The story of wellconnected's use of trusted, connected data powering whole-person care across communities resonated at one of the nation's leading conferences on broadening social care. CEO Duane Conners joined with leaders from 4medica and the New Jersey Innovation Institute to deliver that message, and insights into their successful partnership, at the Civitas 2025 Annual Conference in Anaheim (September 28-30.) Conners showed how wellconencted's allco platform builds transformative processes in Chicago and Cook County, Illinois, as well as other communities in New York, New Jersey and West Virginia, through leveraged data to systemize and track social care. Allco's coordinated system improves processes and transparency and creates improved care for a community's most vulnerable. "At wellconnected, we believe true interoperability must go beyond clinical data to include behavioral and social insights that shape health every day," said Conners, wellconnected founder. “By partnering with 4medica and NJII, we're showing how connected data can empower care teams, strengthen communities, and deliver on the promise of whole-person care.” Conners and wellconnected, and their partners, hosted a featured session at the conference: Transforming Whole-Person Care: Unlocking the Power of Cross-Sector Data Sharing. He was joined by 4medica President Gregg Church, Rashidat Balogun, MPH, Managing Director of Chicago Regionwide CIE, Illinois Public Health Institute and Jennifer D'Angelo, COO and EVP, Healthcare Division of the New Jersey Innovation Institute.

Belief in data. ​Brown and White Ventures' new portfolio company, wellconnected, is driving that expression to draw funders and nonprofits together to better serve the people who need their services.  ​CEO Duane Conners said wellconnected's platform, allco, has been engineered to fit an agencies’ specific needs around intake and case management.  ​The platform coordinates that information in such a way that users can pull automated health information summaries, which are presented in layman terms and create crucial context for SDOH. ​“Just like an HIE, ‘allco’ has a longitudinal record for social care,” Conners said. “The difference is ours is directly built into the case management suite. So if someone walks into a shelter, it’s a full-stack understanding of their history – if they ever needed transportation or childcare or have food insecurity – because all of those community agencies really need to work together.” ​Conners spreads that message at events like the HIMSS conference in Las Vegas, an international gathering of those leading cutting-edge healthcare and IT earlier this year. There, he shared the story of wellconnected's first-of-its-kind community information exchange in Chicago, Buffalo, New Jersey and West Virginia and the importance of leveraging data for the social determinants of health. ​“If someone comes in for housing assistance, our users can see historically that he lost his job and he needed rent assistance that had fallen off," Conners said. "So he can step in and start working with those other providers to make sure that doesn’t happen again.” ​The company was formed in 2021 as a mission-driven startup aiming to create a better social safety net for the people in our society who need help.  Through its ‘allco’ software, the company brings a networked enterprise platform to a fractious and inefficient industry, driving collaboration between nonprofits and their funders. Government entities and foundations in the states and communities wellconnected serves are driving adoption to thousands of nonprofits. Learn more at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmhOsyH2Q3Q

Brown and White Ventures announced Monday July 14, 2025 it will invest $200,000 in wellconnected, a four-year old Buffalo, New York based startup whose “allco” platform gives social care agencies a standardized way to perform intake, case management, data collection and referrals.  Many different nonprofits align into one standardized system under wellconnected platform, ‘allco.' It turns inefficient ad hoc networks into engines of true collaboration. ​The investment by Brown and White Ventures is seed funding for wellconnected which will support the national rollout of “allco.” ​The platform has made major integrations with social care systems in New York, New Jersey, West Virginia and Illinois and positioned “allco” as a disruptive force dedicated to improving U.S. social care. ​“We find it compelling how welllconnected and “allco” tackle the long-standing fragmentation of social services in our country. We’re proud to be investing in a company positioned to become the digital infrastructure for social care in the United States,” said Jim Aroune, General Partner at Brown and White Ventures. ​“We’re grateful to the team at Brown and White Ventures for understanding the scope of vision as we pursue this very important mission,” wellconnected founder and CEO Duane Conners said. “wellconnected is bringing deeply necessary change that brings structured data and real-time analytics to the American social safety net so that we can provide quality resources and service to community members who need it most.” ​Conners reports “allco’s” primary clients include: non-profit organizations, public sector agencies and health insurers. The platform can also serve municipal governments engaged in delivering social care services, including housing support, food assistance, re-entry programming for formerly incarcerated individuals, mental health counseling and employment services. ​"By backing wellconnected, Brown and White Ventures sees an opportunity to make good on our Franciscan mission to promote compassionate service, respect and peace in our investments," Aroune said.  ​In 2021, Conners and Jamie Bono founded "allco." One of the platform's first partners was 211 Western New York, which received funding from Launch NY and Buffalo Innovative Seed Company. ​While wellconnected would land contracts in New Jersey and West Virginia, it was the closing of a five-year pilot program contract with the city of Chicago and Cook County, Illinois that doubled the company's revenue in 2024.

