It’s a different kind of scaling when an app that works on a national level zooms in to a neighborhood focus, but that’s what will be going on for BigApps 2015 winner Benefit Kitchen.

The app asks users for their income data and then lays out what public benefits they’re eligible for, such as food stamps, Medicaid and 16 more programs. Now, thanks to a grant from the city’s Department of Small Business Services, Benefit Kitchen will takes its service local, partnering with the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership to tailor the offerings on the app to include assistance from organizations and business for people in the neighborhood.

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