Public Health
CSET
The Center for Supported Employment Technology (CSET) relies on a suite of four web applications to connect employment specialists with job seekers. Built in 2015 and untouched by developers since 2018, the apps were drifting out of security compliance with every passing month and the hosting costs kept climbing. The team faced a choice between paying more for software that was becoming a liability, or losing tools they depended on daily.
What changed
The applications now run on secure, up-to-date infrastructure at a fraction of the previous hosting cost. Employment specialists can also track and share a new category of community resources — not just jobs — giving them a broader toolkit to support their clients.
Full-Stack Modernization
We upgraded the entire Ruby on Rails stack and all associated dependencies to current, supported versions, closing the security gaps that had accumulated over five years of deferred maintenance.
Infrastructure Migration
We moved the four-application suite off its expensive Heroku environment and onto Dartmouth infrastructure, reducing operating costs while giving the team more control over performance, reliability, and future scaling.
Resources Feature
We added a new “Resources” capability to the Dashboard, letting staff create and flag community resources for specific clients using the same workflow they already use for jobs.