module:

    1. PDM Form: Tracks the outcomes and effectiveness of resource distribution.

  6. Feedback Module:

    1. Exit Interview Form: Collects feedback from households exiting the program.

    2. Cash Distribution Site Monitoring Form: Observes and evaluates the resource distribution process at sites.

Case Ownership

  • Ownership Type: Case ownership is assigned to locations.

  • Case Sharing: Enabled via locations to facilitate assigning cases to a State or City. This configuration supports application performance by limiting the number of cases that load into the case list and enables filtering data by location.

Users

  • User Types:

    • Field Workers: Manage registration, follow-up, and verification.

    • Supervisors: Handle approvals and oversee distributions.

    • Monitoring and Evaluation: May export or update data as needed. 

  • Custom User Data:

    • Includes role-based access to forms.

    • Supervisors may have restricted access to approval and monitoring forms only.

  • Access Control:

    • User roles determine access to specific forms and modules.

 

Want to Start Using CC for CVA?

We built out an application that you can download into your project space. Reach out to info@dimagi.com and we can copy this application into your project space.