Service Delivery Area: Benefits
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GetCalFresh Demo Website
Demo website for GetCalFresh—Code for America and the state of California’s efforts to simplify the SNAP application process.
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The Ad Hoc Government Digital Services Playbook
A playbook by AdHoc for agencies ready to replace enterprise software patterns with proven techniques from the world of commercial software. These plays can better equip teams with the practices that create resilient, flexible, and customer-friendly digital services.
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Prerequisites for modular contracting
18F describes modular contracting, the process of breaking up large, custom software procurements into a small constellation of smaller contracts. Modular procurement requires agile, product thinking, user-centered design, DevSecOps, and loosely-coupled architecture.
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California Health and Human Services Agency Data Playbook
This data playbook created by the California Health and Human services agencies discusses five plays designed to help Departments utilize data to inform program and policy development.
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Advocate’s Guide to MAGI
The National Health Law Program released an updated Guide to Modified Adjusted Gross Income, including sections on ACA tax filing and reporting, clarification on commonly asked questions about Social Security Income, and updated IRS tax filing thresholds.
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AI-Ready: An Evaluation Guide for Health and Human Services Agencies
This is a practical tool designed to help government agencies make informed, responsible decisions about adopting AI technologies.
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Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence
Issued on October 30, 2023, this Executive Order provides guidance to support the responsible development of Artificial Intelligence.
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Transformative Cash: A Playbook for Building a Guaranteed Income Program for Those Experiencing Homelessness
This playbook offers a comprehensive guide for designing, implementing, and evaluating a guaranteed income program specifically for individuals experiencing homelessness.
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AI-Powered Rules as Code: Experiments with Public Benefits Policy: Summary + Key Takeaways
This is the summary version of a report that documents four experiments exploring if AI can be used to expedite the translation of SNAP and Medicaid policies into software code for implementation in public benefits eligibility and enrollment systems under a Rules as Code approach.
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USDS 2024 Impact Report
This report highlights the agency's role in transforming federal digital services through human-centered design, agile technology, and cross-agency collaboration.
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The Impact of Benefits Cliffs and Asset Limits on Low-Wage Workers: New Evidence From a Nationally Representative Survey
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.
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Living HHS Open Data Plan
This is a modular, dynamic roadmap guides the U.S. HHS's ongoing implementation of open data policies while inviting public collaboration and feedback.