News

It’s been a few months since we posted an update. 2 out of 4 of our team members (including yours truly) were having babies in December, and that kept us plenty occupied outside core operations. All’s well, and our team just increased by 50% thanks to two adorable little additions. Release Notes Chris kept developing…

This has been an incredible summer. The really big news is that we hired Chris Short as a full time, full-stack engineer starting August. He’s been working solely on the Connect 211 Open Resource Search Engine, and boy has he made progress. You can check out the release notes here, but following are some of…

Open Referral just released a blog article highlighting Connect 211’s search engine and how it makes use of the HSDS format for storing resources. The article was a collaboration between Skyler Young, Partner at Connect 211, and Greg Bloom, Director at Open Referral. We are super grateful for the opportunity to work closely with the…

We are super excited to announce that TeenLink (https://teenlink.org), a program of Crisis Connections in King County, Washington state, has joined Connect 211. TeenLink provides targeted resources for adolescents and young adults, particularly those at risk. They publish a booklet of resources for youth all over Washington State, and more recently have been looking for…