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MCALLEN, Texas \\u2013 The Rio Grande Valley is going to hear a lot more about a new technology platform designed to help nonprofits and governmental agencies collaborate to help vulnerable members of society.

This is the prediction of Mario Reyna, one of the leaders of the Hidalgo County Prosperity Task Force. The task force was set up by Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez to help reduce poverty.

Reyna said the new technology platform is called Unite Us. He said it was designed to help navigate health and social services options.

\\u201cSo we have 14 subgroups within the Prosperity Task and I just happened to be listening to the medical services group,\\u201d Reyna said. \\u201cThey were talking about something called Unite Us. And the conversation was all about how this platform could help people with what\\u2019s called the social determinants of health. So, we asked more and more questions. And we come to find out we can use this thing all over the place.\\u201d

According to Unite Us\\u2019 website, the platform \\u201cbrings sectors together through technology to ensure people\\u2019s needs are met. We drive the collaboration to identify, deliver, and pay for services that impact whole-person health.\\u201d

The \\u201cAbout Us\\u201d page on the website states:\\xa0

\\u201cUnite Us was founded with a single purpose: to improve people\\u2019s health and well-being by connecting communities to our technology. We\\u2019ve built a team of good humans, collaborators, and big thinkers building solutions meant to last.

\\u201cIn 2013, co-founders Dan Brillman and Taylor Justice set out to serve the people they served with. Seeking to alleviate the problems veterans and their families experienced during the transition back to civilian life, Dan and Taylor designed a solution to eliminate the barriers and inefficiencies in trying to navigate health and social services.\\u201d

Reyna said he expects great things from Unite Us.\\xa0

\\u201cUnite Us is a platform that\\u2019s going to help the nonprofits, government entities, any kind of institution that wants to help our community. They will be able to use this platform to help with whatever they need help with. And then, if they need additional help, they will send this information to the next agency, the next nonprofit, to help these individuals, whatever the situation may be.\\u201d

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