CBS-featured Nonprofit Releases Innovative App & Tools to Help Individuals Help Homeless People

PASADENA, Md. - Dec. 27, 2023 - PRLog -- Street Care, an initiative of the volunteer-based 501(c)(3) Bright Mind nonprofit, has launched tools that have been featured on ABC, Newsweek, and Politico. It is led by veterans who are particularly focused on aiding homeless veterans. This work has helped over 4,000 people, including distributing over 76,000 items.

Street Care (SC) has released an innovative app and video tutorials that inspire people to help those experiencing homelessness safely. It has today released a web app and video certification website, developed by homelessness experts. To help enable potent enhancements, it is conducting a year-end clothing drive and fundraising campaign also.

582,462 Americans currently experience homelessness. Homeless people's risk of death is highest in winter. SC provides a new solution: using tech to enable local residents to become a 'first line' to help agencies in identifying and responding to the needs of those on the streets (it is now also offering customized tools to agencies and governments).

Medically-retired Navy Lt. Commander Ryan Miller, SC Spokesperson, noted, "Homelessness is an increasingly urgent issue. Among others, there are 33,129 of my fellow vets homeless right now. Having helped people on the street since 2020, I have seen how Street Care is truly a game-changer. It brings people beyond looking away (or simply giving a dollar), instead galvanizing them to create deeper change and become committed long-term. I've personally worked with Street Care for over three years, and I'm committed to it because it actually makes profound changes in people's lives."

These tools are crucial. They teach people how to help safely and how to record each interaction, so that they and others can continually bring resources and appropriate support to that person, providing a lifeline to help get each person out of homelessness. Emphasizing accessibility, they allow homeless people to access, too.

Mentoring Director Alecia Summers added, "When you log your interaction with a homeless family that needs medical aid, that enables the next helper (or agency) to go back and look for that family and be far more likely to reach them –while already knowing what help or personnel to bring with them. That takes support to a whole other level."

Doing 'tech for good' always with a focus on its nonprofit expertise, SC also requires help and is doing a campaign requesting clothes, volunteer time, and $5,000 in donations.

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SC brings about transformation by mobilizing individuals to provide proven solutions for homeless people. Video Certification: https://streetcare.us/Ally2. Clothing Drive/fundraiser: https://brightmindenrichment.org/donation-progress.