HBCU students are getting the support they need to enter the real world. According to a news release, The PROPEL Center, announced the launch of PROPEL Learn, a student-focused app to support HBCU ...

Propel, maker of the Fresh EBT app for managing food stamps and other benefits, announced today that it has raised $12.8 million in Series A funding. Fresh EBT (the EBT stands for the Electronics ...

Four years ago, Jimmy Chen left a lucrative perch as a product manager at Facebook to found Propel, what he calls an “anti-poverty software company.” In 2016, the Brooklyn startup released a ...

Like many immigrant families, Jimmy Chen’s parents worked hard to build a new life in the U.S. But growing up in Kansas City, there were times when putting food on the table was a struggle, and Chen ...

Tech companies talk big about doing good, but software developers can have a myopic view of the world. As COVID-19 stay-at-home control measures hit the low-income segment of society hard, those ...

1 in 8 Americans, nearly 42 million people, rely on SNAP to help put food on the table each month. SNAP benefits are delivered monthly, but deposit dates vary by state and other factors. On November 1 ...