Crusecom
Government & Public

Government & Public Sector

Public benefits, citizen services, and regulated programs run by an SDVOSB-certified onshore team

Government & Public Sector — Public benefits, citizen services, and regulated programs run by an SDVOSB-certified onshore team

Industry Challenges

What government & public sector programs are up against

Public-sector customer programs run under constraints commercial programs don't face. Every interaction may end up in an audit, a FOIA response, or a regulator's review. Callers are often elderly, low-income, or working through a system they didn't choose. State contracts frequently require US-based delivery. Volume swings sharply around disbursement cycles and enrollment windows, predictable in timing but sharp in magnitude. A fixed staffing model can't absorb the spikes.

Regulatory Exposure

Government programs run under FOIA, state audit requirements, and PCI-DSS when cardholder data is in scope. Every agent interaction may be reviewable. Documented procedures, call recording, and access controls all have to hold up under examination.

Vulnerable Callers

Beneficiaries are often elderly, low-income, or in acute need. Calls require patience and plain-language explanation. Agents have to be trained to slow down rather than power through. A wrong answer or a dropped call has real consequences for the caller.

Onshore Mandates

Many state and federal contracts specify US-based delivery, either in the contract language or as a procurement preference that narrows the field. Offshore-first providers don't qualify.

Surge Volume

Policy changes, enrollment windows, and disbursement cycles produce sharp call spikes. The timing is predictable; the magnitude often isn't. Staffing to the peak year-round wastes money. Failing to staff for it when it lands is a service failure.

Why Crusecom for Government & Public Sector

SDVOSB · US-Based · Operating since 1998

We have been running government and public-sector customer programs since 2005. The flagship is Michigan's EBT cardholder support line — SNAP food assistance and other state benefits delivered via the Bridge Card — at 1.4 million recipients a month, 24/7 coverage, bilingual English/Spanish and English/Arabic. At peak the team runs above 300 agents, working primarily remote across the US. Our headquarters and operating base is in Oscoda, Michigan, with on-site capacity for engagements that need it.

We also support an EBT card terminal provider whose deployment spans 40-plus states. That program is tier-2 technical merchant support — retailers across the country calling in when their payment terminals have issues processing SNAP, WIC, and other benefit transactions — now in its fourth year. Before it, we ran a federal prepaid benefits card program that peaked above 350 agents — the largest cardholder support engagement in Crusecom's history, US-based, 24/7. That engagement has concluded. Around the same period, we ran a six-month outbound NHTSA safety-recall notification campaign for a national automotive manufacturer. A separate tier-2 program for a payment processor handling toll-road payment terminals ran on the same model as the EBT terminal work before that contract closed.

Across active programs: roughly 120,000 calls and 300,000 to 400,000 agent-minutes per month. Average handle time is three minutes. Service levels run 95% answered within 24 seconds on one program, 98.5% within 25 seconds on another. Michigan program agents average ten-plus years on program. PCI-DSS posture is SAQ-D-ME, with a prior Level 1 audit history. Crusecom is a certified SDVOSB, which opens set-aside contracting vehicles at the federal level and earns preference points in many state procurement processes.

Quick Facts

Certification
SDVOSB · SBA-certified
Delivery
US-based agents
Heritage
Operating since 1998
Environment
PCI DSS-compliant

Proof

By the numbers

1.4M
Recipients/month
300+
Peak agents
24/7
Coverage

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FAQ

Common questions

What does SDVOSB certification mean, and does it affect how we can contract with you?

SDVOSB stands for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business. It is a federal small-business designation that opens set-aside contracting vehicles at the federal level and earns preference points in many state programs. If your procurement process includes SDVOSB set-asides or weighted scoring for veteran ownership, Crusecom qualifies. Certification is administered by the SBA.

Are your agents based in the United States?

Yes. Most agents work remote, from communities across the country. Our headquarters is in Oscoda, Michigan, with on-site capacity for engagements that require it. We don't use offshore delivery.

What languages do you support?

English and Spanish are staffed in-house. Arabic is also staffed in-house on the Michigan EBT program. For other languages, we use qualified interpreter services, the same model state agencies use when in-house bilingual staffing isn't cost-justified for lower-volume needs.

What is your compliance posture for programs that handle cardholder data?

We are currently PCI-DSS SAQ-D-ME, with a prior Level 1 audit history. Card number capture, IVR routing around sensitive inputs, call recording controls. That's normal operations for us. We've run cardholder support programs continuously since 2005. If your program has a specific compliance scope or audit cadence, we can walk through how our environment maps to it.

Can you scale to handle a large state or federal benefits program?

We have done it. The Michigan EBT program — SNAP food assistance for 1.4 million recipients per month — runs with a team that peaks above 300 agents. Before that, we supported a federal prepaid benefits card program at larger scale. For a new engagement, we assess volume, surge patterns, and SLA requirements in discovery, then build a staffing model that can absorb the peaks without carrying permanent excess headcount.

Ready to talk about your government & public sector program?