Service Delivery Area: Benefits
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Leveraging Technology For Human-Centered One-Stop Workforce Service Delivery
A case study of the Hawai‘i Career Acceleration Navigator — an accessible, data-driven and full-service government platform for unemployed people and other jobseekers to search for jobs and access supportive service benefits.
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Policy2Code Demo Day Recap
A recap of the twelve teams who presented during the Policy2Code Prototyping Challenge at BenCon 2024.
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Filing Taxes for Economic Justice
This Code for America article discusses how tax filing can be a powerful tool for economic justice, highlighting efforts to make the tax system more accessible and equitable for low-income individuals.
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Digital Welfare States and Human Rights
This UN report warns against the risks of digital welfare systems, emphasizing their potential to undermine human rights through increased surveillance, automation, and privatization of public services.
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Keynote Eric Mill – The Future of Strong Authentication, in the US Government and Beyond
In this keynote presentation, Eric Mill, Senior Advisor at the Office of Budget and Management, discusses the future of authentication in federal government, including zero trust security priorities. This video comes from the Better Identity Coalition’s 2022 policy forum, “Identity, Authentication, and the Road Ahead."
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Medicaid by Any Other Name? Investigating Malleability of Partisan Attitudes toward the Public Program
This study found that using state-specific names for Medicaid programs increased confusion and reduced both positive and negative opinions about the program.
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Project Redesign: Pandemic Unemployment and the Social Safety Net
Applicants for pandemic unemployment benefits faced long wait times, complex processes, and significant administrative burdens.
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Making Our Systems See People
Code for America CEO introduces the Safety Net Innovation Lab in a TED Talk, their initiative to work with state governments to reimagine and rebuild delivery of accessible and equitable benefits. This article also includes the video of Renteria’s talk and a transcript.
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Elevating Family Input in TANF and Child Support Programs: Resources for Program Staff, Leaders, and Families
This expansive toolkit provides guidance, real world examples, and resources to help TANF and child support programs engage the families they serve in improving service delivery, policy, and program operations.
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Cross-Sector Insights From the Rules as Code Community of Practice
This report highlights key findings from the Rules as Code Community of Practice, including practitioners' challenges with complex policies, their desire to share knowledge and resources, the need for increased training and support, and a collective interest in developing open standards and a shared code library.
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Bringing Social Safety Net Benefits Online: Examining online platforms for all 50 states
This visualized report is a first first-of-its-kind view of the state of benefits applications across the nation from a client perspective, including information on application availability online, combined benefit applications, application completion times, as well as login and identity proofing requirements.
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Project Snapshot: Reimagining the Role of Real Estate in Benefits Delivery
Oklahoma Human Services (OKDHS) modernized their service delivery by reducing their real estate footprint, designing trauma-informed and user-friendly spaces, and expanding an embedded worker program to improve accessibility and client experience. Through their "Service First" strategy, OKDHS aims to create more equitable and compassionate interactions, reaching vulnerable populations while addressing high occupancy costs.