Make Access Tangible In The Community
FCHome events connect the platform mission to food access, transit awareness, research presentations, and responsible pilot planning.
Programming That Makes Access Tangible
Public recaps should include only verified dates, approved images, confirmed partners, and documented outcomes.
Food And Resource Drives
Mobility Awareness
Research Presentations
Past And Planned Work
Planning items remain labeled until their dates, hosts, partners, and intended outcomes are confirmed.
OngoingFood Access / Community Outreach
FCHome Community Food Access Series
Dec 2025 - Present San Jose area
Food drives and resource outreach have been conducted at Ohlone Court Apartments and with CityTeam San Jose and the Atlanta Housing Commission. These events provide food assistance while connecting residents with transportation, shelter, and other local services.
Partners include Ohlone Court Apartments, CityTeam San Jose, and the Atlanta Housing Commission. To date, these drives have fed more than 200 youth and brought 200 new users to the platform.
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Miles For Mobility Walkathons
Sept 2025 - Present Cupertino, CA
Awareness events focused on transportation barriers facing young people trying to reach essential resources.
Two walkathons in Cupertino raised funds for free transit passes, food drives, and platform maintenance. Together with other community support, these efforts helped surpass the original $5,000 goal and bring total fundraising above $7,000.
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NSTA Conference Presentation
Nov 12, 2025 Minneapolis, MN
Presentation materials framed FCHome around youth homelessness, transportation barriers, and resource navigation.
A poster asset is available in this repository.
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DECA Presentations
Nov 2025 Anaheim, CA and Atlanta, GA
Regional and international presentations of FCHome's access-gap framing, equity focus, and product concept at SCDC and ICDC.
At DECA conferences in Anaheim and Atlanta, Manan presented the platform's low-data resource directory, SMS-delivered transit passes, and offline navigation features. The project also placed fourth statewide in a community-awareness competition.
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App Beta Testing Began
Oct 6, 2025 Online
Usability and product-flow testing began before broader public presentation.
No personal user records are published.
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School Outreach Session
Ongoing California, Missouri, and Georgia
Students and community members learn about youth homelessness, transportation barriers, and ways to access shelter, food, health, and transit resources through the platform.
Sessions continue on a rolling basis across FCHome's partner regions.
View 3 PhotosPresentation Materials From The Repository
The NSTA poster is shown as a historical project asset. Any survey statistics or outcome charts inside it require source review before being repeated as public claims.
Milestones Should Stay Concrete
The timeline uses dates and neutral project progress instead of unsupported impact claims.
Fall 2025
Beta And Outreach
Product-flow testing and community outreach began.
Oct 2025
Food And Mobility Activities
Existing materials describe food-drive work and transportation-awareness events.
Nov 2025
Research Presentations
FCHome materials were presented at conference events listed in the current event archive.
Late 2025 to early 2026
Food Access Series
Existing materials describe community food-access programming in the San Jose area.
Bring FCHome To A School, Nonprofit, Or Community Event
Hosts and sponsors can support outreach, resource education, transit-awareness activities, research presentations, and carefully scoped pilot conversations.