Intended Audience: Local/Municipal Government: Executive Branch
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Human-Centered Design NYC HOME-STAT Research Insights Report
This overview journey map of street homeless outreach reflects the business process, and worker and client experience during the period January–April 2016 from initial observation, contact, case management, and placement in permanent housing. The map is displayed in eleven high-level sections, each with individual sub-level sections. Summaries and details for all the sections are presented in the subsequent pages. Each dot represents an individual or agency. Each cluster of dots represents a service interaction.
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Policy Working Together – A Roadmap to Human Services System Alignment for Young Families
APHSA established a working group to identify strengths, barriers, and opportunities for better system alignment in human services for young parents and children, leading to the development of a roadmap to support meaningful systems-level changes.
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Procurement S.848 – Digital Service Act of 2019
This bill authorizes the U.S. Digital Service to make a grant to a state, Indian tribe, or local government to establish or support a team of relevant experts dedicated to modernizing the delivery of government services to the public through information technology. A state, tribe, or local government may receive up to two such grants.
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A Better Way to Connect People with the Benefits They Need
Outdated, cumbersome and inefficient government processes have long stymied innovation and prevented people from accessing social services for which they are eligible. BenePhilly has helped more than 110,000 Philadelphians, both in and out the workforce, enroll in assistance programs and has unlocked over $350 million in benefits.
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Digitizing Policy + Rules as Code OpenFisca: Write rules as code
OpenFisca provides a syntax for writing Rules as Code.
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Human-Centered Design Executive Order on Transforming Federal Customer Experience and Service Delivery to Rebuild Trust in Government
Executive order by President Biden mandating that governments deliver services more equitably and effectively through simple, accessible, and transparent design.
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ACCESS NYC Patterns
ACCESS NYC aims to increase the accessibility and convenience of discovering and enrolling in government benefits. These patterns support this work by defining the UI and behavior that New Yorkers experience as they use the site.
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ACCESS NYC Github
Github page with ACCESS NYC’s code for benefits outreach and eligibility.
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Digitizing Policy + Rules as Code 18F Eligibility APIs Initiative
Github page with 18F’s project documentation and task management efforts.
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Human-Centered Design Technology, Data, and Design-Enabled Approaches for a More Responsive, Effective Social Safety Net
This landscape analysis examines data, design, technology, and innovation-enabled approaches that make it easier for eligible people to enroll in, and receive, federally-funded social safety net benefits, with a focus on the earliest adaptations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Human-Centered Design Power to the Public: The Promise of Public Interest Technology
This book presents a blueprint for how governments and nonprofits can utilize digital technology to solve pressing twenty-first century issues.
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NYC Benefits Platform: Benefits and Programs Dataset
Data provided by the NYC Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity regarding benefit, program, and resource information for over 80 health and human services available to NYC residents in all eleven local law languages.