Ideas from The Cara Program

[Cecilia Donnelly]

Living Wage Calculator
Do I earn a living wage? What is the living wage for me, according to
Chapin Hall? Enter a few pieces of information and find out whether
you earn a "living wage." This is useful for The Cara Program's
internal work, for people who might wonder what a living wage is, and/
or for those who just aren't sure where they
fall.

Quad Communities Employment App
Create a posting board for jobs in the Quad Communities. It would be
used by the seven agencies joined in the 741 Collaborative to help
jobseekers in the area and local employers seeking to hire locally.
This source for employers and residents would have strong support from
the collaborative and could potentially serve as a model for other
city neighborhoods.

Volunteer Scheduler
This is perhaps the most useful app for organizations with many
volunteers. Ideally, it would allow for the creation of volunteer
slots in a calendar that could then be claimed by mobile or web
users. The volunteer scheduler app would free up time inside an
organization and allow for the most efficient use of volunteer-hours
(avoiding times with too many or too few volunteers).