Organization: Digital Benefits Network
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Rules as Code Demo Day | Demo 5: mRelief SNAP Eligibility Screener | Zareena Meyn and Dize Hacioglu
At Rules as Code Demo Day Executive Director Zareena Mayn and Chief Technology Officer Dize Hacioglu of mRelief demoed the code for their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligibility screener. mRelief is a women-led team that provides a web-based and text message-based SNAP eligibility screener to all 53 states and territories that participate in SNAP. They demonstrated how they have modularized their code to host federal program rules and state-specific rules.
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Digital Authentication and Identity Proofing in Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) Applications
This page includes data and observations about authentication and identity proofing steps specifically for online applications that include child care applications.
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Digital Benefits Wishlist
The Digital Benefits Wishlist collects on tools, resources, or policy changes needed to improve benefits delivery.
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Increasing Security and Equity in Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT)
In this webinar, a panel of experts discuss what states can do right now to improve EBT security, how to use data to analyze theft patterns, and how EBT payment technology needs to evolve to ensure efficiency, security, and dignity for beneficiaries.
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Promising Practices for Digital Identity in Public Benefits
This piece highlights promising design patterns for account creation and identity proofing in public benefits applications. The publication also identifies areas where additional evidence, resources, and coordinated federal guidance may help support equitable implementations of authentication and identity proofing, enabling agencies to balance access and security.
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Recoding America at BenCon 2023
Jennifer Pahlka, Deputy CTO in President Obama’s Administration and author, shares her new book, Recoding America on how government must be equipped for digital delivery in order to meet ambitious policy goals. This video was recorded at the Digital Benefits Conference (BenCon) at Georgetown University on June 14, 2023.
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Digital Identity and the Federal Government: Recent Actions and Interest
This short resource guide highlights some key actions at the federal level around digital identity topics in 2022.
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Community Insights at the Cross-Sector Rules as Code Roundtable
This video presents highlights from the Cross-Sector Insights From the Rules as Code Community of Practice report released in February 2024.
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2024 Edition: Account Creation and Identity Proofing in Online Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Applications
This page includes data and observations about account creation and identity proofing steps specifically for online applications that include SNAP.
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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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Rules as Code Demo Day Highlights
Building on our February 2022 report Benefit Eligibility Rules as Code: Reducing the Gap Between Policy and Service Delivery for the Safety Net, the Beeck Center’s Digital Benefits Network (DBN) hosted Rules as Code Demo Day on June 28, 2022 where there were eight demonstrations of projects and code followed by a collaborative problem solving session on how to continue advancing rules as code for the U.S. social safety net.
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Digital Identity and Public Benefits: Announcing a New Research Agenda
An announcement about the Digital Benefits Network's new research agenda on digital identity in public benefits.