An economic analysis estimating how recipients of emergency SNAP benefits during the pandemic allocated additional funds, primarily to food consumption.
DSN 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.
This report provides an initial fiscal analysis of how H.R. 1 (the “One Big Beautiful Bill”) will affect the state’s federally funded programs across agencies, estimating multi-billion-dollar reductions in SNAP, Medicaid, education, and infrastructure revenues.
An overview of direct cash programs and innovations in the U.S., exploring how unconditional cash transfers promote economic stability, mobility, and well-being.
A directive issued by the Commonwealth of Virginia to materially reduce the error rate in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefit processing among local social services offices.
A comprehensive human services policy that strengthens due process, transparency, and administrative fairness across housing assistance, CalWORKs, and CalFresh programs while funding system changes to reduce payment errors and administrative burden.
A report examining how risk assessment tools are used to improve payment accuracy in nutrition assistance programs and identifying effective practices for their design and implementation.
Louisiana issued an RFI to identify solutions that can provide a technology platform for determining eligibility and managing cases across multiple human services programs.
This resource provides state agencies and their implementation partners with context on how and why to conduct a Digital Identity Risk Management (DIRM) process, as well as a new spreadsheet-based tool to guide agency teams through the process.
An interactive prototype that illustrates a user interface concept for the Seattle Next Move service, showcasing screen flows and interactions for mobile/web user journeys.
