Altruism plugged: technology and social work
It didn't quite make headlines, but as of this May the HelpWorks software system was up and running at 9/11 United Services Group (USG), the umbrella charity organization that coordinates relief efforts for victims of the World Trade Center attacks. USG's 200 New York City employees use the system to search a database of several hundred charitable organizations, matching available benefits with each client. The group serves anyone directly affected by the terrorist attacks: the owner of a devastated lower-Manhattan small business seeking financial advice in her native Cantonese, the deceased victim's son hoping to attend a wheelchair-accessible summer camp, the low-wage worker from the north tower whose unemployment benefits just ran out.

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Altruism plugged: technology and social work
New trustee
Clusters of BDS and medical scholars funded
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