Abstract: Computer-implemented methods and systems for connecting users including sponsored users to different types of care suppliers through a platform coupled over a network to one or more remote devices accessed by users are described. A method includes enabling a sponsored user to book a type of care using a mobile application on a remote computing device communicatively coupled to the platform. The method further includes receiving a request from the sponsored user identifying a desired care type; determining, by a platform, a set of candidate care providers that satisfy matching criteria for the received user request; enabling the sponsored user to select through the mobile application a care provider from the determined set of candidate care providers; and enabling the sponsored user to remit payment to the care provider upon completion of an associated care transaction.