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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
