Contact center outsourcing solutions for government agencies and municipalities

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A Passion For Improving The
Citizen Experience

CRI supports government organizations that embace technology to create a better experience
for those they serve. With
a proven track record and demonstrated results,
CRI is a trusted partner you can rely on.

Set a new standard in contact center customer care

When it comes to the public sector, citizens expect to receive the same level of customer experience that the private brands have been delivering for decades.
But the customer service challenges facing the government agencies are not that easy to solve. The lack of infrastructure, knowledge and experienced workforce hinders the ability to provide services that save the individual time and deliver an excellent customer experience.

What often stands in the way of your agency delivering great contact center support – budget constraints, outdated or incomplete IT capabilities, lack of flexibility and resources – are the very things private companies can deliver at scale.

Get results fast through a strategic partnership with CRI

Outsourcing your contact or call center needs to an industry veteran with proven experience, like CRI, allows you to:

  • ramp up your initiatives fast,
  • deliver superior customer service in multiple languages and
  • do so through various communication channels that your customers are comfortable using.
Contact and Call Center

Solutions in Action

Contact and call center services that support your agency’s customer care initiatives
  • Federal emergency disaster relief
  • Claims and application processing
  • Documentation validation
  • Dispute resolution
  • Inbound customer service
  • Outbound call center
  • Call center overflow
  • Surveys
  • Text, email and social media customer service
  • Scripted information dissemination
  • Emergency hotlines
  • State healthcare exchange support
  • Technical support and help desk
  • Administrative and back-office services
  • Government-sponsored rebate and other programs
  • Debt collection

Our Customers

Department of Education
Department
of Education
Small Business Administration
Small Business
Administration
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of
Veterans Affairs
General Services Administration
General Services
Administration
Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority
Missouri Higher Education
Loan Authority
California Rural Indian Health Board
California Rural
Indian Health Board

What You Can Expect from Us

With CRI Business Solutions, you get an experienced contact center support solution including the hiring and training of staff, implementation, and ongoing project management of operations.

Project management
Project management
Knowledgeable subject matter experts with a reputation and performance record to excel.
Qualified and trained US-based agents
Trained US-based agents
Bilingual agents trained to handle communications most effectively and professionally.
Latest multi-channel technology
Multi-channel technology
Great customer services via voice, email, webchat, SMS/text, or social media.
Real-time performance metrics
Performance metrics
Ability to monitor performance in real-time with access to dashboards.

Time-proven standards behind our success

People
The quality of service your agency offers is only as good as its people. We embrace the challenges that come with recruiting, training and retaining call center personnel. Our agents pose the right skill set to deliver a high level of performance and be successful at their job, providing excellent articulation and comprehension, computer literacy, and good work habits. They are trained in the areas of telephone etiquette, customer empathy, listening skills, industry and product knowledge, and problem identification and resolution.

CRI managers and supervisors possess the knowledge and professional experience critical to providing quality leadership for your contract and ensuring top-performing results.

Process
A superior level of service requires a proven process that streamlines service delivery and improves the customer experience. As an ISO 9001:2015 certified organization for our Quality Management System, we are skilled at delivering services based on several quality management principles, including leadership, operation, process approach and ongoing process improvement.

CRI provides a contact center solution that adapts to our client’s procedures and includes personnel and project management. Get fast start-up support and ongoing operations management that allows your staff to focus on other areas of day-to-day work.

Our experience of providing federal, treasury-funded call center and loan application support has taught us the importance of agility and innovation. Our process has built-in flexibility to react quickly and efficiently to a changing environment that often comes with government contracts or any workforce challenge. We can manage staff on our site, at the client’s site or through remote staffing.

Technology
Upgrades and maintenance of technologies are some of the biggest expenses for government agencies. The federal government spends the majority of its IT budget on the maintenance of legacy systems rather than developing, modernizing and integrating new technologies.

