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Field Compass

Active React TypeScript Mobile-First Privacy-First

A privacy-first mobile web app that helps people experiencing homelessness — and the outreach workers, shelter staff, and volunteers who assist them — quickly find and navigate to the right services in Denver. No account, no tracking, no data stored.

The problem it solves

Denver has no walk-in emergency shelter. Only three municipal shelters exist, each with complex, specific intake processes that most people don't understand. People get turned away not because there's no space, but because they showed up at the wrong time, without the right context, or didn't know the intake rules.

Field Compass explains the real intake rules so people stop getting turned away.

How it works

The app guides users through a 4-step question wizard — what do you need, who are you helping, any barriers, how urgent — and returns a ranked, filtered list of matching resources. Each resource card shows real intake processes, eligibility requirements, tappable phone numbers, and Google Maps directions.

What's in it

  • 15 verified Denver resources across 7 categories (shelter, food, medical, mental health, hygiene, legal, documents)
  • Real intake processes for all three municipal shelters
  • Matching algorithm that filters by population, barriers, and urgency
  • Emergency bar with 211, 988, and 911 always visible
  • Walk-in indicators, open/closed status, required documents
  • HashRouter — works as a static file, no server-side routing required

Stack

  • React 19 + TypeScript, built with Vite
  • Tailwind CSS + Radix UI components
  • Zero backend — pure static files, privacy by design
  • Part of the HomelessDenver.com / HomelessColorado.com ecosystem
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