Release Notes May 07, 2026

Norse v2.7.0 New Features Improvements Bug Fixes Full changelog: https://github.com/211-Connect/Norse/compare/v2.6.0…v2.7.0

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Release Notes April 30, 2026

Norse v2.6.0 Improvements Bug Fixes Accessibility Full changelog: https://github.com/211-Connect/Norse/compare/v2.5.1…v2.6.0

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Release Notes April 23, 2026

Norse v2.5.0 New Features Improvements Bug Fixes Accessibility This is a major WCAG accessibility release based on manual review from the VPAT certification team at Equalize Digital. Remediation work covers nearly the entire app surface: Full changelog: https://github.com/211-Connect/Norse/releases/tag/v2.5.0

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Release Notes April 10, 2026

New Features Improvements Bug Fixes

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Release Notes April 2, 2026

New Features Bug Fixes Performance Improvements Accessibility

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Tackling Entity Resolution Across Resource Directory Data Sets: Lessons From the ServiceNet Team

Contributors:David Botos, Head of Engineering – Connect 211Greg Bloom, Director – Open Referral On Open Referral’s blog, we recently posted about our Resource Record-Matcher: an open source AI-powered directory data collaboration tool.  As I wrote there, “At Connect211, we work with human service referral providers in more than twenty states to ‘orchestrate’ resource data pipelines,…

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Connect 211 Stakeholder Meetup Q2 2025

We are on a mission to provide make 211s the cool kid on the block with amazing technology solutions that also generate revenue for you. We could never do this without voracious feedback from our stakeholders. This is a chance for us to share what’s new and exciting, and also gather feedback from you about…

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Updates to resource URL structure.

We are long overdue for an update. The full version will come shortly; we have been working overtime to release some significant updates and onboard exciting new clients. However, there is something that a few of our clients have noticed, and I want to talk about it now. Our search engine is deep linked, meaning…

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Some thoughts on simplifying HSDS locations for the future.

Following are a couple thoughts on potential updates for location, physical_address, and postal_address in HSDS. I’ve been transforming AUW211’s data into HSDS using DBT, and the aspect of having two address tables that are separate from the location table introduces complexity that I’m not sure is worth it. I’m usually in favor of normalization, but…

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Finishing strong! Updates for Q4 2021.

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…

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