angelhack2018: Project HelpConnect
Our mission
We want to seamlessly connect homeless individuals within our community to the resources, organizations, and jobs that could help them.
V1.0 Chatbot Features
- Onboarding module: Basic onboarding and information collection
- Resources module: Integration with Ask Darcel
- Job apply module: SMS/chat-based automated job application through Indeed
Our technology
In order to be as accessible to as many as possible, we are available through both SMS and web-based chat.
- We are powered by Twilio, AWS Lex, AWS Lex + UI (https://github.com/aws-samples/aws-lex-web-ui/tree/master/lex-web-ui#dependencies-and-build-setup), AWS Fargate, and utilizing Python and Selenium.
Next steps
- Plug in and bot-ify more resources
- Create a chatbot-based mentorship/advocate program