Greensboro, North Carolina - December 16, 2002 - Geneva Software Company has been awarded a contract by the Washington State Rural Consortium to install Quantum financial accounting software. Quantum will be deployed as part of Creative Socio-Medic's regional behavioral and mental health care solution - AVATAR. The system will be part of a large ASP system and will initially be used by two agencies in different parts of the state of Washington. The Washington State Rural Consortium (WSRC) is a group of 5 Regional Support Networks (RSN) representing 20 human service agencies in 11 counties throughout the state. WSRC was organized to research, purchase and implement an agreed upon software product for all RSN's and agencies. Each RSN, and each agency within an RSN, will maintain an individual database for data collection, billing, utilization management, and reporting. The RSNs are responsible for ensuring medically necessary services for persons of all ages who are enrolled as members of the prepaid health plan as defined in the state Medicaid waiver. Tom Vincent, President of Geneva Software Company, said: "We are very pleased to be part of this ASP solution in the state of Washington. Geneva has several customers in that part of the country and we are looking forward to expanding even more throughout the state of Washington and the northwest" About Geneva Software Company Geneva markets, deploys and supports the Quantum financial accounting solution primarily to mental and behavioral health care organizations around the country. Geneva has added hundreds of features that make Quantum a more powerful and effective solution than standard generic accounting systems. Geneva has several strategic marketing relationships with clinical software providers including Uni/Care, Creative Socio-Medics and Civerex Systems, Inc. About Creative Socio-Medics CSM is a whole-owned subsidiary of Netsmart Technologies. The company is based in Islip, New York and was founded in 1968. CSM serves over 540 clients ranging from small mental health agencies to statewide billing and reporting systems. The Clinician Workstation (CWS), part of the AVATAR suite of products, has been developed specifically to meet the unique requirements of the human services industry. AVATAR solutions have evolved over a 34-year continuous development process within the Health and Human Services Industry.