FOR INVESTORS
Hello, It's Me® gives adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities a safe app for friendship, coaching and life skills, Medicaid-reimbursed in Missouri and approved in New Jersey.
MOMENTUM
Missouri
New Jersey
4 states
3,000+
65%
Texas, Indiana and Ohio are next in the state pipeline.
Americans live with an intellectual or developmental disability.
of adults with IDD want help making and keeping friends.
people wait for Medicaid home and community services, most of them people with IDD.
Transition readiness for students with IDD, delivered in schools before services end at 21. Launching in St. Louis.
Visit RelateSpark→Friendship, coaching and life skills for adults, Medicaid-reimbursed in Missouri and approved in New Jersey.
Explore Hello, It's Me®→Certification and training for the direct support workforce.
Visit VantageIDD→One person served from school into adult life, with the people who support them trained on the same model.
WHY NOW
Direct support professional turnover runs 43% to 50% nationally.
Hundreds of thousands of people wait years for home and community services.
States now fund technology inside Medicaid HCBS waivers.
HOW THE BUSINESS WORKS
Medicaid
Agencies
Families
Schools
WHY HELLO, IT'S ME® WINS
Dr. Karyn Harvey, PhD, an IDD clinician and author of three books on trauma-informed care, designed the clinical model.
A real person reviews every profile, the app blocks harmful words before they send, and chat stays to words.
Progress reports link to each member's Person-Centered Service Plan.
Each approval takes months to years, and every approval raises the barrier for the next entrant.
MARKET
Global IDD market, vastly underserved. Hello, It's Me® expands Medicaid access one state at a time, with reimbursement in Missouri and provider approval in New Jersey today.
Source: FES estimate based on CMS, RISP, KFF, NCSL and RSA data.
CEO and Founder
Founder of Hello, It's Me®. Three-time entrepreneur with 35 years in education and healthcare technology. Started his first venture at 19.
Chief Growth Officer and EVP of Capital Strategy
Growth leader with 30+ years in healthcare payer technology and services. Founder of Health Revenue Strategy, formerly VP of New Business Development at Cotiviti.
Chief Clinical Architect
IDD clinician with 35+ years of clinical and research experience and author of three books on trauma-informed care. Chief Clinical Officer at REACH Services and former Professor of Pediatrics at Emory University School of Medicine. She designed the clinical model behind Hello, It's Me® and RelateSpark.
Head of Operations
25+ years building schools, training educators and developing programs for the IDD community. Randeep leads state implementation and provider adoption, and is the primary contact for RelateSpark programs.
VP, Innovation
Leads product architecture and innovation, with 18+ years in eLearning, instructional design and education technology. Shyam leads curriculum architecture and technical delivery across the platform, including RelateSpark.
The round funds expansion into new states, the RelateSpark school rollout, product and retention, and outcome measurement. The deck, terms and data room go to qualified investors on request.
