What LaneHelp can help with

Find help

• Search for services — food, showers, clothing, health care, detox, legal help, bus passes, and more. See Searching for resources.
• Check shelter availability — reported bed status and intake notes for local shelters. See Checking shelter availability.
• Look for housing — rental leads, shared housing, waitlists, rent assistance, and tenant help. See Housing tools.
• Use the Shared Housing exchange — browse or list city-level rooms with moderation and safety guidance. See Shared Housing.
• Compare preschool programs — build a cautious shortlist from the official Preschool Promise and Head Start directory. See Finding preschool matches.
• Find work and build a resume — browse jobs, prepare applications, and create a private resume. See Jobs, applications, and resume building.
• Browse by need — guided pages for food, health, recovery, families, legal help, jobs, and each Lane County city. See Everyday needs.

Get around

• Use the map — see services, shelters, buses, and alerts by place. See Using the map.
• Use Route Finder — enter a start and destination for a direct bus-and-walk plan. See Using the Route Finder.
• Build a shareable trip — turn directions into simple steps and an Easy Route handoff. See Building a trip.

Ask instead of browse

• Ask Paddle — LaneHelp’s helper duck. Describe what you need in normal words and Paddle points you to the right page, resource, or route. See What Paddle is.
• Text LaneHelp — no internet needed. Text a need like “shelter” or “food” and get short answers with links. See Using LaneHelp by text.

Stay informed

• Read The Current — reviewed local editions with source receipts. See Reading The Current.
• Find events and recurring meetings — calendar, agenda, map, recovery, and printable schedule views. See Events and Meetings.
• Read Calls and Community Insights carefully — preliminary dispatch context and sourced neighborhood-scale indicators, each with explicit limits. See Calls and Community Insights.
• Alerts and local information — weather, wildfire, roads, cameras, and public lookups. See Alerts and local information.
• Notifications — optional alerts on your phone for shelter beds, housing openings, and emergencies. See Notifications.

Help someone else

• Save, print, and share — favorites, printable handouts, and share links. See Saving and sharing.
• Quick Sheet — build a short printable list of resources for one person. See Quick Sheet handoffs.
• Tools for organizations — public listings, field tools, and data signals. See How organizations use LaneHelp.
• Create or claim an organization — show the connection and send it through human review. See Creating or claiming an organization.
• Use a public profile and Community deliberately — choose visibility, public sections, messaging, following, and safety controls. See Profiles, visibility, and Community.
• Use the phone apps — download LaneHelp for iPhone or Android, or keep using the website. See Download the LaneHelp app.