A tech solution would help the same way that google maps having info right there in app and visible for options for bussing / rideshare , etc helps people using maps to get around.
It's all out there already? Is it though? I am not aware of any source of jobs that do not test for drugs or felony. Maybe there is a reddit thread or forum somewhere I am not aware of? I have not looked for that specifically, only looked at the main job finding resourcing on the first page of google in my area.
So to make it work, I think first a need to find all the jobs that people can actually not waste time reading about and applying for - only list jobs that do not test.
Have additional options for selecting distance, transportation, childcare, which programs they will not qualify for based upon checkboxes like felonies - and all that that becomes barriers would be helpful as well.
I have engaged beggars / homeless in our city many times over the years (and I do not engage purposely most of the time). When I find challenges I don't know the answer to I look up what I can find.
Some things are hard (won't sleep / eat at the mission due to a real conflict with the forced religious sermon) - I get that. Some things are easy when you have broadband, a big screen, the mental capacity to search and call and find and put together pieces of the puzzle...
Easy for me to look up things does not make it easy for others to put it all together - and I have not seen any resource that adds a checkbox to filter options based upon drug test passabl-ity, felony on record, things like that.
One guy down the street says he can't get food stamps and similar things because of felony.
I'd love to be able to point to a resource and save time for people. At the moment I can't think of any resource that lists jobs people can get without tests. Even good resources like indeed which give you nice location based results, you still spend tons of time scrolling through things that sound great until you get to the bottom of the listing and the requirements, and most don't even list all the requirements (tests for example).
Certainly the bigger problem with people feeling they need to steal in order to eek out a living in the US society is going to take more than tech to fix - but here is something that should be simple to add some solution to the mix, and yet it's still not done - for many reasons I'm sure.
What else is needed to make.it actually work?