---
identification: "228981080"
title: Home Unite Us
description: The Home Unite Us project is developing a workflow management tool for community nonprofits to automate and scale their existing Host Home initiatives, prioritizing streamlining of caseworkers' repetitive workloads, reducing institutional bias, and effectively capturing crucial data. <br /><br />Host Home programs are centered around housing young people, 18 - 25 years old. Their approach focuses on low-cost, community-driven intervention by matching a willing host with a guest or group of guests, providing a stable housing environment for youths who are experiencing homelessness and seeking stable housing.
image: /assets/images/projects/home-heart.png
alt: 'Home Unite Us'
image-hero: /assets/images/projects/home-unite-us-hero.png
leadership:
  - name: Jazmyne Newman
    github-handle: jazmynn123
    role: User Research
    links:
      slack: https://hackforla.slack.com/team/U07HLLXHYS2
      github: https://github.com/jazmynn123
    picture: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/jazmynn123
  - name: Jasmine Guraya
    github-handle: jasmineg95
    role: Product Manager (Lead Persona)
    links:
      slack: https://hackforla.slack.com/team/U07FMLJGUFM
      github: https://github.com/jasmineg95
    picture: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/jasmineg95
  - name: Ariel Lasry
    github-handle: lasryariel
    role: Product Manager (Lead Persona)
    links:
      slack: https://hackforla.slack.com/team/U06MG4S8D2B
      github: https://github.com/lasryariel
    picture: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/lasryariel
  - name: Gabriella Dominic
    github-handle: gabcdominic
    role: Product Manager
    links:
      slack: https://hackforla.slack.com/team/U07FF4FCTUN
      github: https://github.com/gabcdominic
    picture: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/gabcdominic
  - name: Nicci Van
    github-handle: nlvan
    role: Lead Designer / User Research
    links:
      slack: https://hackforla.slack.com/team/U07FML1PXJP
      github: https://github.com/nlvan
    picture: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/nlvan
  - name: Tyler Thome
    github-handle: 
    role: Lead Developer
    links:
      slack: "https://hackforla.slack.com/team/ULN1M6UAH"
      github: "https://github.com/tylerthome"
    picture: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/tylerthome
  - name: Mira Kinebuchi
    github-handle:
    role: Developer
    links:
      slack: "https://hackforla.slack.com/team/U0411CAL13N"
      github: "https://github.com/mira-kine"
    picture: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/mira-kine
  - name: Erik Guntner
    github-handle:
    role: Front End Developer
    links:
      slack: "https://hackforla.slack.com/team/U0103MJB0AZ"
      github: "https://github.com/erikguntner"
    picture: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/erikguntner
  - name: Amy Li
    github-handle: amydli
    role: UI/UX Designer
    links:
      slack: https://hackforla.slack.com/team/U07FQ7NQUMA
      github: https://github.com/amydli
    picture: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/amydli
  - name: Nihan Durmaz
    github-handle: nihandurmaz
    role: UI/UX Designer
    links:
      slack: https://hackforla.slack.com/team/U07GAJ3BLGY
      github: https://github.com/nihandurmaz
    picture: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/nihandurmaz
  - name: Jon Ilaw
    github-handle: ilawjon
    role: UI/UX Designer (Persona Lead)
    links:
      slack: https://hackforla.slack.com/team/U07G0DPTPSM
      github: https://github.com/ilawjon
    picture: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/ilawjon
  - name: Sanya Nijhawan
    github-handle: sanya301
    role: Advisory
    links:
      slack: https://hackforla.slack.com/team/U031FLYS561
      github: https://github.com/sanya301
    picture: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/sanya301
  - name: Lola Sarumi
    github-handle: lola3736
    role: Lead Product / Project
    links:
      slack: https://hackforla.slack.com/team/U06TAL88YUV
      github: https://github.com/lola3736
    picture: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/lola3736
  - name: Paul Espinosa
    github-handle: paulespinosa
    role: Developer
    links:
      slack: https://hackforla.slack.com/team/U058S2D5C95
      github: https://github.com/paulespinosa
    picture: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/paulespinosa
  - name: John Wroge
    github-handle: johnwroge
    role: Developer
    links:
      slack: https://hackforla.slack.com/team/U05Q7V3KGCU
      github: https://github.com/johnwroge
    picture: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/johnwroge
links:
  - name: GitHub
    url: "https://github.com/hackforla/homeuniteus"
  - name: Wiki
    url: "https://github.com/hackforla/HomeUniteUs/wiki"
  - name: Slack
    url: "https://hackforla.slack.com/archives/CRWUG7X0C"
  - name: Overview
    url: '../assets/pdfs/Home-Unite-Us-One-Sheet.pdf'
  - name: Site
    url: "https://homeunite.us/"
looking:
  - category: UI/UX
    skill: UI (including wireframes, familiar with Figma)
  - category: PM
    skill: Product Manager
  - category: Development
    skill: React Expert
technologies:
  - React
  - NoSQL
  - AWS
  - Flask
  - Amazon Cognito
  - OIDC
  - OAuth2
  - MongoDB
  - Nginx
location:
  - Remote
tools:
  - Figma
  - Style Components
  - Zoom
  - GitHub
  - Google Drive
  - Google Docs
  - Google Sheets
  - Google Slides
partner: Safe Place for Youth (SPY), Point Source Youth (PSY)
visible: true
program-area:
  - Social Safety Net
status: Active
---