MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – The next time you use the 211 information app, there are now resources available in Spanish.

United Way of Dane County launched the Spanish version this week. The app gives 24/7 live local resources to help residents in Dane and six other counites in Southern Wisconsin.

“When you look 5% factor to this, there are over 4,000 people in the Madison area that are Spanish speaking that want to be able to access resources and we want to make sure we can serve them,” Ed Wall, the director of 211 for United Way of Dane County.

The Spanish version of the app was developed with the help of Centro Hispano and a grant from PHMDC.

“Central Hispano right here in Madison contacted us and said a lot of people who want to use the app but only speak Spanish. We took that as something that we wanted to get done. We wanted to create a Spanish version,” Wall said.

The app was originally launched in October 2021. The 211 Wisconsin app was developed to broaden awareness of and access to community resources.

It connects people to resources like food pantries, housing, education, crisis lines and legal help.

If people do not have their own devices, there are 60 kiosks throughout southern Wisconsin for people to use. They can be found in schools, homeless shelters, food pantries and libraries.

Click here for a full list of 211 kiosks.