Federal eligibility-based public benefits programs create a lot of waste by handing prose policy to states (and others) for them to interpret and build out rules in each state’s eligibility and enrollment system.
The eligibility rules service exemplar demonstrates a method for federal agencies to provide executable eligibility rules for public benefit programs. States send anonymous applicant data to the web service, which evaluates the data against the criteria, and sends an instant response.
The Eligibility APIs 10x went to Phase 4 and the work was carried forward by https://www.snapscreener.com/ - currently maintained outside of gov.
Why we're prioritizing this
The Eligibility API 10x surfaced a lot of learnings about how Rules as Code might be implemented, used, and maintained. We believe there are likely some threads left to follow up with that could be high impact including some vague ideas around:
Scaling snapscreener to include other programs
Bringing gov support to snapscreener for longevity + stewardship
Utilizing rules as code to surface discrepancies in eligibility policy
Context
Federal eligibility-based public benefits programs create a lot of waste by handing prose policy to states (and others) for them to interpret and build out rules in each state’s eligibility and enrollment system.
The eligibility rules service exemplar demonstrates a method for federal agencies to provide executable eligibility rules for public benefit programs. States send anonymous applicant data to the web service, which evaluates the data against the criteria, and sends an instant response.
The Eligibility APIs 10x went to Phase 4 and the work was carried forward by https://www.snapscreener.com/ - currently maintained outside of gov.
Why we're prioritizing this
The Eligibility API 10x surfaced a lot of learnings about how Rules as Code might be implemented, used, and maintained. We believe there are likely some threads left to follow up with that could be high impact including some vague ideas around:
Relevant references:
Product canvas
https://app.mural.co/t/gsa6/m/gsa6/1640126716707/b9798fa35153c4ffde98c70663852c08b33cb75e