An article examining how automation and AI are being used in welfare systems, arguing that digital benefits administration often reproduces longstanding patterns of surveillance, exclusion, and inequality.
A recent study challenges the common belief that income support programs like SNAP reduce employment, finding that for individuals with a work history, receiving SNAP benefits can actually increase long-term employment.
Medicaid and SNAP have reduced racial and ethnic disparities in healthcare access and food security, but some administrative and eligibility policies continue to create inequitable barriers.
This article investigates how users' "metamemory"—specifically their anxiety regarding their own memory capabilities—drives insecure password behaviors.
This research paper examines how stigma shapes participation in U.S. social safety net programs and influences public support for benefit design and access.
A TLDR of the State CDO Archetypes report—covering how state CDO offices operate and the six archetypes that define them. Written for event attendees and government staff: governor's office, IT and budget leadership, legal and data officials, and legislators who oversee CDO funding and establishment.
A tool for CDOs advocating for funding, authority, and expansion—and a primer for government leaders unfamiliar with the role. The report establishes shared vocabulary, identifies six CDO office archetypes, and offers cross-state insights on structures, priorities, and challenges.
This research article explores how framing income eligibility guidelines in either dollar amounts or as a percentage of the Federal Poverty Line (FPL) affects public attitudes toward program access and administrative burdens in Medicaid and SNAP.
This report presents new national survey data showing how benefits cliffs and asset limits negatively affect the economic mobility of low-wage workers in the U.S.
The OECD report explores the concept of "Rules as Code" (RaC), proposing a transformation in government rulemaking by developing machine-consumable regulations alongside human-readable versions.
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