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Can Mobile Phones Solve Homelessness?

Tech Soup

Are mobile phones a lifeline for homeless people? Homeless people use mobile phones to break their isolation, find food and shelter, and connect with the people they care about. Just like any single thing, mobile phones are a help, but not a cure for homelessness. Assuredly they are. Surprises So Far.

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The most innovative architecture companies for 2025

Fast Company Tech

Lorcan OHerlihy Architects For turning an unbuildable site into a home for the formerly homeless In 2024, Los Angeles-based Lorcan OHerlihy Architects (LOHA) created a new building on a parcel of land that had long been considered unbuildable. They are built in factories, delivered to the site, and then assembled.

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Tableau Foundation partners reflect on 2020 and data for impact

Tableau

Keeping the spotlight on homelessness: Community Solutions. What a lot of people didn’t really recognize initially was that homeless service providers are also on the frontline of protecting a population that is especially vulnerable to COVID-19,” says Anna Kim, communications lead for Community Solutions. .

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8 startups that leveraged products for social good, and where they’re headed in 2014

The Next Web

1) The e-commerce site where products fund projects. With over 300 on-site vendors whose products range from jewelry to eco-friendly house slippers, they’re well on their way to being a go-to for quality products from even better vendors. Unlike the majority of donation-based sites, Centscere doesn’t target million dollar donors.

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Tableau Foundation partners reflect on 2020 and data for impact

Tableau

Keeping the spotlight on homelessness: Community Solutions. What a lot of people didn’t really recognize initially was that homeless service providers are also on the frontline of protecting a population that is especially vulnerable to COVID-19,” says Anna Kim, communications lead for Community Solutions. .

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How Tech is Enabling Thousands of In-Home Vaccinations for Massachusetts’ Most Vulnerable

Saleforce Nonprofit

As states across the country work to make vaccinations as accessible as possible for everyone, special attention must be paid to those who are homebound and unable to visit vaccination sites. Approximately 2,500 CCA members received housing assistance, including 210 potentially homeless members, 63 of whom were placed in new homes.

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Time to Give a Little

ASU Lodestar Center

You want to help the homeless? I’m a grad student, after all! And being a grad student means I’ve got more than a few limitations, economically speaking. Crowdrise is a personal fundraising site where you can ask for monetary support on just about anything. In fact, I think your cause is fantastic. Rescue dogs?

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