nyc benefits access

nyc benefits access

nyc benefits access

A strategy for getting people the public benefits they already qualify for.

A strategy for getting people the public benefits they already qualify for.

2017–18

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co-designed

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monitor deloitte

People qualify for public benefits and never receive them. The gap isn't eligibility — it's everything between a person and the systems meant to reach them.

Co-designed at Monitor Deloitte and anchored by a multi-year technology grant of more than $14 million, it worked on the infrastructure connecting people to benefits screening and access. It's the work that pulled me into civic tech, before the philanthropy years.