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Solutran and the money that knows what to buy
A health benefit is only useful if it survives the checkout. Solutran built a business around that small, unforgiving moment - and its technology now sits inside Optum’s Healthy Benefits+.
In Merced, a utility bill can open the door to much more
Merced County Community Action Board connects home repairs, food, preschool and housing support. Its most useful idea is simple: a family rarely needs help with only one thing.
The Brooklyn Nonprofit Building a One-Stop Village Around Every Child
Yeled V'Yalda began with 78 children. Four decades later, its answer to fragmented family services is a network where preschool, therapy, nutrition and parent support can meet under one institutional roof.
Forage
Forage is a San Francisco payments company that makes it easy for retailers and online platforms to accept government benefits like SNAP EBT, WIC, and HSA/FSA. It is one of only a handful of third-party processors approved by the USDA to handle online EBT, pairing a unified merchant API with hands-on certification support. On the consumer side, its Forage app helps low-income families check their EBT balance, find discounts, and earn rewards. The technology runs at more than 100,000 stores across all 50 states, including Dollar General, Save A Lot, Gopuff, DoorDash, and Uber Eats.