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https://www.miraclemessages.org/Active

Miracle Messages

We offer family reunification services, a phone buddy program, and basic income pilots for people experiencing homelessness

San Francisco
2014
Access social benefits, Resource matching and sharing, Solidarity networks
social isolation, homelessness
https://beam.org/Active

Beam

Donate directly to a homeless person or refugee. Follow their journey into a career and home with our award-winning support 🤝

UK
2017
Civic crowdfunding platforms, Story-based campaigns
homelessness
https://pointintime.info/countingus-mobile-app/Active

Counting Us mobile app

The Counting Us mobile app was developed by Simtech Solutions to automate the collection of data for the annual homeless census.

575 Washington Street, Canton, MA 02021
Crowdsourcing
homelessness
https://askizzy.org.au/Active

Ask Izzy

Ask Izzy helps people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless to find the services they need, right now and nearby.

33 Elizabeth Street, Richmond VIC, Australia
2016
Access social benefits, Bots, Emerging Tech Report Projects
housing, homelessness
https://www.projecthomelessconnect.org/Active

Project Homeless Connect

Project Homeless Connect connects San Franciscans experiencing homelessness with the care they need to move forward.

25 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA, USA
2004
Adjacent Fields, Tech for public challenges
housing, homelessness
https://www.homelessnessimpact.org/intervention-toolActive

Intervention Tool

Make more confident decisions using the best available evidence for homelessness interventions

Evaluate impact, The People
homelessness
https://outreachgrid.com/Active

Outreach Grid

Collaborate across agencies to combat homelessness at the Point of Work on one unified platform.

Irvine, CA
2016
Adjacent Fields, Bureaucracy tech, Check-in tools, Civic data, Communicating with the government, Data visualization, Disaster response and humanitarian tech, Engagement tech, Govtech, Issue reporting, Mapping, Mapping platforms, Tech for public challenges, The Tech
homelessness
https://www.gogetta.nyc/Active

GoGetta (formerly Street Lives NYC)

GoGetta has New York’s most up-to-date service information on food, personal care, shelter, and clothing.

New York City
2015
Civic data, Crowdsourcing, The Tech
homelessness
https://gss.civilservice.gov.uk/dashboard/tools/homelessness-statistics/about.htmlActive

UK official statistics on homelessness: comparisons, processes and definitions

This tool will help you to compare official statistics on homelessness and rough sleeping across the UK, with information provided on each of the four countries.

UK
Civic data, Dashboards, Open data publishing portals, The Tech
homelessness, United Kingdom (government)