Get Rebased

More than 10% of formerly incarcerated peoples are homeless in the months surrounding their incarceration. "Get Rebased" is a one-stop-shop that simplifies NYC housing for FIPs.

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Inspiration

Our inspiration actually came from our own recent experiences with NYC housing and sympathy for the homeless community in the city especially with each day growing colder as we approach fall.

What it does

Get Rebased acquires data from many different housing organizations and resources to simplify the search for shelter for FIPs.

How we built it

We primarily used WiX and MySQL to build our product.

Challenges we ran into

We lost two of our five team members early on the first day of the hackathon to other commitments and a third member got locked out of his apartment last night. This made it challenging to see our project through in all the aspects we hoped to but we learned a lot and tried our best with the market and technical knowledge we shared between the two of us that remained. We tried to implement Firebase with JavaScript on the front end but realized that we needed more people to complete the full-stack implementation. To get around this issue we chose to represent the database in terminal and prototype the frontend with WiX instead.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are proud of the backend code and learning MySQL. We are proud of the UI and simplicity of our WiX site since clarity is one of the main selling points of our MVP. We also are proud of the future of our product if this hackathon goes well because we designed it to be scalable to increase impact and reach.

What we learned

We learned a lot about how to divide up tasks and engage with a large group. We also learned a lot about both the recently incarcerated and homeless communities in NYC through our research. We also got practice with WiX and MySQL as well as a few hours of practice with Firebase before we went in a different direction.

What's next for Get Rebased

Backend Development

  • database structuring/scoring
  • add comparison fields
  • connect to Firebase
  • database feedback based on results
  • (more next is commented as TODOs in MySQL code) UI/UX
  • research backed changes to achieve better clarity
    Outreach:
  • additional housing resources Expand:
  • resource distribution
  • enhance security while allowing organizations to contact FIPs based on personal info they choose to share Enable & Foster Community
  • after we have proven the efficacy of our product we want to implement features that support user interaction and community building Resolving Gender Bias & Discrimination
  • consult a DEI professional to help resolve gender bias & discrimination in our database and UI

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