Tyler
Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: TYL) and non-profit Both
Ends Burning announced that Honduras is the most recent country to
join its growing list of partners using a software-based registry called
Children First Software to support child welfare.
Both Ends Burning, a change agent dedicated to bringing attention and
solutions to the challenges facing orphans in developing nations,
partnered with Tyler Technologies to develop Children First Software.
The technology helps government agencies build, maintain, and manage
accurate records of a child's identification, medical conditions, and
other details for matching the child with their forever family. By
having online, comprehensive access to each child's relevant
information, Children First Software helps in-country courts, child
welfare, and adoption organizations make determinations about the best
outcome for each child, as well as measure family-based outcomes in a
timely and safe manner.
Both Ends Burning and Tyler recently visited Honduras and had the
opportunity to meet Abogada Lolis María Salas Montes, executive director
of DINAF, a government-run child welfare agency, as well as
representatives from criminal justice departments, family adoption
agencies, international abduction organizations, and public policy and
municipal programs representing all regions of the country.
The three-day visit concluded with a press conference, where Abg. Salas
Montes from DINAF announced the program and partnership with Both Ends
Burning and Tyler. The organizations are committed to enter 1,000
children into the profile module of Children First Software in the first
30 days of production, which was initiated on July 17; this partnership
represents the culmination of several years of collaboration to
ultimately improve the lives of children living outside of family care
in Honduras.
"We are very encouraged by how our Children First Software initiative
will bridge the data gap in global child welfare," said Mark Schwartz,
who holds the dual role of executive director of Both Ends Burning and
director of consulting for Tyler Technologies. "All 27 countries in our
global working group, including our most recent partner, Honduras,
are embracing the importance of information and data, and are beginning
to see how following the data can have a dramatic and positive impact on
the lives of children."
Both Ends Burning and Tyler have a shared vision for how public/private
partnerships can help countries solve tough and complex issues. Tyler is
committed to using technology to help transform the justice system, and
the partnership with Both Ends Burning helps address systemic injustice
for these vulnerable children.
"We continue to be encouraged about the impact that the Children First
Software initiative can have for global child welfare with each new
partner that becomes part of our vision, including the country of
Honduras," said Bruce Graham, chief strategy officer and president of
Tyler's Courts & Justice Division. "Together with Both Ends Burning and
the global working group, we can make a real impact on the lives of
children living outside family care."
Both Ends Burning will hold their Third Symposium, scheduled for
November 7-9, 2017, in Washington, D.C., where Honduras will be sharing
their progress to the global working group. To learn more information
about the Symposium, visit www.bothendsburning.org.
About Both Ends Burning
Both Ends Burning was founded in January of 2010 as a 501(c)(3)
non-profit organization to promote family based outcomes for vulnerable
children. Our primary goal is to minimize institutional care for at risk
children and redirect these children into reunification with their
family, foster or kinship care, or placement into domestic and
international adoption programs.
About Tyler Technologies, Inc.
Tyler Technologies (NYSE: TYL) is a leading provider of end-to-end
information management solutions and services for local governments.
Tyler partners with clients to empower the public sector - cities,
counties, schools and other government entities - to become more
efficient, more accessible and more responsive to the needs of their
constituents. Tyler's client base includes more than 15,000 local
government offices in all 50 states, Canada, the Caribbean, the United
Kingdom and other international locations. In 2017, Forbes ranked Tyler
on its "Most Innovative Growth Companies" list, and it has also named
Tyler one of "America's Best Small Companies" eight times. The company
has been included six times on the Barron's 400 Index, a measure of the
most promising companies in America. More information about Tyler
Technologies, headquartered in Plano, Texas, can be found at www.tylertech.com.
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