Placement Referral Intelligent Matching Engine and Web Portal

A computer-implemented method including executing instructions stored on a computer-readable medium, the method comprising:

• receiving, from a referring entity, real-time profile information about a foster family, including data about family members' composition, race, sex, and desired age for a foster child, location of home, school assignment, pets, and willingness to deal with medical and/or mental illness issues, and storing the foster family profile information in a secure database;
• searching and identifying, in real-time, in response to the received foster family profile information, at least one foster child in a foster system database having characteristics including age, sex, school location, medical history, hobbies, and interests best matched for the foster family;
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• electronically transmitting, in real-time, information about the identified at least one foster child to the referring entity.

A computer-readable medium having encoded thereon a computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving, from a referring entity, real-time profile information about a foster child in a foster system database having characteristics including age, sex, school location, medical history, hobbies, interests, and storing the foster child profile information in a secure database;
• searching and identifying, in real-time, in response to the received foster child profile information, at least one foster family, including data about family members' composition, age, and sex, desired age for a foster child, location of home, schools, pets, willingness to deal with medical and/or mental illness issues best matched for the foster child;
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• electronically transmitting, in real-time, information about the identified at least one best matched foster family to the referring entity.