I am looking for an well experienced Visual FoxPro programmer to begin taking over the maintenance and development of a Client & Agency Management System for SNAP, a non-profit, here in Spokane Washington. The system is relatively large and has been in development and use for nearly twenty years. I have done most all of the design and programming based on agency requirements and staff input. I want to first gain a colleague, and over time to gradually phase myself out.

The system, CAP-Sys, includes the following modules: client, homeless, energy assistance, minor home repair, weatherization, inventory, property management, loans, time-sheets, purchase orders, and calendar. It interfaces with financial software. The system includes about 200K lines of code, 100 tables and 100 forms. The coding of the visual aspect is object oriented, while the business model is not. The code has grown from FoxPro 2.6 for DOS, to Windows, and is now Visual. It sits on a file server surrounded by four terminal servers that support 150 users. The software is also in use by several smaller agencies.

SNAP is a private, non-profit Community Action Agency providing services primarily to low income people. My work with SNAP has been very rewarding. The person we find might choose to be either a full time employee (perfered and would include other MIS tasks) or a contract programmer. I believe that living in Spokane is essential. The person needs to be able to interface with the social service oriented staff, and of course with the MIS folk and myself.

Please respond directly by emailing me at alanmcf_ng at comcast dot net and/or through SNAP's website at www.snapwa.org. Thanks, Alan