America’s fourth largest industry struggles to technically catch up with the times and develop true standards for communication and accountability. Into that gap arrives wellconnected, a Buffalo, New York startup seeking to lend a hand to social services and community service providers closest to home. Duane Conners told Brown and White Ventures podcast during a conversation in Williamsville, NY that his startup’s transforming how people access services; regardless of what kind of service the person needs. Through its allco platform, wellconnected binds a region’s agencies into seamless, efficient and more productive community assets, for both those seeking social services, and also services provided by: healthcare, housing, food, education and local government. “It’s a model that allows the tech to be that cobweb sticks everyone together. And allows for a digital no-wrong-doing.” Conners, a former lead at Kaleida Health, designed allco in partnerships with hundreds of organizations to unify onboarding and share collaborative case coordination. “Any agency, any one you speak with on the platform, allows you access to all of the services you need, near or far that most effectively help you.” Conners said his eight-year-old platform helps people who help people, including those on the ground working in food pantries, homeless shelters, school districts, county governments. It allows those organizations and their members to digitally collaborate.” Chicago and Cook County, Illinois, West Virginia, parts of New Jersey and Buffalo and Western New York implement allco and see their service enhanced through allco platform. “Our industry; most of it is ad hoc. And that’s what humans are. We work with individuals and individual care plans. But all those agencies don’t have communication tools and integration that can best support success,” Conners said. Listen to the entire conversation with Duane Conners at the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYKmPfWXMz8

The inspiration for the startup seeking to change social services through unifying technology and process comes from Duane Conners's extensive experience in Western New York's health and social care systems. Conners, the co-founder and CEO of wellconnected, has positioned himself as a key player in the fields of healthcare finance and innovation for a generation. Conners, a 2000 Pioneer Central graduate, studied at the University at Buffalo School of Management and graduated with a B.S. in Financial Analysis. Kaleida Health brough Conners on in 2008. His career with the region's largest health organization led to his tenure as a Senior Decision Support Advisor at Buffalo General Medical Center. Here, he provided invaluable financial and clinical analysis, aiding project and management teams in navigating complex decisions. Conners's expertise grew as he transitioned to the role of Manager of Budget and Financial Analysis at Kaleida Health, where he led a team dedicated to developing a service line-based budget across the organization. His analytical skills and leadership paved the way for future opportunities. In 2015, he briefly served as a Financial Analyst at North American Breweries, Inc. before taking on the challenge of Network Finance Manager at HealthNow New York Inc., where he played a pivotal role until May 2016. His tenure showcased his ability to blend financial acumen with strategic insights, strengthening healthcare finances. In addition to his extensive healthcare experience, Conners founded rprt in October 2015, serving as CEO until August 2022. Under his leadership, rprt specialized in creating reporting environments and implementing solid data practices that benefited nonprofit and non-tertiary care providers. This entrepreneurial venture solidified his status as an innovator in the field. Conners’s commitment to enhancing healthcare solutions can be found in his work with VBP Forward from September 2018 to April 2021, where he helped healthcare organizations develop value-based care solutions and improve population health outcomes. His collaborative spirit led to co-founding the Center of Excellence for Infection Prevention and Control (COEIPAC) in January 2017, dedicated to spearheading innovative strategies in infection prevention. His early career included significant roles at organizations like Infonaut, where he served as Vice President of Business Development, and the Western New York Impact Investment Fund as an Investment Associate. These experiences equipped him with a broader understanding of healthcare investment and operational strategies. It led to wellconnected, the newest portfolio company of Brown and White Ventures. Founded four years ago, the company's platform "allco" works directly with community-based organizaqtions to create a secure, central data hub that removes silos, allows collaboration and ultimately provides better social care services. Conners' s SaaS introduced itself in Buffalo and Erie County before making inroads into West Virginia and New Jersey. It's big break came months ago, when it engaged in a five-year agreement with Chicago and Cook County, Illinois. Conners continues to be a driving force for positive change in the industry, proving that a dedication to data-driven practices and innovative solutions can lead to significant advancements in health care delivery.