Code for America

This year, Code for America has much to be proud of! 🎊FileYourStateTaxes, our integrated state tax filing tool for IRS Direct File, launched in New York and Arizona—and received a 96% satisfaction score from users. 🎊We celebrated 10 years of GetCalFresh, which has facilitated access to SNAP benefits for more than 7 million Californians. 🎊We released a new case study library, a video series, and our Benefits Playbook for Designing Human-Centered Applications. To access all these #govtech and #civictech resources and more, visit: https://bit.ly/3ZJbmfB.

Code for America experts appeared in dozens of articles, news segments, and podcasts this year, leading the conversation on how government can better serve all of us. 📣🎤📰 Here are a few of our favorites: ▪️“Déjà Vu As Trump Picks Suggest Creating A Free Tax App”—Forbes ▪️“How a complicated benefits system lets some fall through the safety net”—PBS ▪️“IRS Direct File is here to stay. All 50 states are invited”—Washington Post ▪️“Platform Engineering for Social Good”—Platform Engineering Podcast ▪️“States are using tech to wipe criminal records clean automatically”—Route Fifty Access them all at https://bit.ly/3Do4tch.

From actionable tips to thought-provoking ideas, these blog posts got your attention. Check out our most-read blogs of 2024: 🥇Five Questions to Ask Before Adopting AI in Government 🥈Making it Easier for People to Keep Critical Benefits 🥉Building a Practice of Responsible AI Read or re-read them all at https://bit.ly/4fscIRR #govtech #civictech

Filling out complicated forms can be a barrier to accessing government benefits and services. But it doesn’t have to be so difficult. That’s why we host #FormFest—an event designed to imagine a world in which forms are well designed and make government more accessible to the people it serves. Our second annual FormFest brought together form enthusiasts from all over the world to collaborate on a better path forward. We focused on the need to make forms accessible, bring them online, and optimize for mobile—since only 2% of government forms are currently digitized. Read more about the event highlights and takeaways in our newest blog. https://bit.ly/4fswc8Z

Social safety net programs like SNAP and WIC help millions of people every year, but knowing your eligibility, keeping track of multiple applications, and making sure everything is submitted on time can be unnecessarily burdensome. We worked with Minnesota to build and launch MNbenefits, an integrated benefits application that enables people to apply for up to nine benefits programs in under 15 minutes. This led to simplified access to more than $100 million in public benefits for 275,000+ people. Read the full story: https://bit.ly/4iySDfE #safetynet

To supplement our Summer EBT Playbook🌞🍴🍎, Code for America has teamed up with #NoKidHungry, a campaign of Share Our Strength, to develop two additional resources to help states successfully implement this new federal program and ensure all eligible children have access to nutrition during the summer months. In these resources, we share tips to help state agencies create user-friendly, human-centered, effective self-service portals and best practices for complying with federal database regulations in affordable and accessible ways. Download these guides here: https://bit.ly/48t1zwQ

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Thanks to the 2,000+ form fanatics from 30 countries who registered for FormFest! Today we heard from more than 70 government leaders and civic tech innovators from around the globe on how forms can make public services more accessible, efficient, and equitable. If you can’t get enough #FormFest2024, subscribe to our YouTube Channel to be notified when we upload event recordings. https://bit.ly/3D8XMui Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation

#FormFest2024 is today! Share your favorite moments from the event using #FormFest2024 Also, follow us on X for live updates throughout the day! https://x.com/BeeckCenter We have a fantastic lineup of speakers, including: Amanda Renteria, CEO, Code for America  Governor Wes Moore, State of Maryland  Katie Savage, Secretary of Information Technology, Maryland Department of Information Technology  Lori Shapiro, First Lady of Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Bry Pardoe, Executive Director CODE PA, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Lynn Overmann, Executive Director, Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation   Marlena Medford, Senior Director of Strategic Communications, Code for America  Kirsten Wyatt, Senior Director, Digital Service Network  Ange Pho, UX Design Intern, CODE PA, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania  Arlene Corbin Lewis, Chief Communications & Marketing Officer, Code for America  Sourabh Chakraborty, Software Engineer, Mayor's Office for Economic Opportunity Greg Clapp, Technical Architect, Digital Services, City of Portland Josh Gregor, PDX 311 Continuous Improvement Coordinator, City of Portland  Sophia Tareen, Senior Product Manager, Mayor's Office for Economic Opportunity  David Park, Director, Data and Business Analytics, National League of Cities  Alisa Luu, Director of Engineering, Internal Revenue Service  Selene Diaz, UX Design Lead, Internal Revenue Service  Suzanne Chapman, Director of User Experience, Internal Revenue Service  Natalie Alms, Staff reporter, GovExec  And more! Digital Service Network