AidKit Essentials can help agencies set up such programs in days, not months, according to a statement from the public benefit corporation.
The platform includes tools for applications, ID verification, payments and eligibility confirmations. Configurable workflows allow users to customize their programs without “having to start from a blank slate,” and the platform enables quick updates of eligibility rules and schedules.
AidKit Essentials is mobile first and has a multilingual portal. Reporting tools built into the platform can track progress and ensure regulatory compliance. Artificial intelligence helps to detect fraud.
As is happening with an increasing number of new government technology products, AidKit has positioned its new platform as a way for agencies to deal with ongoing federal funding cuts, which are hurting aid programs at the state and local level via job cuts or program reductions and cancellations.
“This isn’t just about software — it’s about people,” said Brittany Christenson, CEO of AidKit, in the statement. “Many local governments and nonprofits are running complex aid programs using patchwork systems and limited capacity. AidKit Essentials modernizes these outdated processes so agencies can deliver relief aid and public benefits quickly, fairly and compassionately.”
The product release follows the announcement in March that AidKit had raised $8.5 million in seed funding. AidKit said the money is going toward platform expansion and improved technology.
Around the same time, Boulder County, Colo., and the city of Boulder said they were working with AidKit to provide more funding to child-care providers navigating financial challenges, along with other residents.
AidKit, founded in 2021, says it has worked with more than 200 agencies and nonprofits, with the company’s technology processing more than $270 million in aid to at least 90,000 people.
