1.  Data entry begins with identification of a Resource.  A Resource may be an individual, organization or agency.  Individuals include people with special needs, parents, staff, providers or community members.  Organizations and agencies may be community based or state level. 

• Personnel employed/contracted by a Resource as well as sole individuals who are able and willing to provide a skill, talent, knowledge or service may be entered into SWIft Maps.
• Though the first Resource Screen is the only required screen, additional screen information will more easily assist families and professionals when looking for resources. 

2.  SWIft® Resources Data Collection is facilitated by entering resource information directly onto the website.  Member organizations, defined by community action teams, are given login ids and passwords in order to enter information.  A paper data entry form is available, if needed, but entry directly onto the web is quite simple.

3.  Entering Data:

• Access SWIft® Resources www.swifamlies.com  through internet browsers.
• Home Page:  SWIft® Resource Search; User Agreement; Partners; Website Feedback; About Us; Help.  Connection to Community Action Teams.
• Go to SWIft Resource Administration.  Review and accept Resource Information Provider User Agreement.
• Enter assigned Member Login ID and Password.  You’ll be taken to -
• Select Resource Screen:  To add a new resource, click on Continue.  To edit a resource already entered, click on arrow and select desired resource.
• Add New Resource Screen:
  1. Scroll down the screen so that you can see all the information on the screen.  Red dots at the end of the entry blank means that information is required to complete entering a new resource – that is, it’s a required field.
  2. Enter Resource information, making sure all required fields are completed.  Click on Add.  (If you need to reset and start over, click on Reset.)
  3. A red message at the top of the screen will inform you that the information entered was added successfully.  Or, it may prompt you to add information that is missing but required.
  4. Go to the other categories (buttons) at the bottom of the screen.  Take a look at the kinds of information it is possible to enter.  Once you are ready, enter information on all relevant screens.  You can return and add more information by using the edit function on Select Resource Screen.
  5. Multiple services, skills, talents, knowledge, programs, etc. may be entered for a resource.  Go to Update Resource Screen, click on arrow and locate resource.  Click on bottom button (personnel, service, etc.)  Click on arrow to locate specific person/ resource, click continue.  On Select (Service) screen, click on (service) type and update by adding required information.  Steps can be repeated until all information is entered.
• Resources having more than one Type:
  1. To enter resource information related to more than “one” type, it will be necessary to enter all required resource information for each type.  The database is constructed in this manner in order to search for a specific type of resource.
•  Hints for getting around and entering information:

1. Text information is entered in the white blanks.
2. Description blocks can be used for longer text based sentences (or resource descriptions).
3. Use the TAB key to go from field to field or you can use your mouse.
4. Click on the boxes or fields with the mouse to enter an “v” in the box.
5. Remember that the fields noted with a Red Dot mean that they must be completed in order for the information to be entered into the database.
6. You can go back to a previous screen by clicking on the Back Arrow at the top on the toolbar.

• See Help Definitions, for a list of definitions used by the database.