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This post is adapted from VisionLink’s blog. Welcome to Doug Zimmerman, CEO of VisionLink! VisionLink’s software, CommunityOS, supports a wide range of institutions that serve communities – from 2-1-1 hotlines and information-and-referral providers, to volunteer coordination systems, to disaster response…
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Open Referral Powers Two New Tools for Minnesotans Seeking Legal Aid
Minnesota’s Legal Services State Support project seeks to improve access to justice for all Minnesotans. An integral part of “State Support’s” work is managing LawHelpMN.org, a comprehensive website that provides free information about legal resources and services. Throughout 2018, State…
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Open Referral’s 2018 Year in Review
We are pleased to share our Year in Review report for 2018! This was the Open Referral Initiative’s fifth year – and in several ways, 2018 stands as a culmination of all the work we’ve done to date. Continue reading →
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The Florida Legal Aid Resource Federation: Pilot Report
After two years of development, we’re pleased to share details of our successful Florida Legal Aid Resource Federation pilot! Initiated in 2016 (see our original post here) and completed in 2018, with support from the Legal Services Corporation and the Florida…
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Open Referral receives fiscal sponsorship from Aspiration
Happy new year! In celebration, I’m excited to share news about a big milestone in the evolution of the Open Referral Initiative: Open Referral is now fiscally sponsored by Aspiration, a 501c3 organization that provides facilitation and capacity-building support to…
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AIRS Recommends Open Referral’s HSDS for Resource Database Interoperability
On behalf of the Alliance of Information and Referral Systems (AIRS), I am pleased to announce that the AIRS Board has moved to promote the adoption Open Referral’s Human Service Data Specification and API protocols as methods of establishing interoperability…
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Introducing Benetech Service Net
This post originally appeared on the Benetech blog and is reposted with permission. As inequality deepens in Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area – in Benetech’s backyard – the crises facing our neighbors in need continue to mount. This is…
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NYC government publishing open data for municipally-contracted service providers
This post comes to us from Oonagh Jordan, a VISTA Fellow with the New York City Mayor’s Office of Opportunity. Oonagh is leading the project management of this initiative. In New York City, community-based organizations that deliver programming at neighborhood…
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Building Both Technology and Community to Address Homelessness in San Francisco
ShelterTech is currently a 50 member strong all-volunteer non-profit, bringing free wifi and other digital tools to the homeless community of San Francisco. In November 2017, we won a grant from the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development to…