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  "updated_at": "2026-05-15",
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "source": "https://www.mycommunitydata.org",
  "description": "Machine-readable index of resource categories tracked by My Community Data. Each category links to a public discovery URL and a Wikidata entity for entity disambiguation.",
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      "slug": "food",
      "label": "Food Assistance",
      "description": "Food banks, food pantries, soup kitchens, mobile food distributions, SNAP and WIC enrollment sites.",
      "url": "https://www.mycommunitydata.org/discover?category=food",
      "wikidata": "Q1058914",
      "color": "#00AEEF",
      "schema_type": "FoodEstablishment"
    },
    {
      "slug": "shelter",
      "label": "Emergency Shelter",
      "description": "Red Cross shelters, warming and cooling centers, tornado shelters, evacuation sites, and overnight emergency lodging.",
      "url": "https://www.mycommunitydata.org/discover?category=shelter",
      "wikidata": "Q1066984",
      "color": "#9B4AA0",
      "schema_type": "EmergencyService"
    },
    {
      "slug": "medical",
      "label": "Medical Care",
      "description": "Free and low-cost clinics, mobile health units, dialysis centers, prescription assistance, and post-disaster medical aid.",
      "url": "https://www.mycommunitydata.org/discover?category=medical",
      "wikidata": "Q16917",
      "color": "#E056A0",
      "schema_type": "MedicalBusiness"
    },
    {
      "slug": "mental-health",
      "label": "Mental Health",
      "description": "Crisis counseling, disaster distress lines, peer support, trauma-informed therapy, and SAMHSA referral programs.",
      "url": "https://www.mycommunitydata.org/discover?category=mental-health",
      "wikidata": "Q317309",
      "color": "#9B4AA0",
      "schema_type": "MedicalBusiness"
    },
    {
      "slug": "transportation",
      "label": "Transportation",
      "description": "Volunteer driver networks, paratransit, evacuation transport, and disaster mobility assistance.",
      "url": "https://www.mycommunitydata.org/discover?category=transportation",
      "wikidata": "Q7590",
      "color": "#00AEEF",
      "schema_type": "LocalBusiness"
    },
    {
      "slug": "utilities",
      "label": "Utility Assistance",
      "description": "LIHEAP, weatherization, water bill help, internet subsidies, and emergency utility shut-off prevention.",
      "url": "https://www.mycommunitydata.org/discover?category=utilities",
      "wikidata": "Q9332",
      "color": "#E056A0",
      "schema_type": "LocalBusiness"
    },
    {
      "slug": "legal",
      "label": "Legal Aid",
      "description": "Free legal aid clinics, FEMA appeals help, tenant defense, immigration assistance, and disaster-related legal services.",
      "url": "https://www.mycommunitydata.org/discover?category=legal",
      "wikidata": "Q707946",
      "color": "#9B4AA0",
      "schema_type": "LegalService"
    },
    {
      "slug": "housing",
      "label": "Housing",
      "description": "Rental assistance, transitional housing, FEMA Individual Assistance lodging, rebuild support, and rapid rehousing programs.",
      "url": "https://www.mycommunitydata.org/discover?category=housing",
      "wikidata": "Q11460",
      "color": "#00AEEF",
      "schema_type": "RealEstateAgent"
    },
    {
      "slug": "financial",
      "label": "Financial Assistance",
      "description": "Cash aid, FEMA assistance, SBA disaster loans, unemployment claims, and emergency grants.",
      "url": "https://www.mycommunitydata.org/discover?category=financial",
      "wikidata": "Q43015",
      "color": "#E056A0",
      "schema_type": "FinancialService"
    },
    {
      "slug": "clothing",
      "label": "Clothing & Household",
      "description": "Free clothing closets, household goods distribution, school uniform programs, and disaster supply pantries.",
      "url": "https://www.mycommunitydata.org/discover?category=clothing",
      "wikidata": "Q11460",
      "color": "#9B4AA0",
      "schema_type": "Store"
    }
  ],
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    "openapi": "https://www.mycommunitydata.org/api/public/openapi.json",
    "feed": "https://www.mycommunitydata.org/feed.xml",
    "sitemap": "https://www.mycommunitydata.org/sitemap.xml",
    "llms": "https://www.mycommunitydata.org/llms.txt",
    "llms_full": "https://www.mycommunitydata.org/llms-full.txt"
  }
}