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Group Membership and Households
How Public Sector Solutions Models Groups and Relationships

How Public Sector Solutions Models Groups and Relationships

In Public Sector Solutions, use party relationship groups to organize constituents under a single household and connect related households or associated business accounts, such as the constituent’s employer or health insurance provider.

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Available in: Lightning Experience
Available in: Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions in Public Sector Solutions

Here are a few examples of how to map constituent relationships by using the Group Membership objects in Public Sector Solutions.

Example 1: An individual constituent

Data Object Record
An individual constituent Person Account A person account with details about the constituent

Example 2: A benefit recipient and their family

Data Object Record
A benefit recipient Person Account A person account with details about the benefit recipient
The benefit recipient’s spouse Person Account A person account with details about the benefit recipient’s spouse
The benefit recipient’s child Person Account A person account with details about the recipient’s child
The benefit recipient’s household Business Account A business account that represents the household
Details about the benefit recipient’s household Party Relationship Group A party relationship group whose type is Household and describes the business account as a household
The relationship between the benefit recipient’s household and its members Account Contact Relationship

Three account-contact relationships to define each individual’s role in the household:

  • Recipient to business account
  • Spouse to business account
  • Child to business account
The relationships between the benefit recipient’s family members Contact Contact Relationship

Six contact-contact relationships: 

  • Recipient to spouse
  • Recipient to child
  • Spouse to recipient
  • Spouse to child
  • Child to recipient
  • Child to spouse

Each contact-contact relationship is related to a party role relationship record that describes the relationship.

Example 3: A case participant, their household, their employer, and their household’s health insurance provider

Data Object Record
A case participant Person Account A person account with details about the case participant
The case participant’s household Business Account A business account that represents the household
Details about the case participant’s household Party Relationship Group A party relationship group whose type is Household and describes the business account as a household
The case participant’s employer Business Account A business account that represents the business
The relationship between the case participant and their employer Account Contact Relationship An account-contact relationship that connects the case participant’s person account to the employer’s business account and defines the participant’s role
The relationship between the case participant’s household and the household’s health insurance provider Account Account Relationship

Two account-account relationships: 

  • Case participant’s household to health insurance provider
  • Health insurance provider to case participant’s household

Each account-account relationship is related to a party role relationship record that describes the relationship.

 
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