Government Innovation | Kansas City Digital Drive

Code for America program increases access to EITC through virtual tax assistance

by Erin Melton | Jul 2, 2020 | Government Innovation, Digital Skills Training, Access to Capital, Code for KC

Every year, households miss out on about $10.5 billion in Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) money. This cash is available to many low-income workers, but not all eligible workers claim this benefit due to the barrier of filing taxes. These benefits are crucial for the...

Local Government Reporter

by Aaron Deacon | Apr 6, 2020 | Government Innovation

Local Government ReporterA resource for reporters and journalists covering local government Join the collaboration Code for KC is supporting the design and development of a website that puts links to city council meetings and other local government business in one...

Digital Contact Tracing

by Aaron Deacon | Apr 3, 2020 | Digital Infrastructure, Government Innovation, Health Innovation Team

Digital Contact TracingA privacy-first tech tool to help manage the spread of Covid-19 Download the app Support Healthcare Workers, Protect Privacy, Save Lives Contact tracing is critical to containing the spread of coronavirus. Manual contact tracing is a high-touch...

mySidewalk uses data to tell compelling, human stories that can lead to real, impactful change

by Erin Melton | Oct 22, 2019 | Government Innovation, Code for KC

Nicolette Wallis, Data Storyteller at mySidewalk, spoke at Code for KC’s Learn Night on October 21, 2019. Nicolette gave attendees a crash course on using data to tell stories that create change. Nicolette began her presentation with a quote from writer and...

Unified Government uses design thinking to procure and implement software solutions

by Erin Melton | Jul 16, 2019 | Government Innovation, Code for KC

Abby Eccher, Performance and Innovation Project Manager at the Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas joined Code for KC for a Learn Night on July 15, 2019. Abby discussed the process she uses to procure and implement software solutions and how...

KCATA uses innovative service models to increase reliability and accessibility

by Erin Melton | Aug 22, 2018 | Marketing the Region, Government Innovation, Code for KC

Representatives of the Kansas City Area Transit Authority (KCATA) spoke at Code for KC’s Learn Night on August 20, 2018. They spoke about the problems KCATA has faced in the past, the progress it’s made, and where it will be in the next few years. This discussion was...

KC Digital Drive’s Air Quality Sensors project was recently highlighted as part of MetroLab Network and Government Technology’s Innovation of the Month Series, which highlights impactful tech, data and innovation projects underway between cities and universities. The sensor project is focused on reducing air pollution in COVID-19 hot beds and improving overall air quality using citizen-accessible data and sensors.

Comeback KC Ventures Launches Fellowship Program

KC Digital Drive and the UMKC Innovation Center are seeking to recruit 20 entrepreneurial fellows as part of a project to fund and support innovative solutions for needs exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Civic Innovation Challenge awards $1 million to KC Digital Drive-partnered project to help underrepresented youth access extracurricular learning opportunities

On September 21st, the National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy, and U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced the 17 recipients of their Civic Innovation Challenge (CIVIC) Stage 2 Awards. One of the winners was the Connecting Underrepresented Youths with Employment Opportunities, led by the University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc. This project, which KC Digital Drive is partnering on, will build and test an integrated mobile application to help underrepresented youth find and access out-of-school-time learning opportunities.