Vimes
Vimes provides a secure platform that routes child protection data between CPS, law enforcement, and community partners, replacing manual hotline calls and fragmented coordination. Its CARE tool enables real-time multidisciplinary team communication, reducing referral submission time from hours to approximately five minutes and cutting average forensic service response times from over 15 days to 3 days.
- Government Technology
- Software Only
Funding
Founders
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Product
Problem
Child protection agencies often operate in silos, leaving critical information fragmented across CPS, law enforcement, and community organizations. This lack of coordinated data sharing leads to delayed responses, missed warning signs, and children falling through systemic cracks.
Solution
Vimes securely routes child protection data between CPS, law enforcement, and community partners through a unified platform. The CARE system enables real-time communication among multidisciplinary teams, allowing agencies to respond in a more trauma-informed and efficient manner. By automating information sharing that previously required hotline calls and manual coordination, Vimes reduces response times and ensures all relevant parties have the information they need. The platform gives officers confidence that partner agencies have received critical data, clearing their liability while saving hours of administrative work.
Target Audience
Primary users are child protective services agencies, law enforcement departments, and community-based partner organizations that handle child welfare and child protection cases.
Features
- Secure cross-agency data routing between CPS, law enforcement, and community partners
- CARE tool enabling real-time multidisciplinary team communication and coordinated responses
- Automated information sharing that replaces manual hotline waits, reducing submission time from hours to approximately five minutes
- Liability clearance for officers by confirming that partner agencies received critical case information
- Demonstrated outcomes including a 10% reduction in domestic violence exposure, a 678% increase in school children receiving counseling, and a 14% increase in services per child victim
- Average forensic service response time of 3 days for agencies using CARE versus over 15 days for those not using it