Open Referral

Here's our animated explainer video, with subtitles: youtube.com/watch?v=yHsIZh… ~ Open Referral in three minutes!

#LocalDigital is pleased to announce a 3 year plan for @Open_Referral that could potentially save councils millions each year. Learn more about the benefits, the plan, and how you can join the community in our recent blog post 👇 dluhcdigital.blog.gov.uk/2024/03/06/dri…

The @Open_Referral data standard organises community service data in a common way so directories can communicate together effectively. Funding will be allocated to drive adoption and set up a Cross-Government Advisory Group. Join the community ⤵ openreferraluk.org/register

Our Year in Review for 2023 is out today! Check out this summary of everything we accomplished together last year: openreferral.org/our-2023-year-…

We are thrilled to announce that Greg Bloom has joined Inform USA as our Sr. Director of Strategy & Partnerships! We'll be holding a "Meet and Greet" with Greg on January 31st at 3:00PM EST! Register here>> informusa.org/events/meet-an…

Exciting announcement: @greggish is joining the @inform_usa team to lead in development of strategy and partnerships for the human service information and referral sector! Full announcement here: openreferral.org/teaming-up-wit…

We recently announced that HSDS is now officially interoperable with FHIR! Healthcare provider directory information and social service directory information now have compatible data standards: openreferral.org/hsds-is-now-in…

Today's post summarizes our work with the Community Information Exchange task force convened by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. It's good stuff! Check it out: openreferral.org/the-community-…

Today on our blog, a spotlight on allco – a community resource referral platform in New York that is using Open Referral's standards to partner with 2-1-1 among other health and human service providers in NY: openreferral.org/introducing-ve…

🚀 HSDS Version 3.0 is now live! We worked with @Open_Referral and their community to understand what people who work with the standard need & incoporate their recommendations into it. Read more about our work with Open Referral 👉medium.com/opendatacoop/o…

Version 3.0 of our Human Service Data Specifications has been approved! The new docs are live: docs.openreferral.org thx 2 our technical deputies @opendatacoop. And our workgroup members including @MikeThacker @DevinBalkind @sitesavvyoffic @AIRSshares @switzerly

Missed this last week! Very proud that our approach to #servicedirectories based on @Open_Referral UK #OpenData standards made the @HSJ_Awards shortlist! So grateful to @DigitalGaps for driving this with us & to Tim Adams, ex @LGAcomms & @MikeThacker of @Porism for guidance🙏

@Liz_zieCurtis @JonathanDHolden @rogerswannell Would be glad to discuss! Important to note that we can't assume that human service organizations publish reliable information about their services on their websites or anywhere else; they lack incentives. That's the root of the directory problem, no magic shortcuts.

@JonathanDHolden @rogerswannell oooh yes! Thanks @JonathanDHolden. Been looking at @Open_Referral too 😍

#NoCode tools are breaking down barriers to social impact! 💥 Just getting excited about this services directory I'm wireframing out (with some help from @relume_io 🙏) Mapping migrant services in an area so a whole support ecosystem can work effectively together 🙌

@claudiawilliams We'd be glad to discuss further!

@claudiawilliams (ps we removed the other 'Open Referral' which nabbed our single user name before we did)

We are excited to share our proposal for the next version (3.0!) of our Human Service Data Specifications. Read more here: openreferral.org/introducing-ve… Today begins our final Request for Comment period – 2 weeks for your input to help us shape these standards!

Most recently, we shared this story on our blog from Whatcom County, where a coalition of human service providers have established community-owned resource directory data infrastructure: openreferral.org/introducing-th… It was a privilege to help the folks in Whatcom with this process!

Today we released our 2022 Year in Review! Check out all the highlights from across our network: openreferral.org/our-2022-year-…