Systems and methods for providing real-time tracking services

A system for providing real-time tracking services regarding individuals being transported from an origin to a destination, the system comprising:

• a server selectively linked via a communications network to respective first computing devices associated with one or more authorized caretakers for each of the individuals, to respective second computing devices associated with one or more authorized users for each of a plurality of transport vehicles, and to at least one respective verification device associated with each of the plurality of transport vehicles;
• wherein each of the verification devices are configured to capture identification data from a machine-recognizable and/or machine-identifiable element associated with a respective individual while boarding the associated transport vehicle;
• wherein the server is configured to
• receive input data from the first computing devices assigning each of the individuals to a respective one of the plurality of transport vehicles,
• generate an expected group of individuals for each of the plurality of transport vehicles,
• ascertain that at least one individual is unexpectedly aboard or not aboard a specified one of the plurality of transport vehicles, based on the generated expected group of individuals for the specified transport vehicle and on the captured identification data via the at least one verification device associated with the specified transport vehicle, and
• upon ascertaining that the at least one individual is unexpectedly aboard or not aboard the specified one of the plurality of transport vehicles, to generate at least a first intervention alert to at least one of the first computing devices and/or second computing devices substantially in real time.