Policy & Practice | Fall 2025

“States are still struggling to draw down FFPSA dollars, either because of issues with candidacy for the programs or barriers in their claiming procedures, so they are unable to give community‑based service providers the volume of clients needed in the specific programs that are approved by the clearinghouse … the complexity of reporting requirements and the administrative burden required for the providers to deliver the clearinghouse‑approved services and programs means that fewer providers are willing to offer the services.” —CWLA WRITTEN COMMENTS FOR HEARING, “THE FAMILY FIRST PREVENTION SERVICES ACT: SUCCESSES, ROADBLOCKS, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR IMPROVEMENT,” (MAY 2024)³

service interventions, agencies struggle to demonstrate program effectiveness, making it harder to justify continued investment or claim federal reimbursement. n Compliance Complexity: Manual documentation, tracking, and federal reporting consume valuable staff time. Agencies leave billable activities unclaimed not because services weren’t delivered, but because they weren’t tracked in a compliant format. n Service Delivery Delays: Prevention services lose impact when they are delayed. Without automated workflows and real time coordination to support rapid service delivery, families, unfor tunately, may not get the critical support they need in a timely manner. The Way Forward: Technology to Support FFPSA Implementation In order to address these challenges, agencies need purpose-built preven tion technology that enables: n Real-time coordination across multiple providers and agencies for timely service delivery. n Automated tracking for every billable prevention activity that can be reported and claimed under FFPSA. n Integrated outcome measurement that demonstrates program effec tiveness and supports continuous quality improvements. n Streamlined federal reporting that maximizes reimbursement opportunities. While many states struggle with FFPSA implementation, some agencies are already showing what is possible when technology is designed around this prevention work. n Funding Utilization: Automated systems can increase federal reimbursement recovery, helping agencies claim funding that would have otherwise gone untracked.

prevention tracking are already out performing their peers in both funding utilization and service delivery outcomes. This shift isn’t just about software, it’s about transforming how child welfare systems function. Binti’s whitepaper provides practical strategies and real-world examples of how agencies are leveraging technology to transform prevention services. 4 Join us at ISM, on Tuesday, 9/16/2025 at 9:45 am, for “Tactics for Implementing Community Pathways” to learn how states are leveraging the Family First Prevention Services Act to transform child welfare with trusted partners, bestpractices, and privacy forward technology. programs-expenditure-caseload-data-2023 2. https://www.chapinhall.org/wp-content/ uploads/Chapin-Hall_EBP-Data-in-CQI Brief_July-2025.pdf 3. https://www.cwla.org/wp-content/ uploads/2024/06/CWLA-Final Comments-for-the-Record-FFPSA.pdf 4. https://binti.com/ ffpsa-prevention-whitepaper/ Reference Notes 1. https://acf.gov/cb/report/

n Faster Service Delivery: Closed Loop Referral Systems between state agencies and providers are reducing the time between iden tifying family needs and service delivery from weeks to days, helping prevent crisis escalation. n Compliance Efficiency: Automated documentation and tracking of required federal reporting data cuts administrative burden while improving the accuracy of federal submissions, freeing staff to focus on supporting families. n Outcome-Driven Decisions: Real-time data allow agencies to continuously evaluate program effec tiveness and make smarter resource allocation decisions. The Path to Prevention Success FFPSA represents the most sig nificant child welfare policy shift in decades, but the opportunity will be lost without the right infrastructure. Forward-thinking leaders understand the question isn’t whether we can afford to invest in prevention, focused technology, it’s whether we can afford not to. Agencies that embrace technology designed for FFPSA compliance and

Rebecca Liebschutz is the Head of Product at Binti.

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