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Check out this month’s edition of the Beeck Bulletin ✨ and explore:
➡️ Our Family Benefits Lab’s recent Maternal Health by Design workshop
➡️ Save the date for FormFest
➡️ Recent media coverage and more!

https://t.co/4ELf39K8KX

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What would it take to meaningfully improve maternal health outcomes through human-centered design and better data use? Maternal Health by Design brought together over 30 state and local government practitioners and leaders to find out.

https://t.co/lKFwy5YMxv

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🚨Save the date! Join us on Sep 16 for #FormFest2026—the ultimate deep-dive into government’s favorite online tool, co-hosted with @CodeforAmerica
🗓️Call for proposals opens June 8
🗞️Sign up for updates: https://t.co/FzNzt11NBS

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Heading to #CfASummit later this week? Look out for our Beeck team members at the event to connect with us and learn more about this work!

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Our Digital Service Tracker (DST) 101 Guide provides state and local governments with information, resources, and real-world examples to set up their own DSTs to build more accessible and responsive government services. Explore⬇️
https://t.co/yLGwnwpqLl
#CivicTech #DigitalService

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Our new CDO Archetypes report shows that there’s no one-size-fits-all way to create an effective state data office. Explore the 6 archetypes ⤵️

https://t.co/pdN5al9r5S

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Thank you to the over 430 people who joined us today for A11yJam!

🤳Share your favorite moments from the event and tag us using #A11yJam.

🎥Stay tuned for follow-up insights from the event, including session recordings and recaps.

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Code PA’s Sara Hall joined our panel of state accessibility leaders at #AllyJam, highlighting the importance of understanding your users: “If you can, try to talk to people with disabilities... learn what it is like to rely on tools that you may not have familiarity with.”

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At #A11yJam, Katie Patterson provided insights into how her team at @cityofarvada collaborates with vendors on accessibility compliance: “Building a shared language and a shared understanding has been a really helpful tool…we encourage [vendors] to start with the end in mind.”

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During our panel of local government leaders at #A11yJam, @maringov's Crosby Burn described what accessibility means to him: “Accessibility to me is recognizing the diversity of human experience.”

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During our main stage panel at #A11yJam, @TexasDIR’s Marie Cohan shares advice for governments designing digital assets: “It’s easier and most cost effective to build it right - to build it accessible the first time.”

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At #A11yJam, Code PA’s Kris Adams discussed his approach to making services more accessible in Pennsylvania and beyond: “Accessibility is manageable when it is structured. Start with governance and not panic.”

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@SLCgov's Hailey Leek on designing accessible content and moving away from PDFs: “It is a disservice to our users if we only rely on PDFs to share information…we need to meet people where they are and how they are interacting with our content today.”

#A11yJam

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Our Executive Director @LynnOvermann kicks off #A11yJam, emphasizing the importance of accessibility.

“When you design for accessibility, you make services better for everyone.”
-Lynn Overmann, Beeck Center

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A11yJam is starting in less than an hour! Stay tuned for updates from the event.

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Check out this month’s edition of the Beeck Bulletin✨ and explore:
➡️ Our 2025 Impact Report
➡️ Register for A11yJam
➡️ Our latest spotlight on Missouri’s Joe Kirby and more!

https://t.co/jhjCXQhrFp

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When governments listen to the people they serve and stop working alone, real change happens. As policy shifts and capacity tightens, our 2025 Impact Report shows how state and local leaders are building solutions that reach the communities they serve.

https://t.co/APuC1uo617

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As Missouri’s director of data and analytics, Joe Kirby is grounding innovation in real needs, maintaining transparency, and investing in people as much as platforms.

🔍 Read our spotlight to learn more about his work
https://t.co/mPbzuIFPeS

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We are accepting applications for a Researcher! Reminder to apply by April 6th!
https://t.co/htpehMELy6

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We are hiring for a Researcher to support our work to improve the design, delivery, and experience of public services.

Applicants should have familiarity with the policies for core public benefits programs, such as SNAP, WIC, and Medicaid.

Apply now ⤵️
https://t.co/htpehMELy6

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When benefits applications don't reflect household complexity, families may unintentionally lose access.

Our Family Benefits Lab spoke with mothers and frontline benefits staff in CA about how lived experience shapes access to benefits programs ⤵️
https://t.co/nGfoC79OvO