Month: March 2016

  • HelpSteps introduces new open source mobile app

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    Noah Teshu
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    For over ten years, HelpSteps has been helping the people of Greater Boston find the social services they need…. Recently, HelpSteps has been working with the Open Referral initiative. By standardizing the way that social services information is stored and shared, the team has positioned itself to work more closely with related organizations. Perhaps the…

  • New Philanthropy Capital: Joining the Dots

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    Greg Bloom
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    Last October, I had the opportunity to visit London and spend some time learning about the UK social sector, at events such as the excellent NPC Ignites conference. On this trip, I was impressed by people’s sense of pride in the country’s long history of public service provision. But I also heard clear notes of…

  • California Health Data Project Creates New Role in Civic Tech

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    Ash Roughani
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    This piece is co-authored by Ash Roughani and Joel Riphagen, and has been cross-posted from TechWire magazine. When the California Health Care Foundation launched the California Health Data Project last spring, it made a smart decision to create a new role in the civic innovation space. The foundation brought on California Health Data Ambassadors to…