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Financial Health Intelligence Platform

Governments don't see
community distress until it's a crisis.

An AI early-warning system that detects financial distress across food, housing, healthcare, and employment — weeks before official reporting catches it.

4×
domains monitored in real time
6wk
ahead of official reporting
ZIP
code-level resolution
Anomaly detected 47219 · Housing stress
218 enrolled SNAP + Medicaid · 72 hrs
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LIVE
Hamilton County, OH
142
Financial Stress Index
+18.4 pts / 30d
ALERT · APR 3
Food
118
↑ 6.2 pts
Housing
156
↑ 22.1 pts
Health
89
↓ 2.1 pts
Jobs
134
↑ 11.8 pts
The problem

Financial distress is predictable.
Government response isn't.

A factory closes. Evictions spike. SNAP applications rise. Food bank lines grow. The data exists — but in separate silos. We connect the dots before the crisis hits.

63%

of Americans can't cover a $500 emergency. A single shock cascades into eviction or food insecurity.

CNBC · Bankrate 2023
56%

of young adults report financial stress severely impacting mental health and daily stability.

Newport Institute
3–6mo

Typical lag between a crisis emerging and official government reporting catching it.

FinMango research
0

Cities currently equipped to track food, housing, health, and jobs simultaneously.

As of 2026
What we're building

One platform. Four domains.
Every community.

The Financial Health Barometer fuses disconnected public data into a real-time index. Agentic AI turns those signals into proactive local government action.

Food Security

Predict food crises before they peak

Monitor SNAP gaps and shifts in food deserts. Route vulnerable citizens directly to unclaimed benefits.

Signals tracked
12
SNAP gap, US
~18%
Housing Stability

Detect displacement risks early

Track eviction velocity and rent burden. Proactively deploy emergency assistance to high-risk neighborhoods.

Eviction filings
+24%
Rent-burdened
49.3%
Healthcare Access

Identify critical coverage gaps

Monitor Medicaid churn and insurance drops. Alert health departments to vulnerable communities before emergencies arise.

Medicaid churn
8.2%
Uninsured rate
11.4%
Workforce Disruption

Anticipate employment shocks

Track layoffs and unemployment claims. Automatically model downstream impacts on housing, food, and health security.

UI claims
+14%
Layoff events
37
A signal in the wild

One factory closure.
A 90-day cascade.

This is what a typical shock looks like on the ground. By the time traditional reporting catches it, families are already in crisis. Our platform sees each step in real time — and intervenes at step one.

Day 0
Day 90
DAY 0–7
Plant announces closure
340 workers receive WARN notices in a single county. Local employment signal spikes.
UI claims ↑ 280%
DAY 14–30
Savings drain silently
Households deplete emergency buffers. Credit utilization rises sharply. No one is reporting yet.
Avg. balance ↓ 41%
DAY 30–60
Housing stress peaks
Rent delinquencies and eviction filings accelerate. Food bank demand rises in adjacent zip codes.
Evictions ↑ 54%
DAY 60–90
Crisis is now "official"
Bureau of Labor Statistics reports the shock. By now, hundreds of families have already lost housing.
BLS lag: 67 days
How it works

Four AI loops. Always running.

The platform doesn't wait for a crisis. It watches, reasons, acts, and closes the loop by guiding citizens directly to enrollment.

01
Detect

Spot distress before it's reported

Monitoring agents ingest cross-domain data 24/7. When signals deviate from local baselines, the system flags emerging stress at the zip-code level — weeks ahead of official reporting.

BLS · Census · HUD FRED · JCHS · Trends
02
Inform

Empower decision-makers instantly

Generate tailored Community Health Briefs for every agency. Risk scores, trend analysis, and actionable policy recommendations on demand.

Weekly briefs On-demand queries
03
Respond

Deploy resources at the speed of need

Automatically trigger targeted outreach and eligibility pre-screening across relevant programs, natively through existing government channels.

SMS · mail · IVR Caseworker assist
04
Enroll

Guide citizens through the red tape

An AI enrollment agent walks citizens through multi-program applications — SNAP, Medicaid, housing — in a single, streamlined session by pre-filling known data.

Multi-program Human-in-the-loop
"

Financial health must come before financial education. You can't teach someone to budget their way out of a system that wasn't built to find them.

Scott Glasgow · Founder & Executive Director

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We're a 501(c)(3) nonprofit partnering with global leaders like Google Health, the WHO, and the World Bank to build proactive financial infrastructure for the communities that need it most.

Learn more at FinMango.org
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