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TAUNTON Taunton 10-year-old Will LeFaivre has always had a passion for math and science.
Now, those passions, combined with his desire to help people, have taken him all the way to Invention Convention Nationals the final round of competition for this K-12 extracurricular.
Will s invention was inspired by his brother, 9-year-old Tommy, who is autistic. He said Tommy is very uncomfortable having his vital signs taken. He doesn t like the pressure from the blood pressure cuff or his fingers being strapped to the heart rate and blood oxygen monitor, Will said.
So Will created the VR Squared to help.
VR Squared stands for Virtual Reality Vitals Reader. It s a set of virtual reality goggles with a heart rate monitor, a blood oxygen monitor, a temperature reader and a blood pressure cuff attached.
REI and ACF Win Innovation Award for Improving Services to Human Trafficking Victims
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STERLING, Va., May 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ REI Systems is proud to congratulate the Shepherd Case Management Systems (SCMS) team on winning a 2021 ACT-IAC Igniting Innovation Award. The SCMS team consists of members from REI Systems and the Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP). The new SCMS better serves victims of human trafficking by facilitating services and support from multiple federal agencies into a single access point.
In 2018, ACF received three times more service requests than any previous year. The surge in demand and paper-based processes led the agency to ask REI to modernize the case management system used to manage and track information and services for victims of trafficking. The modernized, cloud-based application automates and streamlines ca
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