This repo is a really rough work-in-progress/experiment monitoring the availability of various government websites offering access to SNAP benefits (a.k.a. food assistance). Some of this work is code (the site) and some is process and thinking—check out the issues list.
What's the point? SNAP services can be critical for those who receive them. However, the online sites and tools related to these services are often down or unavailable. We hope to:
There are two sites currently related to this work:
Both sites are powered by same underlying monitoring infrastructure. At the moment, that infrastructure is Pingometer.
Thanks for being interested! First, check out the issues list. Some of the work there is discussion, exploration, and thinking. Feel free to pose questions or read through the discussions if you'd like to pitch in or learn more. Some of the issues are about the actual source code in this repo. If you'd like to contribute code or suggest new things to be added to the site, feel free to add to those issues.
This project is open source and licensed under the BSD 3-clause license. Copyright (c) 2014-2015 Code for America. See LICENSE for details.