This brief outlines research recommendations to strengthen child welfare services for LGBT youth and adults, focusing on experiences of maltreatment, foster care, and adoption.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
DGN Spotlights are short-form project profiles that feature exciting work happening across our network of digital government practitioners. Spotlights celebrate our members’ stories, lift up actionable takeaways for other practitioners, and put the resources and examples we host in the Digital Government Hub in context.
This Spanish translated fact sheet provides strategies for organizations to support and affirm LGBTQIA2S+ youth and young adults experiencing homelessness.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
An impact report summarizing how a small public-sector innovation team tested, built, and piloted shared digital services to reduce administrative burden in public benefits delivery.
A case study documenting the creation, pilot, impact, and eventual sunset of a government text-messaging service used to improve how agencies communicate with the public.
A research snapshot summarizing early findings from outreach and discovery work to identify high-impact opportunities for improving public benefits delivery, with an initial focus on notifications.
A plain-language overview explaining how federal law regulates automated calls and text messages to the public, including when consent is required and who is exempt.
A practical guide for government teams on how to design, test, and run effective public text message campaigns for benefits and service communications.
A high-level primer that explains what it takes to stand up and operate an open-source, one-way government notification service for sending text messages and emails.
This report focuses on the impact of adopting a national PFML program modeled on existing state programs, known as the Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act.
