Portfolio/Venture
Eligibl
Validation and pilot development
Make assistance programs easier to discover, understand, and access.
A centralized discovery platform for federal, state, and local assistance programs, aiming to become a source government and community partners will help validate and distribute.
The tree
.-. .-. FRUIT The outcome we want .-( '-' )-. Residents find assistance they might .' '. otherwise miss. Government partners get a ( ( ) ( ) ) better way to connect people with programs '._ _.' that already exist. '~---------~' | * * | * * LEAVES Experiments underway . . | . . Charlotte is the ground. Conversations `. .' | `. .' come before features. `-..-' | `-..-' .--. | .--. BRANCHES Capabilities .-' `-. | .-' `-. What the product has to be able to do ( )------|------( ) before a pilot is credible. `-. .-' | `-. .-' `--' | `--' | TRUNK The product | Eligibl is a discovery platform for | federal, state, and local assistance. The | long-term ambition is a trusted source .----|----. ROOTS What can hold a pilot up .-' | `-. Local trust is the scarce resource. .' | `. Software is not. ____/__________|__________\____ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SOIL The problem
SoilThe problem
No separate points on this layer.
RootsWhat can hold a pilot up
- Relationships with local government.
- Community organizations and nonprofits.
- Knowledge of assistance programs.
- Technical development.
- Institutional champions.
- Residents who can test the platform.
TrunkThe product
No separate points on this layer.
BranchesCapabilities
- Program aggregation.
- Eligibility information.
- Search and discovery.
- Data validation.
- Government integrations.
- Community outreach.
- User acquisition.
LeavesExperiments underway
- Charlotte pilot conversations.
- Community organization outreach.
- Program accuracy testing.
- User interviews.
- Institutional partnership development.
FruitThe outcome we want
No separate points on this layer.
The next year
Identify five Charlotte-area contacts and conduct outreach
Three discovery conversations and one potential institutional champion
Establish a credible local pilot opportunity
Validate demand and develop Charlotte relationships
Progress toward a local pilot and resident testing
Establish at least two genuine institutional champions
Evaluate pilot outcomes and expansion opportunities
November 2026 through October 2027. Bars are the November 1 timeframes, read onto this year. August through October are open on purpose. The blueprint does not schedule them. October 2026 is already behind this chart. A dim bar is not started. A full bar is in motion or done. Blocked work drops to a thin opacity so it stays visible.
Objectives
The year chart above is the same work, drawn from November 2026 through October 2027. Status stays in this browser.
Eligibl/First 30 days
Identify five Charlotte-area contacts and conduct outreach
The five named organizations are the starting list. Update each one when the outreach is real.
Eligibl/First 30 days
Three discovery conversations and one potential institutional champion
A champion is someone who will help carry a pilot, not someone who took a meeting.
Eligibl/60 days
Establish a credible local pilot opportunity
Eligibl/Q4 2026
Validate demand and develop Charlotte relationships
Eligibl/Q1 2027
Progress toward a local pilot and resident testing
Eligibl/Six months
Establish at least two genuine institutional champions
Eligibl/Q2 2027
Evaluate pilot outcomes and expansion opportunities
Charlotte outreach
A starting list, not a partner list. 0 of 5 have any contact recorded.
Mecklenburg County Community Resource Centers
Including the Valerie C. Woodard Center.
Ella B. Scarborough Center
Mecklenburg County.
Just1Call
County information and referral.
Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy
Legal help for people who need assistance navigating systems.
United Way / NC 211
Referral network. A starting conversation, not a partnership.