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The Salvation Army Built a 400-Community Safety Net. Grande Prairie Shows Where It Is Straining
A 143-year-old church now runs an unusually broad social-service machine. In Grande Prairie, Captain Peter Kim's food bank reveals the clever choices, uncomfortable math and local partnerships that keep it moving.
The App That Follows Caseworkers Into the Field
Diona doesn't build the giant case-management systems governments buy. It builds the app that finally gets a caseworker out of the office - and Arizona says that saved $18.7 million a year.
Zack Hudson
Zack Hudson is the co-founder of Golden Fandom LLC and one of the organizers behind Golden-Con: Thank You For Being a Fan, the world's first fan convention dedicated entirely to The Golden Girls. A Chicago-based social services professional and self-described hardcore fan, Hudson transformed a pandemic-era bar trivia idea into a sold-out multi-day convention at Navy Pier in 2022 that drew over 3,100 attendees from around the globe. The event grew from a single social media announcement that, in his words, 'just kind of escalated from there.'