We take this burden away by offering the latest systems and platforms needed to operate a call center most efficiently and with the highest customer satisfaction. We invested in the infrastructure of data centers and cloud platforms, providing data services housed in a combination of Tier 1 Data Center and flexibility of cloud storage built to meet growing demands for Disaster Recovery and High Availability.

All platforms and applications have redundancy built in to safeguard against most failures and consistently perform at an average of 99.95% uptime. CRI is audited annually and is certified compliant with HIPAA, GLBA, ISO 27001, NIST 853, FISMA and PCI-DSS.

Our experienced IT professionals support a range of technologies required to handle the volume of calls and inquiries through various channels. And you will have 24/7 access to our Support and Incident Management services with live support and on-call personnel.

Data Security and Analysis
In the digital age, data breaches are common across all industries, including government departments and organizations. We are here to protect your agency’s reputation and help the public feel confident in sharing personal information necessary for successful case resolution.

CRI is certified in ISO 27001:2013 for Information Security Management Systems (ISMS), which shows our commitment to managing the security of data and other assets entrusted by our customers.

We are a TechLock Certified Service Provider which means our operations currently meet all required federal data security standards, including obtaining an Authority to Operate from the U.S. Department of Education.

We have developed compliance standards and protocols to fulfill federal, state and municipal regulations and directives. Additionally, we strive to meet clients’ specific contracts and work requirements.

The success of your customer experience program can’t happen without the availability and analysis of data. An integrated analytics platform offered by CRI allows our customers access to real-time monitoring and reporting tools. Armed with actionable data, you can make highly informed management decisions faster, accurately plan future initiatives based on historical insights, and achieve better overall performance with enhanced efficiency.

Time-proven standards behind our success
“I’m very pleased with the experience I had with my representative. She and another lady were always there to help me with any questions that I had.”
--- BBB Reviewer

Outsource smarter. Execute with confidence.

Let CRI Business Solutions help you set a new standard for customer experience in the public sector.

10 Reasons to choose CRI

What started in 2002 as a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business has since grown to become a large government contractor, small business mentor, and recognized industry leader.

With headquarters in Lowell, Arkansas, and an office in Washington, D.C.-metro, CRI operates multiple call centers across the U.S. with hundreds of skilled employees.

With seven years of experience operating heavy contact volume programs, we have been trusted with call center support by the Department of Education, Department of Veterans Affairs, General Services Administration, Small Business Administration and Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority.

  1. Call center and application process experience
  2. Operation expertise and infrastructure
  3. Federal guidelines and security adherence
  4. Proven fast start-up process
  5. Flexible and scalable capabilities
  6. Knowledgeable leadership
  7. Custom agents training
  8. Agent motivation and performance program
  9. Innovative and solution-focused
  10. Omnichannel contact center capabilities
Small Business Administration
SUCCESS STORIES

$750 billion distributed under SBA Paycheck Protection Program

As a call center contractor with SBA, CRI was responsible for fielding tickets or calls, assisting applicants with the application process, reviewing applications for payment corrections, and confirming the accuracy of deposits.

As a call center contractor with SBA, CRI was responsible for fielding tickets or calls, assisting applicants with the application process, reviewing applications for payment corrections, and confirming the accuracy of deposits.
Department of Education
SUCCESS STORIES

1.5 Million Calls Handled Per Month

For the U.S. Department of Education, CRI call centers handled more than 1.5 million calls per month assisting student loan borrowers with loan refinancing applications and customer service.

For the U.S. Department of Education, CRI call centers handled more than 1.5 million calls per month assisting student loan borrowers with loan refinancing applications and customer service.
Small Business Administration
SUCCESS STORIES

36 Hour Staffing Turnaround for SBA

Trained and reallocated 100 employees within 36 hours’ notice to fulfill new contact center need, demonstrating our ability to meet special, ad hoc client needs.

Trained and reallocated 100 employees within 36 hours’ notice to fulfill new contact center need, demonstrating our ability to meet special, ad hoc client needs.