Success Story

Please Note: the AdoptionLynx product is known as the Adoption Management System (AMS) for the Ministry of Children and Family Development

Overview

The Province of British Columbia's Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) is one of the largest service providers of Adoption, Foster Care, Early Childhood Development and Child Care services in British Columbia.

The Challenge

BC's MCFD, acting within its mandate, needed to streamline and redefine its workflow and move towards a regional service delivery model. It created a new adoption process that included a number of steps to ensure adoptions result in forever families.

The process involved matching each child's needs with the most suitable family. Detailed intake information and analysis increases the chance for a suitable match, subsequently increasing the chance for a successful adoption.

MCFD awarded TP Systems with a contract to develop a system that would follow their newly defined adoption process. The development of a new adoption system became even more critical as MCFD faced a deadline for replacing portions of its mainframe environment.

The Solution

AdoptionLynx, a web-based adoption system that uses ASP.Net technology, an Oracle database and Microsoft IIS, was developed to meet MCFD’s requirements. Within its nine modules, the system supports the entire adoption process from intake and registration to the reunion of adopted children and their birth families.

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The Result

"AdoptionLynx expedites the adoption process. Instead of waiting for assessments and searches, our fieldworkers are now in control. They are able to access AdoptionLynx — wherever and whenever — to conduct computerized searches for prospective families and view home assessments online. From a management perspective, the ability to access stats in real time allows for quick responses to stakeholders."

"In time, we will see the greatest benefit of AdoptionLynx: families matched in a timelier fashion, reducing the wait for both the children in temporary care and prospective adoptive families."

— Anne Clayton, Manager, Adoption Services
British Columbia Ministry of Children and Family Development

"AdoptionLynx allows me to be more proactive and efficient as a social worker. With direct access to children and families’ information, I no longer have to wait for a request from a child’s case worker before conducting a search on behalf of an adoptive family. As a result, children and adoptive families unite quicker."

— Kathryn Grant, Adoption Social Worker
British Columbia Ministry of Children and Family Development

Implemented May 2005, AdoptionLynx meets the requirements set out by MCFD to support the entire adoption process. TP Systems’ AdoptionLynx helps MCFD provide timely and lasting adoptions each year throughout BC.

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