SSC-CIVIC-PG TRACK B: Streamlining and Supporting Access to Public Assistance Programs in Louisiana

SSC-CIVIC-PG 轨道 B：简化和支持路易斯安那州的公共援助计划

• 批准号: 2228726
• 负责人: Lindsay Weixler
• 金额: $ 5万
• 依托单位: Tulane University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2022-10-01 至 2023-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2228726&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SSC; CIVIC; PG; TRACK; Streamlining

Nearly 20% of children under age five in the US live in poverty. To support these children, the US government funds multiple social safety-net programs to provide nutrition, healthcare, early childhood education, and additional income for families. Research on many of these programs demonstrates long-term academic, health, and economic benefits to participating children. However, these programs, which are administered at the state and local levels, are divided among multiple agencies, resulting in separate, and typically cumbersome, application processes. Information on programs and eligibility is neither centrally located nor easily findable, and application portals are often clumsy, confusing, duplicative, and outdated. This can hinder participation in beneficial programs. This project targets efforts to simplify and streamline the application process for families so that children in poverty receive the benefits of the health and education programs for which they are eligible.This project is planning a centralized application portal for low-income New Orleans families with children, so they can apply for multiple programs that provide services. The project is developing plans to improve and streamline the benefits application process and ultimately to increase enrollment rates in participating programs among eligible families. the project will develop a user-friendly online portal that shows people which benefits they might be eligible for and enables the simultaneous submission of applications and supporting documentation to multiple programs in one application package. The project is working in collaboration with local partners. The portal will be evaluated experimentally to examine the effects on outcomes of interest and understand the causal mechanisms that produce effects.This project is in response to the Civic Innovation Challenge program—Track B. Bridging the gap between essential resources and services & community needs—and is a collaboration between NSF, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Energy.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

在美国，近20%的五岁以下儿童生活在贫困中。为了支持这些儿童，美国政府资助了多个社会安全网项目，为家庭提供营养、医疗保健、幼儿教育和额外收入。对其中许多项目的研究表明，参与项目的儿童将获得长期的学术、健康和经济利益。然而，这些在州和地方两级管理的项目分散在多个机构之间，导致单独的、通常也很繁琐的申请程序。有关计划和资格的信息既不在中心位置，也不容易找到，申请门户网站往往笨拙、令人困惑、重复和过时。这可能会阻碍对有益计划的参与。该项目旨在简化和简化家庭的申请程序，使贫困儿童获得他们有资格获得的健康和教育项目的好处。该项目正在为有孩子的低收入新奥尔良家庭规划一个集中的申请门户，以便他们可以申请多个提供服务的项目。该项目正在制定计划，以改进和简化福利申请程序，并最终提高符合条件的家庭参加计划的入学率。该项目将开发一个用户友好的在线门户，向人们展示他们可能有资格享受的福利，并使人们能够在一个应用程序包中同时向多个方案提交申请和支持文件。该项目正在与当地合作伙伴合作。该门户将进行实验评估，以检验对感兴趣的结果的影响，并了解产生影响的因果机制。该项目是对公民创新挑战计划的回应-轨道B-弥合基本资源与服务和社区需求之间的差距-是NSF、国土安全部和能源部的合作。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。