Felicia Curcuru, Co-Founder and CEO, Binti There are 400,000 children in foster care in the United States. The challenges these children face are profound: half of those aging out of foster care will experience homelessness, and half will interact with the criminal justice system before adulthood. 80% face serious mental health needs, and children in foster care experience PTSD at double the rate of war veterans. Across the country, social workers are doing extraordinary work under immense pressure to support this vulnerable population. Yet they often lack the tools they need to effectively do their job, leading to them spending more than 50% of their time on administrative tasks and less time directly with children & families.
That’s where Binti comes in. Binti empowers government agencies and social workers with technology that enhances efficiency, enabling them to make more informed decisions and spend 20-40% less time on administrative tasks. Unlike traditional systems that simply store data, Binti is designed specifically to support social workers’ daily workflows. Designed from the ground up for child welfare, Binti was shaped through extensive interviews and shadowing with families, youth, and social workers. As a Software as a Service (SaaS), Binti can be implemented quickly, requires no upfront costs, and significantly reduces project risk.
This comes at a time of renewed focus on the status and importance of child welfare at the federal level. Binti recently signed the
Pledge to Foster the Future for American Children and Families, committing to expand support for transition-age youth through improved service coordination, resource navigation, and a new Technology Internship Program for current and former foster youth. These commitments complement the federal government’s broader efforts, including the Administration for Children and Families’
A Home for Every Child initiative, which aims to increase foster home capacity, improve family-based placements, and ensure children and youth have access to safe, stable homes.
As federal leaders prioritize permanency, kinship connections, and keeping families together, modern technology has become essential for helping agencies deliver on these goals. Binti is helping lead this through solutions such as
Licensing,
Family Finding, and
Service Referral Management (SRM), which are all part of Binti’s broader CCWIS solution.
Licensing and Permanency: Expanding Family Availability
Aligned with the administration’s A Home for Every Child initiative, Binti’s Licensing platform helps agencies approve more foster and adoptive families quickly, increasing the pool of safe, stable homes. On average, agencies that work with Binti approve 30% more families per year the year after working with Binti compared to the year before. Digital applications, automated reminders, mobile-friendly features, and real-time tracking reduce administrative workload by 20-40%, allowing social workers to spend more time directly with children and families. These efficiencies allow agencies to expand home availability while focusing on matching children with families who can meet their specific needs – reducing placement disruptions, supporting lasting permanency, and ultimately driving better outcomes for the children in care.
Family Finding: Strengthening Kinship Connections
Family Finding helps agencies identify and engage relatives or close family friends who can care for children. Social workers can search across databases, conduct outreach, visualize support networks, and document engagement in one place. One Southern state conducted more than 350 searches and identified 3,200 potential family connections in the first month, nearly 14% of which led to placement or support options. These connections offer children stability, belonging, and continuity within their communities.
