How Data Sharing Boosts Public Benefits Enrollment
Date
2023-02-28Author
Weiss, Alissa; Benefits Data Trust
Saffold, Jenee; Benefits Data Trust
Gibbons Straughan, Bridget; Benefits Data Trust
Abstract
The nonprofit, Benefits Data Trust has developed a data sharing playbook to help officials uncover those left out of public programs. The playbook is based on interviews with 35 government officials and experts on what states can do to facilitate data sharing. Common steps include starting with legal analysis, communicating and aligning, making considered data decisions, and discussing formats and definitions.