One Degree GTM brain

One Degree is a nonprofit that helps families find social services and equips public, healthcare and community organizations to coordinate social care.

category

Social care resource and referral platform

market profile

  • text: The organization connects people to nonprofit and government services and supplies partners with social needs assessment, referral and outcome tools.
  • text: Its chapter model can expand local resource coverage through community partners; paid assistance is offered for organizations unable to build directories themselves.
  • text: Resource freshness is an operational issue: One Degree describes staff verifying and updating local resource information.

personas

  • title: County social services program director
    pains:
    • Residents miss available benefits when information is fragmented
    • Cross-agency referrals and outcome tracking require shared infrastructure
  • title: Hospital community health director
    pains:
    • Care teams need relevant local services for patients with unmet social needs
    • Leaders need visibility into referral activity and outcomes
  • title: Case manager or social worker
    pains:
    • Finding current food, housing and health resources takes repeated research
    • Keeping referrals and client plans organized across providers is difficult
  • title: Low-income resident seeking help
    pains:
    • Local benefits and eligibility information are scattered across organizations
    • Navigating services can be difficult on a limited budget or phone

icp

  • text: US government agencies, healthcare providers and community-based organizations serving residents with social needs.
  • text: Regional coalitions or public agencies that can organize a local resource directory and support referral adoption.
  • text: County health systems with social needs programs, such as Los Angeles County's Whole Person Care initiative.

message pillars

  • text: Bridge the gap between families and local services.
  • text: Support referrals and measurement across social care teams.
  • text: Provide a text-message access path.
  • text: Build technology in partnership with local institutions.

objections

  • objection: How current is local resource information?
    response: Review coverage in the target county and agree who maintains listings and handles corrections.
  • objection: Can residents and professional case managers use the same network?
    response: Evaluate public resource search and professional referral workflows with local users before a broad rollout.
  • objection: What will implementation cost?
    response: Request a tailored scope and quote; public information describes paid support but does not establish a current price.

competitors

  • name: findhelp
    why: Offers social care search and referrals for people and organizations.
  • name: Unite Us
    why: Provides coordinated social care referral networks to health and community organizations.
  • name: Single Stop
    website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_Stop
    why: Connects people to public benefits and other resources through institutional partners.

influencers

  • name: Rey Faustino
    url: https://www.hks.harvard.edu/we-cannot-do-work-alone-rey-faustino-mpp-2012
    why: One Degree founder and advocate for improving access to social services.

keywords

  • social care referral platform
  • community resource directory
  • social needs referral software
  • find food assistance near me
  • case management resource search
  • community services directory

voice

  • Mission-led
  • Compassionate and community-centered

signals

  • text: A health system or county is introducing social needs screening and connecting patients to community services.
  • text: A regional coalition is organizing a maintained directory of local services.

pricing

model: unknown

motion

hybrid

channels

  • community partnerships
  • healthcare and government partnerships
  • local search
  • chapters

confidence

medium

Founders

  • name: Rey Faustino
    title: Founder/CEO
    role: CEO
    bio: Rey Faustino, founder and CEO of One Degree, is committed to ensuring that everyone has access to the vital, life-saving resources they need to achieve social and economic mobility. Rey launched One Degree to ensure that all families have access to services they need to overcome poverty. Rey began his career as a teacher and later was the site director at BUILD, a college access nonprofit organization that propels low-income minority youth to attain a college education.

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