Resource
Help Finder
Resource Help Finder is the app — food, a hot meal, shelter, help with bills and rides for the South Bend area. Renamed from South Bend Help Finder: Resource Help Finder is now the app's name everywhere it lives, and this page is its live demo.
The window below always loads the live app. There is no old copy to go stale — what shipped is what opens.
What’s live right now
Checked against production on October 13, 2026. Resource Help Finder is the app's name. The build live today is 6.12.4. New since the last refresh of this page: the Terms of Agreement are live, and creating an account asks you to agree to them first; signed forms are now recorded and enforced, so what a person signs in a form holds up; and the header is rebuilt, with the language control at the top right, Light and Dark beneath it, and the account link beneath that. The header stack now starts with a tiny English / Español pill. The “Where should we look?” box is gone — the map moved up into its place, with “Put your address” right above it — and the chat opens clean on pale green, with no chips under the first question. Newest of all: tapping “Find places near me” now zooms the map in on your location at street level by itself, no extra tap needed. The web address does not change with the rename.
Covering the South Bend area
Resource Help Finder covers South Bend, Mishawaka, Nappanee and Elkhart County, with 295 places listed for food, shelter, bills, rides and more.
Downtown South Bend — the finder’s home area.
Live window
This is the real app, not a screenshot. Scroll and tap inside it.
What do you need today?
The eight needs on the home screen — shown here at the new smaller disc size, 76px, so the tiles feel fluid, not gaudy. Tapping one opens the live app.
In the app today
- ✓Title centered, shadows pulled in tight — discs pop off the page without fanning out.
- ✓Find places near me zooms the map for you — type an address, or leave it empty to use your location, and the map drops to street level on that spot by itself.
- ✓Glossy discs + blue helper button — the chat button is now a pulsing blue circle that catches the eye.
- ✓Tiny English / Español pill on top — then Light | Dark, then the account link, stacked at the top right.
- ✓Map + list together — search, Open now, Near me, My Day plan (up to 3 stops), Saved places, and forms you can finish later when signed in.
What’s new in the app
- ✓Terms of Agreement are live — creating an account asks you to agree to them first; no agreement, no account (v6.12.2).
- ✓Signed forms hold up — what a person signs in a form is recorded and enforced on the server (v6.12.2).
- ✓Header rebuilt — language control at the top right, Light | Dark beneath it, and the account link beneath that (v6.12.2).
- ✓Tiny English / Español pill at the very top of the header stack (v6.12.3).
- ✓The “Where should we look?” box is gone — the map moved up into its place, with “Put your address” right above it (v6.12.3).
- ✓Chat opens clean on pale green — no chips under the first question; you just type your answer (v6.12.3).
- ✓“Find places near me” zooms in by itself — one tap and the map drops to street level on your spot (v6.12.4).
Shipped in v6.12.2 through v6.12.4 on October 13, 2026, each verified live on production.
Coming in v6.13.0 — a more personable helper
Being built and tested now; it is not in the live app yet. The helper gets a real conversation layer — warmer, more encouraging, and it remembers what you already asked for. Results narrow to the places that match your need near you, instead of a long region-wide list. The chat's scrolling and display glitches are being fixed, including the agreement row at the end of the intake. Light | Dark becomes one small toggle switch, half the size of the language pill. And the menu slims down: Find help, My Day, My Plan, Saved places and Delete your data move into the free-account dashboard, where they belong. In a crisis, the chat will put a Call 911 / 988 row first.
Try it in 20 seconds
For Mr. Chupp’s check when Aura says an update is ready.
Scroll up to the phone window, or tap “Open the live app.” Confirm the footer reads Version 6.12.4.
The map should center on your location and the list should sort closest-first.
That’s the helper. It opens the chat; watch for the “Click here for help” bubble beside it.
Every label should change language together — home, list, and chat.