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)
This blog post describes how the NYC Service Design Studio engaged residents in the development of the Community Compensation Fund, highlighting lessons on trust-building, equitable collaboration, and inclusive community decision-making.
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 + examples we host in the Digital Government Hub in context.
A data snapshot summarizing enrollment, participation, and early characteristics of workers and facilities participating in a child care wage boost pilot.
A participant handbook that explains how a child care wage boost pilot works, including eligibility, enrollment, payments, privacy protections, and ongoing responsibilities for facilities and workers.
King County Department of Community and Human Services
A blog post describing Seattle’s Youth Connector initiative, a city effort to make it easier for young people to discover, access, and connect with youth programs and supports that promote mental health, enrichment, and opportunity.
DGN Spotlights highlight innovative digital initiatives transforming how government connects with the public. This story explores Seattle’s Youth Connector—a youth-informed digital platform and outreach strategy that aims to make youth programs easier to find, access, and trust.
In this report, the Strike Team outlines its recommendations and suggested next steps for the EDD to address the backlog and improve on future processing of unemployment claims.
