ReVive Center runs a homeless shelter and street-outreach program on Chicago's west side. ReVive IMPACT is the platform their work now runs on — every client interaction, outreach run, intake, and goal in one place, with HIPAA-grade auditing. It went from proof-of-concept to production in about four months: I owned the backend, infrastructure, and HIPAA compliance, working alongside engineer Ezra Schwartz.
ReVive's staff track some of the most sensitive information there is: who came through the drop-in center, what happened on last night's outreach run, where each client is on their housing and health goals. When I met them, they had a proof-of-concept app that showed what was possible — and that's all it was. A demo. No real security model, no audit trail, nothing you could responsibly put client data into.
The choice nonprofits usually face from there is grim: enterprise case-management software priced for institutions, or spreadsheets and memory. ReVive needed a third option.
Rather than patch the demo, I re-architected it as a production system — working directly with ReVive's leadership to shape it around their real workflows: the front desk checking clients into the drop-in center, outreach teams logging runs from the field, case managers and clinical staff working their caseloads, and leadership reporting impact to the people who fund the mission.
Because this is health-adjacent data, the platform was scoped for HIPAA-grade handling from day one: staff see only what their role allows, and every access and change is recorded in a permanent audit trail.
A two-person team took it from demo to production: I architected and built the backend, the cloud infrastructure, and the security and HIPAA audit machinery, building alongside Ezra Schwartz. ReVive's leadership saw working software throughout — hundreds of improvements shipped across the build, shaped by staff feedback at every step. The platform is now live, and the engagement continues as their team puts it to work.
Multi-section intake and a full picture of every client — history, goals, documents — gated by role.
Every interaction captured once, searchable forever. No more "check with whoever was on shift."
Front-desk and quick check-in flows that keep the center's daily traffic visible in real time.
Street-outreach runs planned, logged, and visible — locations, encounters, and supplies included.
Case managers and clinical staff each get a caseload view built for how their discipline works.
Funder and stakeholder reports generated from live data — not assembled the night before.
From outreach workers to occupational therapists to admins — everyone sees exactly what they should.
Every access and change recorded permanently — the HIPAA-grade backbone under all of it.
ReVive IMPACT is live in production as the system of record for the center's client work — intake to outreach to impact reporting — with one studio accountable for all of it.
Fixed scope, demos on your schedule, production-grade from day one. Let's talk about it.
