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Unhoused individuals gain shelter, prove their identity using AWS-powered solution Kiip

AWS Public Sector Blog

About to be handcuffed, the individual remembered their Kiip account. They explained to the officers that HOPICS set them up with an account that saved all of their identifying documents when they first entered the shelter. Do you have questions about how AWS can help your government agency provide innovative services for constituents?

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How city governments can navigate the fiscal cliff

American City & Country

The fiscal cliff can lead to a range of negative outcomes that diminish community quality of life, strain household finances and stifle economic growth, including: Reduced services: Local governments may be forced to cut essential services, including public safety, education, transportation and social services.

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How Do You Know You Can Trust AI?

GovLoop

That’s the thing: Freed of grunt work, they have more bandwidth for listening to constituents and solving their problems. Similar AI-based decision-making systems could lead to hidden discrimination in the processing of applications for social services, health care, financial services and other fields.

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20th anniversary of the blog| Urban revitalization systems thinking's greatest hits: Part two -- not transportation

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Center cities provide a kind of quality of life benefit to the suburbs, as they tend to provide more services and get more homeless individuals as a result. Park Pride, the Atlanta area friends of the parks organization, has an annual conference.

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What is government for?

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

He explained that in the modern world, the government must protect people from disasters created by forces outside their control, and it must provide social services that would protect people from unemployment, old age, illness, accidents, unsafe food and drugs, homelessness, and disease.