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

AWS Public Sector Blog

Opening their phone, they were able to provide copies of their ID, Social Security card, and even a fully signed copy of their intake forms with the HOPICS case manager who set them up with Kiip. With their identity verified, police released the individual. From that start, HOPICS has helped thousands of individuals.

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Community safety partnership for MacArthur Park in Los Angeles?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I wrote a piece suggesting something similar for the Ballpark neighborhood of Salt Lake (" Creating 'community safety partnership neighborhood management programs as a management and mitigation strategy for public nuisances: Part 3 (like homeless shelters) ," 2020). The need for police + social services = community safety partnership.

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Reimagining government social services in the COVID-19 era

Google Public Sector

States have seen a rising volume of new unemployment requests, and other social services systems are being stressed like never before. At the same time, more state employees have transitioned to working from home and providing their services remotely. It’s no secret that state governments in the U.S.

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How Automation Supports Better Community Engagement

GovLoop

It might seem obvious, but the goal of constituent engagement is to get services to the people who need them and to include resident voices on policies that affect them. Strong recalled visiting the intake center at a social services agency to learn about how staff enrolled new clients. “I Observe and Ask Questions.

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Building Civic Trust Through Civic Tech

GovLoop

When well-designed, it improves constituent experiences (CX) and promotes equity and engagement. It can include applications such as community platforms that connect constituents to services and resources, open data initiatives and participatory budgeting tools.

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How city governments can navigate the fiscal cliff

American City & Country

Louis struggle with resource constraints and grapple with the significant challenges cities face in balancing budgets, maintaining public services and managing infrastructure needs. It results from past budget deficits and requires ongoing management through interest and principal repayments.

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Analytics Draw a Complete Data Picture

GovLoop

“It’s all about using that data to create … the complete insights that you need to make sure people are getting the support and services they need … and uncover potential problems that maybe you never thought existed,” he explained. That includes cleaning “dirty” data (e.g., That includes cleaning “dirty” data (e.g.,