CalAcademy is California’s public sector innovation training program, equipping state employees with modern skills like human-centered design, data analytics, and a product mindset to enhance government services.
Guidance on improving how well AI systems can understand digital content. It emphasizes using machine-readable formats and applying clear content design strategies to enhance both AI processing and human accessibility
Digital IDs can improve convenience, but they risk surveillance, data misuse, and exclusion if not designed with privacy, security, and accessibility safeguards.
This report catalogs the policy choices, demonstration projects, and waivers each state uses to administer SNAP, highlighting how states adapt federal rules to local needs.
Created for use in the Digital Doorways research project, this design stimuli shows the steps of submitting an application, sharing personal information, and verifying identity for New York's online application for Unemployment Insurance.
Created for use in the Digital Doorways research project, this design stimuli shows the steps of submitting an application, sharing personal information, and verifying identity for New York's integrated online application that includes SNAP and Medicaid.
This blog analyzes how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) will dramatically shift SNAP costs onto state governments, projecting massive budget increases and fiscal strain.
This report outlines the foundational requirements and policy choices that states must consider as they prepare to implement mandatory Medicaid work reporting under H.R. 1.
This blog introduces Code for America’s new service blueprint for Medicaid work requirements, highlighting how it can help states map system changes, identify pain points, and prioritize human-centered design.
This report summarizes insights from interviews with seven states on how they are adapting integrated eligibility and enrollment (IEE) systems in response to sweeping federal changes to SNAP and Medicaid under H.R. 1.
A statewide initiative by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to plant and track 25 million trees by 2033 across New York State.
