/ymca

A centralized virtual resource hub aimed to equalize and promote information access to vital community resources 🗺️

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YMCA

A project by Hack4Impact UIUC in collaboration with the YMCA New American Welcome Center.

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Background

Champaign County is home to over 24,000 immigrants from nearly 80 countries around the world. Starting a new life in a new place is a daunting task — newcomers grapple with a wide variety of challenges including but not limited to: language barriers, cultural differences, and work-life balance. In Champaign, there are over 100+ available resources addressing those challenges; however, valuable information about those resources are scattered and difficult to find. This information gap is preventing newcomers from reliably accessing resources that they need the most. Local organizations have taken steps to centralize this information, but it remains largely inaccessible due to language limitations and other barriers.

Our team has partnered with the YMCA New American Welcome Center (NAWC) to build a centralized virtual resource hub aimed to equalize and promote information access to vital community resources. This product will allow immigrants to independently access resources according to their personal needs, and also enable NAWC and other local organizations to better serve the community through more informed recommendations.

Usage

The latest version of this application can be found at nawc.vercel.app.

To install and set up locally, follow the instructions in the /client and /api directories.

Technologies

This application is built with React, Express, MongoDB, and tested with Cypress and Jest. Now is used for automatic deployment.

Team

Annie Wu
Annie Wu

Product Manager
Jacqueline Osborn
Jacqueline Osborn

Technical Lead
Neeraj Aggarwal
Neeraj Aggarwal

Tech Lead & Product Manager
Lam Tran
Lam Tran

Product Manager
Chloe Chan
Chloe Chan

Product Designer
Tiffany Duong
Tiffany Duong

Product Researcher
Albert Cao
Albert Cao

Software Developer
Anooj Lal
Anooj Lal

Software Developer
Ashwin Saxena
Ashwin Saxena

Software Developer
Danielle Yang
Danielle Yang

Software Developer
Kendall Hester
Kendall Hester

Software Developer
Michael Chen
Michael Chen

Software Developer
Skyler Shi
Skyler Shi

Software Developer
Neha Konjeti
Neha Konjeti

Software Developer
Ayan Mallik
Ayan Mallik

Software Developer
Luciana Toledo-López
Luciana Toledo-López

Software Developer

License

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MIT licensed. Copyright © 2021 Hack4Impact UIUC.