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.
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Learn more →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
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