Deploying Rails + Bower on Heroku

Heroku, Bower and Rails don’t always play nice. Here’s how to make them get along.

Note: This post is targeted at those familiar with Ruby on Rails and Bower, but having trouble deploying on…

Productivity Apps We Love

It is hard out here for an entrepreneur. So many tasks, so little time — but luckily, so much technology to help…

The Civic User Testing Group and Other Listening Strategies

How do you keep your finger on the pulse of user needs? At mRelief.com, a startup with non-traditional users — beneficiaries of public assistance — this is a question that we constantly ask ourselves. We are helping our users…

Open Data Features Bilingual Early Learning in Chicago

One of the greatest currencies I have in this life has been retaining my mother tongue, Twi, a language I learned as a child from the strong Ghanaian women who cared for me. My parents are immigrants who spent most of my early…

1 Parent’s Take: The Search For Early Learning Programs

Food Stamps For Thought: Scholarship in Human Services Delivery

mRelief v1, Our First Prototype:

Why Paper Prototypes Are Vital to Building with Communities

On June 1st, mRelief began the journey of our next major iteration — a universal template that would enable any program provider to create screeners for their programs on a user friendly interface. However, unlike the 5…

Pair with Power Initiative

mRelief is launching a campaign for the Pair with Power Initiative. This program promotes learning and provides resources for intermediate and advanced developers to progress their coding skills.