For shelters, tiny home villages and transitional housing
The app your residents actually open.
Messaging, incentive points, a resident store, daily check-ins and program notices in one app, with a staff dashboard behind it. Branded to your facility and set up with you by TechNet.
Built and run every day at Village University in Wisconsin. iPhone, Android and web.
A morning at the front desk, after
- Points for chores and classes awarded from a phone, not a paper card.
- A resident's hard day reaches the care team before lunch.
- Messages go to the right staff member, with a record of every reply.
- Quarterly funder numbers are already counted.
What's in it
One place for staff, one app for residents
Test drive a facility
Click a unit. Award points. Send a message.
This is sample data. Switch between a tiny home village and an emergency shelter to see how the same platform takes on each facility's name, colors and words.
Site map
Badges: msg unread message · low hard day on check-in · no check-in today
Today
LiveDoes it pay for itself?
Run your own numbers
Move the sliders to match your facility. The math is the same five lines we walk through on a call.
Assumes the app saves half of those staff hours and prevents 10% of early exits, with 30% of residents leaving early today. Tools it replaces can include a texting service, an app builder, paper points cards or a case-tracking subscription. Replace with your own figures on a call.
Built inside a working village
Village University, Wisconsin
Residence Hub started as Village University's own app. Residents use it every day to earn and spend Village Bucks, message staff, rate their day and read program notices. Staff run the village from the dashboard behind it.
“Residence Hub gave our residents one place to see their plan, their Village Bucks and their notices, and gave our team one place to track it all. We spend less time on paper and group texts, and more time with families. Moving off 8 spreadsheets and manual entry has let a staff of 3 accurately and easily do the work of 8.”
Jon Doemel, Site Director, Village University
Village Bucks and the notice-and-appeal process were designed by Village University and are used with its permission.
Pricing
A setup fee, then one yearly price
Unlimited staff accounts on every package. Hosting, updates, backups and support are included. The first three facilities get half off setup.
Questions directors ask
Before you book a call
Does it replace our HMIS?
No. It sits next to it. Residence Hub is the resident-facing side. On the Network package we export the entries, exits and services your HMIS lead needs, so nobody types them twice.
Not all of our residents have smartphones.
Staff can act for a resident from the dashboard, and the app runs on shared tablets in a common room. TechNet can supply and lock down those tablets.
How is resident data protected?
Each facility's data is walled off at the database level and encrypted in transit. You can export it any time, and it is deleted 90 days after you leave. Domestic violence shelters get extra lockdowns, such as no data shared outside the facility.
Can it carry our name?
Yes. Your logo, colors and wording appear as soon as residents join with your facility code. The Branded package adds your own listing in the App Store and Google Play.
Can it replace software we already pay for?
Often, yes. Village University replaced its app builder and 8 spreadsheets. Other likely candidates are texting services, paper points systems and case-tracking subscriptions. Add what you pay for those today to the calculator above. Your HMIS stays.
How do we pay for it?
Most facilities ask a county, city or local foundation to cover it, or use the capital budget of a new village. TechNet helps you write that request: a budget line, a one-page justification using your own numbers from the calculator above, and Village University's results. The brochure includes wording you can adapt.
How long does setup take?
About two weeks on Standard: TechNet configures your facility, imports residents and staff, and trains your team on two calls. Branded takes longer, usually 4 to 6 weeks, because Apple and Google review your new store listing on their own schedule.
See it running in a real village
20 minutes with your team, no slides. Call TechNet at (920) 267-4060 or email support@technetwi.com.