What is Operation Iron Gate?

Too often, nobody knows if a person sent for help ever got there. That gap brought the team of Pathfinders for Hope together: our board, partners, volunteers and community. This led to the formation of a technical solution capable of tracking the individual, services, healthcare priorities and shelter. We call that technical solution Operation Iron Gate.

With secure, accountable data tracking, management, and reporting priorities, Operation Iron Gate will give the community the needed data and civic leaders the tracking of services provided to better map scalable and sustainable solutions.

Your gift helps our team launch the North Bay Pilot, starting in Vallejo.

Why it matters

Someone walks up to the front door of a church, a nonprofit office or a community center. They have nothing. No ID, no place to sleep, no idea who can help them or where to start.

Today, what happens next depends on luck: which staff member is working, whether that person knows the right resource, whether the referral is ever followed up. Too often the person walks out with a piece of paper and a phone number, and nobody ever knows if they made it.

What our team is building

Operation Iron Gate is designed to change what happens at that door. When someone reaches out, they will have a real case that is followed from that moment forward, not just a form or a number in a queue.

Every referral is designed to be tracked until the person is confirmed as served. Not "we sent them." Confirmed they arrived. If a case stalls, the right people will know. Nobody should get lost at a handoff.

For Vallejo, a city where people experiencing homelessness have been failed by disconnected systems for years, this means a clearer picture for the first time: who came in, what happened, and whether it worked.

Where your gift goes

The North Bay Pilot is underway. Before the software can be tested for real, it needs a secure place to live: a hosting server. Your gift helps our team turn that on and move the pilot from preparation to testing.

Every gift matters. $20 from many people is how we get this done.

Thank you for standing with us.

The Pathfinders for Hope Team

Operation Iron Gate — North Bay Pilot