Resources
Human-Centered Design
Applying + Enrolling

Report: Modernizing Access to the Safety Net

Report: Modernizing Access to the Safety Net
2021
The Rockefeller Foundation
Author(s): 
Kevin O'Neil, Chukwudi Onike
Report: Modernizing Access to the Safety Net
Source Sector(s)
Non-profit
Benefits Program
SNAP: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Medicaid/CHIP
TANF: Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Level of Government
Federal/National
State/Provincial
Location
United States
Format
Report

Innovators inside and outside of government are working to improve access to the social safety net using data, technology, and design. This report highlights innovations carried out by The Rockefeller Foundation’s Data and Technology grantees from 2018 to 2021, including extraordinary efforts to meet the challenges of the pandemic. Those grantees are: Benefits Data Trust, Code for America, Georgetown University’s Beeck Center for Social Impact and Innovation, U.S. Digital Response, and the Digital Innovation and Governance Initiative at New America. In 2020, these projects secured more than $200 million in benefits for close to 100,000 people across at least 36 states, and helped millions more through policy change, training, and guidance.