Apps and Tech

Asheville Mutual Aid Connection is a community database and automated text message/email-based platform that will connect folks seeking resources & support with folks who can offer them.

Mutual aid for COVID-19. Covaid connects community volunteers with those who need support

Neighbors rescuing neighbors

a disaster-resilient communications network powered by the sun

EJScreen is an EPA's environmental justice mapping and screening tool that provides EPA with a nationally consistent dataset and approach for combining environmental and demographic socioeconomic indicators. EJScreen users choose a geographic area; the tool then provides demographic socioeconomic and environmental information for that area. All of the EJScreen indicators are publicly-available data. EJScreen simply provides a way to display this information and includes a method for combining environmental and demographic indicators into EJ indexes.

Favorhood is a platform for neighborhoods and communities to connect, look after one another, and be stronger, together. Whether you are looking for help or willing to lend a hand, in just a few simple steps you'll be connecting with people around you!

Find food assistance, help paying bills, and other free or reduced cost programs, including new programs for the COVID-19 pandemic

This is a list of every Food Not Bombs chapter that has provided their details to our collective. We include their websites, email addresses, phone numbers and the times, days and locations for when they share free vegan meals in as many cases as possible. Please fill out the form (https://foodnotbombs.net/info/mapForm ) with your information. Join our global network and fill out this form with your chapter’s details. We are seeking to have the most accurate details about all local groups.

Freebie Alerts will send you an alert notification each time your neighbor gives away something, click the notification and if it's something that you need, you just contact that person and pick the freebie up!

Help Your Neighbors with Mutual Aid Opportunities

An emergency response platform that connects hearts to (sanitized) hands.

We connect healthcare workers to volunteer-powered grocery shopping, childcare and mental health services.

InciWeb is an interagency all-risk incident information management system.

End-to-end encryption for things that matter. Keybase is secure messaging and file-sharing.

People helping people. A support network you never knew you had.

The Laundry Love map helps people who need assistance find a local laundry love effort in their town, city or neighborhood. The map provides contact info, address, times, and dates of each local effort

Explore our map to find your local Tool and Lending Libraries – and start sharing in a trusted location!

An open network for secure, decentralized communication

WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER. THE COMMUNITY PLATFORM. Use the Mutual Aid platform to provide and request everyday essential resources:
masks, gloves, hand sanitizer, spray, wipes, and food.

Find Mutual Aid Networks and other community self-support projects near you. Reach out to these groups directly via the map above to get involved, offer resources, or submit needs requests.

National Diaper Bank Network connects and supports the country’s more than 225 community-based diaper banks that collect, store and distribute free diapers to struggling families. The Network serves nearly 280,000 children throughout the country each month.

Connect with your neighborhood

Data represents unique FEMA disaster declarations between JAN2000 and MAY2023 for each county defined by FIPS.

The GroundBreakers Network developed Pando for you to find comprehensive information about nearby community resources. Not only can you find information, but we also give you the power to help your neighbors by adding, editing, and reporting resources.

PowerOutage.US collects, records, and aggregates live power outage data from utilities all over the United States, with the goal to create the single most reliable and complete source of power outage information available.

Help your community recover from disasters.
A free, easy-to-use website for organizing disaster relief.

Rx Open provides information on the operating status of healthcare facilities in areas impacted by a disaster. When the map is active for an event, users can use the Facilities map to search for individual facility status.

Welcome to the #FireMappers Map

Zello is the highest rated push-to-talk walkie-talkie app, connecting 140 Million users globally, empowering frontline workers, teams, and communities through instant and crystal-clear voice messaging.