Facilitate.com software helps Austin area non-profits coordinate to better serve the homeless

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) – 3/24/2004 -- Facilitate.com, provider of collaborative meeting software for brainstorming and decision making, has renewed its partnership with CTOSH (Collaboration Technologies for Organizations Serving the Homeless) to research how collaboration technology can help community service providers be more effective in acquiring new federal funding.

The CTOSH project helps a network of about 30 non-profit organizations work cooperatively to maximize a dwindling supply of financial resources. CTOSH is a cooperative venture between academia and health and human services agencies for the City of Austin and Travis County. Facilitate.com 8.0 was used to survey the diverse organizations providing homeless services to the community over the internet and capture vital statistics regarding current needs, inventory and resources for homeless populations in the area. The result: a $4.2 million award by the US Department of Housing and Development to ameliorate gaps in transition housing, emergency shelter and employment support programs. Commented Dr. Craig Scott, CTOSH Co-Director, “We provided computers with high speed Internet access to allow these organizations to network with each other, but Facilitate.com 8.0 gave them the tools to gather critical information needed to secure major federal funding. That’s real bottom line results, and Facilitate.com helped make it possible.”

“We are always pleased that our clients get real value out of our services," said Julia Young, Vice President at Facilitate.com. "But seeing such tangible success for a community network is especially gratifying. Whether in inter-organizational fund raising, labor negotiations or corporate planning, our software helps ensure that all voices are heard, and that consensus is reached on decisions that can be successfully implemented.”

For more information on the CTOSH project, contact Dr. Craig Scott at ctosh_project@msn.com.

About Facilitate.com

Since 1992 Facilitate.com has provided facilitation expertise and collaboration software to increase productivity in face to face meetings. Since 1996 Facilitate.com has specialized in web-based collaboration tools and techniques that dramatically enhance meeting productivity in the conference room or over the Internet. Facilitate.com 8.0 helps generate, capture and formalize ideas with tools for brainstorming, categorizing, voting, surveying and instant documentation. Facilitate.com has helped over 200 clients in industry, government and higher education transform meetings into powerful opportunities to unleash creativity, solve problems, and take decisive action. Visit us at www.facilitate.com .