Zendesk & St. Anthony Foundation Launch Mobile App Linking Homeless People In San Francisco To Services

In March 2014, Zendesk, a customer service software firm, and the non-profit St. Anthony Foundation launched Link-SF, a mobile application that links homeless people in San Francisco, California to shelter, food, medical supplies, a place to bathe; or where they can use a computer. The foundation operates the Tenderloin Technology Lab for low income or homeless individuals, which allows them to use the lab’s computers to search for social services. The foundation realized that nearly 40% of the individuals using the computers in the lab had mobile phones. Federal programs provide low income and homeless people with . . .