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12/16/15

HandUp wants to solve homelessness and make money doing it


Rose Broome was walking on a cold night in San Francisco when she noticed a homeless woman living on the street. She thought, there must be a service to help people in need get crucial items like food and personal hygiene products, with some amount of transparency. When she couldn't find one, she founded HandUp. The for-profit benefit corporation partners with local charities and city services to get more aid directly to homeless and poor people in San Francisco. People in need - members - join HandUp and can create a personal profile on their website. Donors can read individual stories, or give to people they meet in the city via SMS or from the site. Broome isn't only civically-minded. She's ambitious. With progressively minded technologists in the Bay Area looking for ways to give, a large needy population, and millions of dollars in government aid issued in the form of debit cards, she sees HandUp as a tool to solve homelessness through a for-profit venture. Think: a privately-run Food Stamps or SNAP program. Jason gets excited about tackling the seemingly insurmountable issue of homelessness, and how maybe charity isn't enough. Stay tuned for a surprise at the end. Never miss an episode! Subscribe in iTunes: Audio (http://bit.ly/TwiStA) || Video (http://bit.ly/TwiStV) Follow on Twitter: @rosical @HandUp ============== Thanks to our sponsors. Click here to tweet your support (can edit before sending): http://bit.ly/228YBHn Squarespace has all the tools you need to create an exceptional-looking website, with 24/7 support. Start your free trial at http://bit.ly/1P8g1N7, and if when you decide to keep it, get 10% off with the offer code TWIST12. New Relic monitors the performance of your application, giving you actionable data. Now supporting Node.js. Get a free This Week in Startups t-shirt when you sign up: http://bit.ly/228YDzd ============== Follow on Twitter: @jason @twiStartups LAUNCH: Launch Ticker: http://launch.co Launch Events (Festival, Hackathon): http://bit.ly/1P8g1N8 Special thanks to the members of the TWiST Backchannel Program! ==============



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