San Joaquin Matching Engine

Helping social workers find prospective adoptive families

At Dito, I designed and built a tool that helped San Joaquin County social workers compare prospective adoptive families for children awaiting adoption. The matching engine used weighted criteria to rank potential matches for review.

Client: San Joaquin County
Project role: Product engineering lead + FE development
Recognition: 2017 CCISDA Innovation Award

Product-engineering contribution

UX + UI design lead
Accessibility design
Product engineering lead

Technologies

Adobe XD
Angular
Material Design
JavaScript
TypeScript
Google Cloud
GitLab

SelectStart with a child’s profile
Choose the profile to compare against prospective families.
MatchApply weighted criteria
The engine scores and ranks potential matches.
ReviewInspect potential matches
Social workers can open family profiles alongside the ranked results.

Bring the comparison into one workflow

The matching engine was part of the county’s I-CAN initiative. Social workers needed to compare a child’s profile with prospective families across several criteria. The tool brought the ranked results and profile details into the same workflow so workers could review the information behind a potential match.

Design and build the interface

I designed the workflow in Adobe XD and built the interface in Angular with Material Design. I designed for Section 508 accessibility requirements. We migrated the frontend from JavaScript to TypeScript and deployed on Google App Engine using GitLab CI/CD.

Project recognition

The project received a 2017 Innovation Award from the California County Information Services Directors Association (CCISDA).

See the Matching Engine in action

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