This handbook provides local governments with practical guidelines, best practices, and ethical considerations for adopting and using AI tools, emphasizing transparency, human oversight, and risk management.
This panel discussion from the Academy's 2025 Policy Summit explores the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and public benefits, examining how technological advancements are influencing policy decisions and the delivery of social services.
The Policy2Code Prototyping Challenge explored utilizing generative AI technology to translate U.S. government policies for public benefits into plain language and code, culminating in a Demo Day where twelve teams showcased their projects for feedback and evaluation.
This brief highlights key takeaways from APHSA’s work on young families, starting with an overview of the young families work and its early years, followed by key takeaways and highlights from its final year, ending with opportunities for future work in the young families space.
American Public Human Services Association (APHSA)
This report describes how the government can use widespread social media feedback and begin to build long-term measures to center people’s experience as an important component of policy design
Led by the Digital Benefits Network in partnership with Public Policy Lab, the Digital Doorways research project amplifies the lived experiences of beneficiaries to provides new insights into people’s experiences with digital identity processes and technology in public benefits. This executive summary gives an overview of the project’s findings.
This report examines how governments use AI systems to allocate public resources and provides recommendations to ensure these tools promote equity, transparency, and fairness.
This report outlines best practices for developing transparent, accessible, and standardized public sector AI use case inventories across federal, state, and local governments
This report outlines state Medicaid program priorities, including expanding access to services, addressing health disparities, and implementing cost-containment measures amid post-pandemic uncertainties.
