We are thrilled to announce that we’ve updated our taxonomy to better reflect the needs of our members. Many, many thanks to our numerous partners and collaborators who provided their thoughtful feedback, especially Los Angeles County Department of Health Services,
New Property
We’ve added a new community property for individuals seeking asylum. The property is part of Affinity Groups and is labeled “community-asylum-seeker”. Please email me at audrey@1degree.org if you have any questions.
New: Category and Properties
Our Properties Master list includes a new category, “Source” to record information about the original source of a resource. As part of this new category, we’ve included properties to track the name of the source (source-name) and a source identification number (source-id). We added a new
Recategorizing ‘Age Groups’ Properties
The category “Age Groups” was removed from our Properties Master. We consolidated the age group properties with the communities properties within the “Affinity Groups” category. Here is a summary of changes: Deleted properties: ‘for-children’, ‘for-adults’, ‘for-teens’ , ‘for-young-adults’ and ‘for-seniors’ Replaced ‘for-children’
New: Service Area Properties
Our Properties Master list includes a new category, “Service Area” that defines the area where a community resource is available. As part of this new category, we’ve included separate properties for every county in California, each state in the US and nation-wide for
Making it easier to find the right resource
As One Degree’s Resource Manager, I am responsible for maintaining, collecting and organizing the thousands of community resources featured on our site. It’s no easy task as our database continues to grow and the range of resources expands everyday. My