Encontra: a directory for state education-choice programs
A state publishes a static list of approved providers. Encontra turns it into a directory families search, trust, and transact through, without your program office building a marketplace from scratch.
You operate or are standing up a state ESA, voucher, or education-choice program and want a directory families can search and trust, built on a platform already running in production.
You need a fully custom marketplace unrelated to education-choice programs, or you need something live in weeks with no time to scope it properly. We would rather set a date that fits than rush the one that does not.
What a deployment includes
Program setup
We configure Encontra for your program's rules, provider categories, and eligibility tiers, using the same multi-tenant architecture that runs Alabama's CHOOSE Act deployment today.
Data ingestion
We take your program's official approved-provider list and turn it into verified, searchable profiles, with a claim flow providers use to take ownership of their own listing.
Family tools
Families get search, filtering, favourites, and the invoice and messaging tools that reduce the operational load your program office carries today.
Ongoing operation
We operate the deployment, monitor it, and extend it as your program's rules change, so your team is not carrying software maintenance on top of running the program.
How we price it
We agree a fixed fee in writing before anything starts. A deployment scales with your program's provider and family counts, not with a guess made on day one.
Pilot deployment
A fixed-scope configuration of Encontra for your program, delivered as a working directory with your official provider data loaded.
Platform licence
An ongoing licence and hosting fee that scales with your program's provider and family counts.
Integration
Custom work connecting Encontra to your state's existing payment, reporting, or eligibility systems.