![‘Learning shelter’ is raising $60K to teach maker skills to the SF homeless](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/1454855_10151911987113016_495741368_n.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Topic > homeless innovation
![‘Learning shelter’ is raising $60K to teach maker skills to the SF homeless](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/1454855_10151911987113016_495741368_n.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
![Homeless coder prevails over skeptics — releases mobile app to get off the streets](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/1376378_176243752565905_1690105032_n.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Homeless coder prevails over skeptics — releases mobile app to get off the streets
![NYPD releases homeless coder after arrest in time for Today Show interview](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/1379465_182164818640465_972017814_n.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
NYPD releases homeless coder after arrest in time for Today Show interview
![Seattle devs hack app in 48 hours to help homeless find shelter](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/battlehack-pic-2.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Seattle devs hack app in 48 hours to help homeless find shelter
![Survive the Streets launches crowdfunding site to break 'death spiral' of homelessness](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/homeless.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Survive the Streets launches crowdfunding site to break 'death spiral' of homelessness
![A tech Cinderella story: How Silicon Valley helped a homeless teen go to college](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/felicia-and-ashana-in-disney-world-6-years-ago.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
A tech Cinderella story: How Silicon Valley helped a homeless teen go to college
![Hacking homelessness: HandUp lets you help out via mobile phone donations](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/hand-upphoto-shoot.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
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Hacking homelessness: HandUp lets you help out via mobile phone donations
![Social media gives the homeless in S.F. a helping hand](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/wheelchair.jpg?resize=350%2C175&strip=all)
Social media gives the homeless in S.F. a helping hand
![Homeless to hacker: How the Maker Movement changed one man’s life](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)
Homeless to hacker: How the Maker Movement changed one man’s life
![One techie’s next gig? Converting city buses into showers for the SF homeless](https://venturebeat-com-develop.go-vip.co/wp-content/themes/vb-news/brand/img/logos/logo-placeholder-350x175.jpg)