Topic: Human-Centered Design
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U.S. Digital Service (USDS) Medicaid Renewals Playbook
The Medicaid Renewals Playbook offers strategies for technologists assisting states in streamlining Medicaid renewal processes during the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency unwinding.
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Senior Service Designer
This is a job description for the role of Senior Service Designer from the Canadian Digital Service (CDS).
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City of Philadelphia Equitable Community Engagement Toolkit
The Equitable Community Engagement Toolkit is a toolkit created by City of Philadelphia engagement practitioners and community members to help improve equitable collaboration with the community the City serves.
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Retooling Find Local Help Using Human-centered Design
When people hit the moment in the HealthCare.gov sign-up process where they need in-person help, they’re likely frustrated and at risk of abandoning the process altogether. To help, Ad Hoc designers on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Find Local Help team extensively researched user pain points and used human-centered design to create a tool that respects the stress users may experience and delivers the information they need as quickly and simply as possible.
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Digital Benefit Beacons: Where Policy Meets Practice at BenCon 2024
Michigan's UIA director, Julia Dale, is leading the agency through transition by prioritizing lived experience, hope, grit, and values. Virginia's SNAP Program Manager, Michele Thomas, highlighted the success of Sun Bucks, a summer EBT child nutrition program that fed over 700,000 kids in its first year.
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Reducing Administrative Burdens: The U.S. Federal Government Framework
This brief outlines the U.S. federal government’s framework to identify, reduce, and address administrative burdens through a series of executive orders, legislative actions, and updated policies focused on improving customer experience and increasing access to government benefits.
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2025 Propel survey of EBT theft awareness and impact: State supplement
This report highlights growing concerns among SNAP recipients about electronic benefit theft and underscores the need for systemic protections.
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CalAcademy
CalAcademy is California’s public sector innovation training program, equipping state employees with modern skills like human-centered design, data analytics, and a product mindset to enhance government services.
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FormFest 2024 Recap: Reducing Form Burden at the Federal Level
An event recap from one of FormFest 2024's breakout sessions featuring speakers from DHS and the White House.
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Improving Digital Service Design
This session from FormFest 2024 focused on improving service delivery by hearing about work in multiple cities to rapidly digitize service delivery and work by the Department of Veteran Affairs around implementing service design principles in form revisions.
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Learning the Importance of Applying Human-Centered Design to Government AI Projects
Takeaways from a workshop focusing on applying human-centered design to government artificial intelligence (AI) projects, led by Elham Ali, Researcher from the Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation.
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Visual Designer
This is a job description for the role of Visual Designer from the State of California.