Category: Blog

  • WellSky strengthens human service sector interoperability by supporting Open Referral

    WellSky strengthens human service sector interoperability by supporting Open Referral

    [Gabe Cate is VP of Business Development at WellSky. This is reposted from WellSky’s blog. Welcome, Gabe!] At WellSky, we envision a future of truly interoperable health and community care. We envision a future where care providers can seamlessly ensure safer, more efficient care transitions for people across care settings — no matter when, where,…

  • Introducing Arrival Advisor, from PeaceGeeks

    Introducing Arrival Advisor, from PeaceGeeks

    [This post is from Grady Mitchell for PeaceGeeks. Welcome, Grady!] PeaceGeeks is a nonprofit organization based in Vancouver that builds digital tools to empower communities in the pursuit of peace. Our newest project, Arrival Advisor, is dedicated to making it easier for newcomers to Canada to find and access the services they need to build…

  • VisionLink adopts Open Referral for resource data interoperability

    VisionLink adopts Open Referral for resource data interoperability

    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 … Continue reading →

  • Open Referral Powers Two New Tools for Minnesotans Seeking Legal Aid

    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 Support has worked to create a centralized portal of legal services available in Minnesota– the…

  • Open Referral’s 2018 Year in Review

    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 →

  • The Florida Legal Aid Resource Federation: Pilot Report

    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 Bar Foundation, the Florida Legal Aid Resource Federation (FLARF) was a complex project with a…

  • Open Referral receives fiscal sponsorship from Aspiration

    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 nonprofit technology initiatives. Continue reading →

  • AIRS Recommends Open Referral’s HSDS for Resource Database Interoperability

    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 among resource databases and associated technologies. Our aim is to create secure, controlled and affordable…

  • Introducing Benetech Service Net

    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 happening despite the efforts of governments, philanthropies, nonprofits, and social good work by technology companies…