Civic Tech Field Guide
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Microsoft Adaptive Accessories
Redmond, WAAdaptable buttons and mice for everyone
The citizens agenda is a way for news organizations to ensure that voters get the information they need from the politicians competing for their votes, in order to make the best decisions they can. The approach can be used for any type of election: school board, local government, state government, national or otherwise. In order for newsrooms to adopt a new kind of thinking, process and behavior, it takes more than one passionate person to make lasting change happen. This readiness assessment is designed to give you a sense of how easy or difficult it might be to get a citizens agenda model deployed in your newsroom, so you can go in with eyes wide open around any challenges.
This site loads one of a series of prompts to help the user empathize with people experiencing various conditions, from Multiple Sclerosis to near-sightedness.
This Ford Foundation toolkit includes introductory disability definitions and language guidelines, in addition to guidance on creating accessible in-person and virtual events, social media, and disability inclusive employment practices from recruitment to retention.
18F's Public Benefits Portfolio
1800 F St NW, Washington, DC 20006, United StatesWe partner with agencies to enable human-centered, digitally-assisted public benefits programs.
Tools and practices for making products and services accessible to everyone.
Disability Futures Fellows at Ford Foundation
Ford Foundation Building, East 43rd Street, New York, NY, USACreated by, for and with disabled practitioners, Disability Futures is an initiative—developed in partnership with The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and administered by United States Artists—to spotlight the work of disabled creatives across disciplines and geography and amplify their voices individually and collectively.
Snap Lenses teach users American Sign Language
Los Angeles, CASnap has new Lenses that show users how to fingerspell in American Sign Language
Digital Equity Laboratory at The New School
The New School, East 13th Street, New York, NY, USAThe Digital Equity Laboratory uncovers and addresses structural inequities that persist and evolve as technology transforms our cultural, social, and political systems.
City of NY Virtual Meeting Accessibility Guide
New York CityThis guide is meant to provide information on how you can make your virtual meetings accessible to people with disabilities.
Alloy Protect
United States of America (the)Safeguard voters’ rights with data-driven insights. Alloy Protect is an email report that helps election protection groups defend voter rights through transparent, timely access to voter file insights and data.
Benefits Data Trust (BDT) is a national nonprofit that harnesses the power of data, technology, and policy to provide efficient and dignified access to assistance.
Helping voters in English and Spanish
Digital Civics is a long-term research initiative led by Open Lab, Newcastle University that is exploring how digital technologies can empower citizens and communities.
An incubator for radically disruptive public service ideas, designed, owned and delivered by the public sector for public impact. An endeavour from FutureGov.
State-by-state info making it easier to vote
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VoteAmerica
San FranciscoVoteAmerica builds technology to simplify political engagement, increase voter turnout, and strengthen American democracy for all eligible voters.
Safety Net Innovation Lab
San FranciscoOver the next seven years, building on the work we’ve already done to reimagine safety net services, we will partner with 15 states to reach 13 million people and unlock $30 billion in benefits in the areas of food assistance, health care, and other basic needs through our new Safety Net Innovation Lab.
Municipales App
FranceA l’occasion des élections de 2020, Municipales.app dote le citoyen d’outils pour comprendre le débat, y participer et exprimer sa voix. Participez au changement !
CUNY Mapping Service
New York CityThe CUNY Mapping Service at CUR engages with foundations, government agencies, businesses, nonprofits, and other CUNY researchers to use spatial information and analysis techniques to develop and execute applied research projects.
Alt Text as Poetry
New York CityAn artistic project to bring poetic composition to accessible alt text on the web
Research with Code for America on CalFresh, by Donald Moynihan, Eric Giannella, Pamela Herd, and Julie Sutherland finds "hard evidence on the barriers administrative burdens pose."
ActiVote
1 Avery St, Boston, MA, USAA single civic action each day ensures that a voter will never miss an election and feel empowered showing up to the polls.
Aira
4225 Executive Square, La Jolla, CA 92037, USAAira connects people who are blind or low vision to a trained professional agent who is dedicated to further enhancing their everyday experience – completely hands-free assistance at the touch of a button.
The purpose of this guide is to standardise accessibility features and ensure accessibility compliance across Code for Africa’s projects. Please feel free to copy and adapt it for your organisation.
Just enter the website URL into the tool and it will let you know the accessibility issues it finds.
Access Guide is a friendly introduction to digital accessibility based on WCAG 2.1 (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines).
Eligibee
BerkeleyEligibee is a free nonprofit tool that helps you find and apply for government assistance, making it easier to get the food, healthcare, and income supports you need today.
US Digital Service Accessibility for Teams guide
United States of America (the)A guide to digital accessibility created by US Digital Services
Stanford Impact Lab Design Fellowship
Stanford University, Serra Mall, Stanford, CA, USAWe make one-year, $50,000 investments in faculty from across the university who want to conceptualize new impact labs through participation in our year-long Impact Lab Design Fellowship.
OpenUp Evictions Project
South Africa (South Africa, Afrika-Borwa, Suid-Afrika)The Affidavit Assistant helps you collect information for your case
Small Media
LondonSmall Media is a London-based action lab, providing digital research, training and advocacy solutions to support the work of civil society actors that provides assistance to at-risk communities globally.
Procurements are often perceived as routine processes to obtain products and services while complying with regulatory requirements. Instead, major procurements should be regarded as opportunities to advance the government leaders’ strategic goals. As part of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities Initiative, the Government Performance Lab provides technical assistance to cities that seek to improve the results they achieve with their contracted dollars by employing results-driven contracting strategies, including:
Upsolve
United States of America (the)Upsolve provides assistance to low-income groups by helping them file for bankruptcy. It provides free online guidance for the entire process with the help of pro bono lawyers.
Vote411
1730 M Street Northwest, Washington, DC 20036, USAElection Information You Need, sponsored by the League of Women Voters Education Fund
See which American political parties, candidates, and ballot initiatives match your beliefs based on the 2018 issues that are most important to you.
Wahl-O-Mat
Germany (Deutschland)The Wahl-O-Mat is an online tool that aims to assist and mobilize voters in Germany.
Ask Without Shame
UgandaAsk Without Shame provides accurate emergency sexual health information to youth in Africa through mobile technology. This is done through an Android app, WhatsApp, calls, and SMS. Medical experts and counsellors are available 24/7 to assist users with the right information regarding sexuality at the fingertips of every youth from the age of 12 to 35 years without judgment or shame. Ask Without Shame aims to reach one million youth in East Africa by 2018, scale Ask Without shame in other African countries five years from then and eliminate sexual taboo Africa by 2050.
Vote for Policies
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)Vote for Policies makes it easy to compare what the political parties are promising to do in the 2017 general election. It helps you decide who to vote for.
Investigate how weather and climate change are impacting our communities and environment.
“The Checkpoint tipline is primarily used to gather data for research, and is not a helpline that will be able to provide a response to every user.”
Pondera
80 Blue Ravine Road, Folsom, CA 95630, USAPondera offers a comprehensive cloud solution to help you detect, investigate, and enforce fraud, waste, and abuse.
The Human Utility
287 Lester Avenue, Oakland, CA 94606, USAThe Human Utility provides assistance to families and makes sure they always have running water at home.
BallotReady
Chicago, ILBallotReady is an online voter guide to local elections. We make it easy to vote informed on every candidate all across America.
Bookshare makes reading easier. People with dyslexia, blindness, cerebral palsy, and other reading barriers can customize their experience to suit their learning style and find virtually any book they need for school, work, or the joy of reading.
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