CASE STUDY · OCT 2024
Save the Children: a custom CVA app on CommCare
How Save the Children built a configurable CVA app on CommCare, from beneficiary registration through real-time financial tracking.
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Cash & Voucher Assistance
Simplify CVA from beneficiary registration and verification through distribution and monitoring.
◆ Beneficiary Registration
Eligibility Scoring
Mobile-Money Disbursement
The Challenge
Cash programs must reach the right people, disburse aid fast, and account for every payment.
Preventing duplicate registrations
Recipients can be enrolled more than once across sites.
Guarding against fraud
High-value transfers are a target for diversion and abuse.
Reaching displaced populations
Recipients often move, making them hard to locate and follow.
CommCare in action
CommCare for Cash & Voucher Assistance
HIGHLIGHT 1 · REGISTER
Simplify the entire CVA workflow
- Single beneficiary record across the full lifecycle
- Pure Cash and Cash+ workflow configurations
- Optional self-registration via SMS or API
HIGHLIGHT 2 · TARGET
Target the right beneficiaries with confidence
- Automated eligibility scoring, simple or complex
- Flat or variable distribution amounts by rule
- Supervisor approval workflow before disbursement
HIGHLIGHT 3 · DISBURSE
Deliver secure, scalable digital payments
- Direct distribution and digital transfer workflows
- Bulk supervisor approval before funds are released
- API integration with third-party payment providers
HIGHLIGHT 4 · MONITOR
Ensure transparency, accountability, and impact
- Post-distribution monitoring surveys on a sample basis
- Community feedback and complaints-response workflows built in
- End-to-end audit trail for compliance and donor reporting
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How CommCare supports cash transfer programs around the world
A roundup of cash transfer and CVA programs on CommCare, from registration and eligibility through disbursement and post-distribution monitoring.
Read the roundupACROSS SECTORS
Cash and voucher assistance, built for every sector.
Use the power of CommCare to enroll, verify, pay, and reconcile, in any sector.
See it tuned foryour sectorPick a sectorCommunity HealthPrimary CareImmunizationsMaternal & Newborn HealthNutritionNon-Communicable DiseasesInfectious Disease Prevention & ControlMental HealthAgricultureHumanitarian ResponseEducationLivelihoodsChild HealthEarly Childhood DevelopmentWASHClimate & Environment
Any sector
Enrollment to reconciliation, in any domain.
Beneficiary enrollment, eligibility verification, and payment workflows, across the sectors where cash and vouchers fit. Pick a sector to see how it tunes.
- Rapid enrollment with ID and duplicate checks
- Eligibility, entitlement, and payment workflows
- Reconciliation across distributions and partners
COMMON QUESTIONS
Cash & Voucher Assistance FAQs
How it Works
What is Cash and Voucher Assistance (CVA)?
CVA gives individuals or households direct financial support, as cash transfers or vouchers, to meet essential needs. It lets beneficiaries allocate funds based on their own priorities, with dignity and flexibility.
How does CommCare support CVA programs?
It digitizes CVA workflows end-to-end: beneficiary registration, eligibility screening, payment approvals, distribution tracking, and post-distribution monitoring, all in one mobile case-management platform.
What are the benefits of using CommCare for CVA?
End-to-end beneficiary tracking even for mobile populations; automated eligibility calculations to minimize errors; fraud prevention and duplicate-registration checks; offline functionality; integration with financial service providers; real-time reporting via Power BI / Tableau.
What kind of reporting and monitoring does CommCare offer?
Real-time Power BI dashboards and customizable reports. Track distribution progress, analyze spending patterns, and generate donor-ready reports.
Operations & Getting Started
Can CommCare integrate with mobile money and banking services?
Yes, CommCare integrates with third-party payment providers via API, supporting mobile-money transfers, bank deposits, and voucher-based distributions.
Does CommCare work offline?
Yes. Field teams register beneficiaries, conduct surveys, and track distributions offline, and data syncs automatically once connectivity returns.
Can CommCare prevent fraud and duplicate registrations?
Yes. CommCare includes unique beneficiary identification, duplicate checks, and audit trails, helping ensure funds are distributed fairly and reach intended recipients.
How can I get started?
New to CommCare? Sign up for a free account and explore the platform. Dimagi offers a customizable CVA template application. Current partners can contact us to have it copied into your project space.