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How integrated city data ensures social services delivery

GCN

Philadelphia’s Office of Integrated Data for Evidence and Action has been analyzing cross-program data to improve outreach to residents who qualify for assistance but have not applied.

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Call for Participation: Libraries Advancing Community Learning to Reduce Substance Use

A Library Writer's Blog

Priority will be given to applicants who have experience with substance abuse recovery programs, facilitating reading and learning groups, outreach, social services, and/or those who represent underserved communities. The forum will provide the basis for an openly available online toolkit that can be used in public libraries.

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Health CareeRx Academy

The Whistle Post

Community Health Workers (CHW) are public health outreach professionals with an in-depth understanding of a community’s experience, language, culture, and socioeconomic needs.

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

AWS Public Sector Blog

One innovative solution called Kiip , powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS), takes a unique approach to this problem by empowering individuals with access and control over their own personal, vital documents. They aimed to provide every person coming through their doors access to their own documents no matter where they went.

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A New Type of Agency: Agile and Anticipatory

GovLoop

When constituents receive the same level of service and convenience from government as the private sector offers — whether dealing with garbage collection, fishing licenses or social services benefits — people tend to think well of government.

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Why Heirs’ Property is a Problem for Vacancy and Abandonment

Center for Community Progress

This information could be used to facilitate outreach to those families around potential resources or programs to help resolve title or condition issues. Cross referencing data will help local governments find likely heirs’ properties that would not otherwise be identifiable from a single data source.

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How Virginia unleashed the power of data

AWS Public Sector Blog

It is an integral foundation because it builds trust with data sources, such as the state health department, private hospital associations, and the department of social services, and fosters their participation in governance activities as data trust members.