We start lean by leveraging cloud-based servers to optimize costs, with Amazon AWS providing secure backup. As our scale grows, we will transition to self-hosted Linux Red Hat servers in our own data center, emulating industry leaders like Amazon to maximize privacy and control.
Our custom-built dashboards empower nonprofits and government agencies with real-time insights. Combining sleek front-end apps with powerful machine learning algorithms from Google or Microsoft, we transform raw data into actionable intelligence.
Through an extranet platform, nonprofits and city governments access our comprehensive homelessness and housing statistics via an easy-to-integrate application programming interface (API). This seamless connectivity enhances their data analytics and decision-making capabilities.
Partnering with OpenAI, we embed sophisticated AI client assistants to enhance user experience, while utilizing R Studio for robust initial data distribution and analysis, merging cutting-edge technology with strategic insights.
As a fully virtual company, we collaborate closely with physical partners to maintain a flexible, efficient workforce. Our human resources and payroll management run on Workday to ensure smooth, reliable operations.
Targeting Android users, primarily among lower-income communities, we optimize mobile access while extending network availability through public computer terminals such as those in libraries, ensuring inclusivity across devices.
Our platform integrates key technologies including geospatial mapping powered by Google Maps and GPS to locate nearby homeless services; customer relationship management to connect users, service providers, and volunteers; enterprise resource planning for streamlined revenue sharing with landlords; business intelligence to track occupancy rates; secure messaging with modern encryption; and predictive analytics employing neural networks to forecast user needs and enable proactive urban management.
User-to-Shelter Matching: Users share their location; our system queries GIS data to recommend shelters with available capacity, creating instant reservations that reduce street crowding and enhance public safety.
Survey Compensation: Verified survey completions trigger micro-payments, encouraging ongoing feedback and better-tailored services.
Government Data Feed: Municipal contracts enable nightly exports of anonymized occupancy and demand data, giving authorities real-time information to manage homelessness effectively.
Donor Contribution: Donors can directly fund shelter needs within the app, ensuring transparent allocation and receipts, empowering community-driven funding.
Temporary Housing Booking: Landlords list units, users book stays with escrow safeguards, offering flexible housing solutions for low-income and transient workers.
AWS Amplify is the ideal solution for scaling our social network app in the cloud. It supports efficient front-end and back-end development, enabling our team to quickly implement features for mobile and web apps. Amplify also allows temporary hosting of user transactions within the app during processing, minimizing constant server uploads and improving performance.
Amazon Cognito, integrated with Amplify, manages organizational accounts and passwords while enabling user group creation with tiered data access. Nonprofits access detailed information only about their applicants, while city governments receive anonymized statistics on service usage and locations, protecting individual privacy. Two-factor authentication further safeguards against data breaches and identity theft.
The AppSync by Amplify synchronizes data instantly across accounts, so nonprofits can promptly update users on essential services like food and shelter availability. Bed vacancies, for example, update live on user maps through direct device-to-device API communication, eliminating delays from large database queries.
Amplify leverages Amazon S3 cloud storage for flexible, cost-effective data management. User data is encrypted automatically, and lifecycle policies ensure personal information is deleted after a set period—such as one year without app activity—enhancing privacy and regulatory compliance.
To accommodate users with limited devices and bandwidth, Amplify employs a GraphQL interface that minimizes data loads by sending precise, need-based queries. GraphQL enables subscriptions to targeted data sections such as a local district; so users receive relevant, fast results without overloading their connection or hardware.