Ruby + Water
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A data-driven nonprofit built on Rails 5 and Action Cable handles applications, internal near‑real‑time notes, and inbound email via Griddler + Mandrill; a React donor/app frontend runs on EC2, documents store on S3 through Refile, and SMS photo uploads use Twilio. The system increases documentation submissions to about 200/month, sends delayed reminder texts, matches threads with secure tokens, supports distributed volunteers, and has helped approaching 1,000 families while saving over 40 houses from tax sale.
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- 0:00Start
- 0:3741,000,000+ households in the United States have difficulty paying their utility bills
- 1:00The Human Utility ensures low-income families needing help with water bills get it. Donors help pay bills and change lives!
- 3:42Rails changes lives.
- 4:23Behind the scenes at The Human Utility an
- 5:29Talking to applicants.
- 10:02We need paperwork!
