This article shares insights from Minnesota-based focus groups, revealing that low-income women navigating unemployment insurance often face confusion and uncertainty around eligibility, complex administrative processes, and additional challenges related to childcare, housing stability, and mistrust of benefit systems.
This video documents the Digital Benefits Network's Digital Identity Community of Practice launch, covering mission review, 2025 goals, California authentication innovations, and peer networking for equitable and effective digital identity in public benefits.
This user guide provides step-by-step instructions for families in Iowa to find licensed child care providers online based on location, schedule, and program preferences.
Key functionalities and design elements recommended for creating effective online WIC applications, focusing on usability, accessibility, and compliance to improve participant experience and streamline agency operations.
This report warns that federal data collection is being undermined by budget cuts, political interference, and leadership changes that threaten the reliability of core economic and social statistics.
This publication summarizes a body of research about how state benefits administering agencies build and maintain integrated eligibility and enrollment (IEE) systems. It is an easy to reference guide for state administrators, legislators, advocates, and delivery partners.
This resource provides state agencies and their implementation partners with context on how and why to conduct a Digital Identity Risk Management (DIRM) process, as well as a new spreadsheet-based tool to guide agency teams through the process.
A research report examining how privacy and security risks are unevenly experienced across socioeconomic, racial, and ethnic groups, and how digital inequality shapes people’s exposure to harm and access to protective resources.
This research visualizes the complex emotional and clinical stages of the maternal mental health experience, from initial pregnancy through postpartum recovery and the return to work.
