ADA Compliance

The Citizenserve citizen portal is fully ADA compliant and built to meet WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility standards. Designed with universal access in mind, the portal ensures that all residents — including those with disabilities — can easily submit complaints, track cases, pay fees, and access important information. By incorporating features such as keyboard navigation, screen reader compatibility, high-contrast modes, and scalable text, Citizenserve delivers an inclusive and user-friendly experience for every member of the community.

Why choose citizenserve®

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Perceivable
Citizenserve ensures our citizen portal is fully perceivable by all users. Every image, icon, and graphic includes meaningful alt text, while videos feature accurate captions. High color contrast ratios and resizable text help residents with low vision or color blindness access important information clearly and comfortably.
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Operable
The Citizenserve platform is designed to be fully operable without a mouse. Complete keyboard navigation, visible focus indicators, and no keyboard traps allow residents who rely on keyboards, switches, or voice commands to submit complaints, track cases, and make payments efficiently and independently.
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Understandable
Citizenserve prioritizes clarity and predictability across the entire portal. We use plain language, consistent navigation, descriptive link text, and helpful error messages so every resident — including those with cognitive disabilities — can easily understand forms, instructions, and processes without confusion.
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Robust
To ensure long-term compatibility, Citizenserve builds our portal using clean, semantic HTML and proper ARIA attributes. This robust approach guarantees the platform works reliably with current and future assistive technologies, including the latest screen readers and braille devices.
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Text Alternatives & Multimedia
Citizenserve provides high-quality text alternatives for all non-text content. Whether it’s images, charts, PDFs, or video tutorials, we supply accurate alt text, transcripts, and captions so residents who are blind, deaf, or have limited bandwidth receive the same information as everyone else.
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Navigation & Structure
The Citizenserve citizen portal features logical heading structure, landmark regions, and skip navigation links. This thoughtful organization helps screen reader users and all residents quickly understand the page layout and locate the exact service or information they need without frustration.

What our clients say

“Transitioning to a new platform seemed daunting. However, the implementation team from Citizenserve has been excellent at really digging into our current processes and synthesizing what we need the platform to be able to do. Drawing on their experience from working with other communities in the region, they are able to anticipate our needs and present multiple options so that we may select what works best for our community. The result is a platform that delivers much needed efficiencies and improved customer service.”

Kyle in Shaker Heights, OH

“Citizenserve provided us a solution for all our Community Development requirements. We have had great success with both the over-the-counter and the Portal Applications. We use Licensing, Permits, Code Enforcement, Inspections, Planning & Zoning, Adjudication and an Interface to our Financial system. Their response to report requests or support issues is remarkable.”

Joe in Mount Prospect, IL

“We began using Citizenserve in 2009 for Code Enforcement case management. Based on this successful use we expanded to include all building permits, development plan review and licensing. We now have a fully cloud based online system that our development community has expressed to us how easy it is to input and track their permits and projects via the public portal. I have found the Citizenserve cloud based software to be very user friendly and they provide fantastic support when needed.”

Darrel in Sanford, FL

“I have implemented permit tracking systems with other organizations, and Citizenserve is by far the smoothest and easiest implementation. The Citizenserve team is very responsive to the needs of the County and are great to work with, especially during the pandemic. Citizenserve drastically improves efficiency and reduces friction in the permitting and planning process.”

Dan in Cochise County, AZ

“Citizenserve has provided the City of Spanish Fort Building Department an efficient way to perform all the critical activities necessary for operations. Some of the methods made easier are the ability to receive and archive all necessary documents digitally, user friendly processing of applications, quick turnaround to issue the appropriate permits, effective ways to schedule required inspections and most importantly the digital record keeping with in field access. The Citizenserve staff has been excellent to work with from conception to completion of implementation as well as the ongoing support with quick response!”

Chester in Spanish Fort, AL

“This software is easy to learn and to use. My building department went to online permitting, the permit technicians are ecstatic that 60% of the phone calls and 80% of the walk-ins have been eliminated and the call-in inspections have gone down 90% because the contractors are now going to the online portal for their inspection requests.”

Neal in Holmes Beach, FL

“Citizenserve has proven to be one of the most responsive software vendors I have ever worked with. Building permitting is immensely complicated, as are health citations. Citizenserve has proven to be an excellent partner in building complex, multi-faceted and integrated solutions to meet the city’s needs in these areas. We have submitted literally hundreds of requests for enhancements, improvements, changes since launch, and they responded quickly to every one of them.”

Reuben in Revere, MA

My office used citizenserve from 2003 to 2006.  After a long hiatus I finally was able to convince new management to return to citizenserve.  My staff and I couldn’t be happier.  We picked right up where we left off.  Julie and Jim were fantastic in getting us back up to speed, showing us what was new, and helping us with changes to reflect our new procedures.  It’s like dealing with good friends when we need support.

Oviedo, Florida

Citizenserve has helped us launch into the digital age by transforming our services from antiquated paper processes to digital, streamlined and transparent workflows. The ease of use and simplicity has not only helped free up staff time but has helped our citizens stay up to date throughout our various permitting processes.

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Years of Experience
Citizenserve has been providing cloud-based software for municipal health departments, licensing, inspections, permitting, and code enforcement for more than two decades.
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Customized Portals & Certified Assessments
At Citizenserve, we understand that every community is unique. That’s why each citizen portal is custom-built to match the specific branding, workflows, services, and needs of the local government we serve. After customization is complete, we engage an independent, certified ADA agency to conduct a thorough accessibility assessment of the fully configured portal. This external review ensures full compliance with WCAG 2.1 AA standards and generates the detailed compliance reports required for documentation and peace of mind.
Collaborative Portal Configuration & ADA Compliance Assurance
The Citizenserve team works closely with your staff throughout the entire portal configuration process. From the initial setup to final configuration, our experienced implementation specialists collaborate with you to design a portal that perfectly matches your community’s branding, workflows, services, and specific needs. Every element — including forms, navigation, public pages, and internal workflows — is carefully configured to deliver an intuitive and efficient experience for your contractors, residents and business owners.
Once the portal is fully configured to your requirements, we take the extra step to ensure complete ADA compliance. Our team conducts internal accessibility reviews and then engages an independent, certified ADA agency to perform a comprehensive assessment. This rigorous process verifies that the portal meets WCAG 2.1 AA standards and produces the official compliance reports you need, giving you confidence that your citizen portal is fully accessible to all residents.
Ongoing ADA Compliance Assurance
Citizenserve makes it easy for your team to request changes or make updates to the portal whenever needed. You can submit change requests through our support team or use the built-in configuration tools to make adjustments yourself. No matter who makes the changes, the portal remains fully ADA compliant. Our team will gladly re-test the updated portal at any time and provide a fresh compliance report so you can always have complete peace of mind.
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