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In Their Own Words: Parents Help Us Understand Barriers to Accessing WIC
Code for America explores the systems at play and the individuals experience of participants in WIC. By investigating overall quantitative trends in coverage, redemption, and retention rates, they use the data as a guide to build out a qualitative research plan that explains why such trends are occurring.
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Listening to SNAP Participants to Improve Access to the Expanded Child Tax Credit
Well-designed, user-focused tools that allow for simple application are key to ensuring that families most in need receive the Child Tax Credit. Reaching these households will require a robust effort from the IRS to create user-friendly tools in partnership with organizations with a direct connection to eligible recipients.
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Building Bridges: The Power of IT-Digital Service Collaboration in Arizona’s Government Service Delivery
To kick off the Digital Service Network’s (DSN) summer event series, Let’s Get Digital, the DSN heard from the State of Arizona on their efforts to transform government services through a strong collaboration between information technology (IT) and digital service functions.
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FormFest 2024 Recap: Bringing SNAP Benefits to Scale
An event recap from one of FormFest 2024's breakout sessions featuring speakers from Maryland and the Office of Evaluation Sciences.
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Retooling Find Local Help Using Human-centered Design
When people hit the moment in the HealthCare.gov sign-up process where they need in-person help, they’re likely frustrated and at risk of abandoning the process altogether. To help, Ad Hoc designers on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Find Local Help team extensively researched user pain points and used human-centered design to create a tool that respects the stress users may experience and delivers the information they need as quickly and simply as possible.
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Building Innovative Digital Services Municipal Action Guide
A guide from the National League of Cities and Digital Service Network discussing how local governments can implement and utilize digital services.
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Uncovering the joys and pains of getting a special event permit
How the Baltimore Digital Services conducted user research to improve Special Event permitting
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Friction! What Makes Getting Public Benefits So Hard and How Understanding Administrative Burdens Can Increase Access at BenCon 2024
Don Moniyhan shares specific burdens and how to measure their impacts.
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Designing government services that work together: Five lessons from the U.K.
This blog post shares five key service design lessons from U.K. experts Lou Downe and Sarah Drummond, offering practical guidance for building more connected, user-centered government services in British Columbia.
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CalAcademy
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.
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Best Practices for SNAP Telephonic Signatures
Telephonic signatures simplify SNAP applications and recertifications, reducing administrative burdens and improving access.
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Usability testing kit
A collection of guidelines and templates to help you check the usability of election materials