Mental wellness technology for the high-stress federal workforce.
The full statement below, and as a formatted single-page PDF for inclusion in a proposal package.
Ubeus asks questions that presume agency.
There is a hidden epidemic in the high-stress federal workforce: loneliness and isolation. Corrections officers, law enforcement, wildland and structure fire crews, service members, veterans, healthcare workers — surrounded by colleagues, yet profoundly alone. They feel they can’t show weakness or ask for help. So they suffer alone, and it surfaces as substance abuse, broken relationships, burnout, attrition, and at the extreme, suicide.
Billions go to programs they won’t use, because those programs ask questions that presume damage: “What’s wrong with you?”
Ubeus is a deployed, in-production platform that takes 60 seconds a day, carries no clinical label, and puts support in the hands of the crew they already trust.
Ubeus asks questions that presume agency: “How do you want your life to be right now?” Living Ideation
| Behavioral health & wellness technology | Daily two-question check-ins, longitudinal self-tracking, one-tap access to 988, 911, and crisis text lines. |
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| Peer support program enablement | Private, invitation-only “crews” by shift, unit, or cohort; Rally Around surfaces any member reporting distress or gone silent 7+ days. |
| Mobile application development & SaaS delivery | Native iOS and Android, live in the Apple App Store and Google Play; no agency servers, no IT build, no infrastructure to maintain. |
| Agency-configurable resource libraries | Department EAP, chaplain, peer team, union, and local resources, updated centrally without an app release. |
| Resilience & stress management training | Living Ideation curriculum for warrior-servant populations; CISM/ICISF-aligned and delivered by a national ICISF instructor. |
| Engagement analytics & outcome reporting | Enrollment, activation, and engagement data packaged for program review and grant close-out reporting. |
| Deployment, onboarding & sustainment | Administrator dashboards, training video library, and rollout support designed for 24/7 shift-based workforces. |
Six reasons this reaches people other programs miss.
Built for the workforce that resists help
Ubeus never asks “What’s wrong with you?” It asks “How do you want your life to be right now?” — a build model, not a repair model. That reframe is why high performers who avoid clinical programs to protect their careers will use it.
Peer-visible early warning
Crewmates see distress and silence in real time, so intervention comes from trusted colleagues in hours — not from a clinical intake queue in weeks.
Clinically founded, not clinically packaged
Created by Steven Nicholas, Ed.D. in Counseling & Educational Psychology, LMFT, ICISF national instructor, EMDR-trained — 20+ years embedded with Air National Guard, U.S. Wildland Fire Service and U.S. Forest Service wildland fire, structure fire, and law enforcement.
Private by architecture
Journal entries never leave the device unless shared. Sharing is crew-only. No public feed, no algorithm, no broadcast — the deliberate antithesis of social media.
Proven at agency scale, not concept stage
A paying state-government deployment covering roughly 3,000 employees, plus active fire cohorts.
Low-lift acquisition and sustainment
Per-seat subscription, no capital outlay, nothing stranded when grant funding ends — the continuation plan reviewers and program managers require.
Current and active engagements.
Nevada Department of Corrections
Agency-wide deployment to approximately 3,000 employees with a department-tailored resource library.
Truckee Meadows Fire & Rescue
Structure fire crews, delivered through the department’s peer support team.
Key personnel — prior federal experience
Resilience and critical-incident work delivered by Dr. Nicholas with the Nevada Air National Guard, U.S. Wildland Fire Service and U.S. Forest Service wildland fire crews, and municipal fire and law enforcement agencies.
Registration and codes.
Ubeus delivers a subscription mobile wellness platform to government and enterprise. The app is free to download; agencies license per seat and receive configured resources, administrator dashboards, and onboarding support.
| UEI | UTNGSDAG6911 |
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| CAGE | 23MG6 |
| Business size | Small Business |
| NAICS |
513210 Software Publishers (primary) ·
541511 Custom Computer Programming ·
541512 Computer Systems Design ·
541519 Other Computer Related Services ·
611430 Professional & Management Development Training ·
621330 Offices of Mental Health Practitioners
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| PSC | DA10 — Business Application Software (SaaS) |
| Delivery | Apple App Store & Google Play; commercial SaaS, no agency infrastructure required |
Populations served
One platform, configured per agency. Resource libraries, crew structures, and onboarding are tailored to the mission and duty cycle of each workforce below.