It's finally here! Hack for change with us this weekend

Thousands of people across the country are coming together now—right now—to use their skills for good. Join developers, government employees, designers, journalists, data scientists, non-profit employees, UX designers, and your neighbors at an event in your city.

June 4th is National Day of Civic Hacking, a nationwide day of action brought to you the Code for America Brigades, Secondmuse, and the U.S. Small Business Administration in collaboration with a number of federal agencies. Join us now and help your city.

Find your local National Day of Civic Hacking event

Cities across the country have already registered for National Day! See the map and table below to search for your local event. If you are organizing an event, you can register it by filling out this form.

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National Day of Civic Hacking Challenges

We've prepared challenges that our community of volunteers and government partners would love help on. These challenges are focused on getting a better idea of what digital government services are like and how they are different across the country. After National Day, we'll package everything together into a single document that tells the story of digital government services in America.

Challenge: Applying for Food Stamps Help us make it easier for residents to get the help they need to buy food.
Challenge: Applying for Affordable Housing Affordable housing is important, but not easy to apply for - let's see how we can improve the process.
Challenge: Applying for your Criminal Record People have a right to their criminal record, but it's not always easy to get. Let's fix this.
Challenge: Applying for Victim Compensation The last thing people need after being a victim of a crime is a big complex process to get the help they need. Let's make this easier.
Challenge: Applying for a Business License Starting a business means new jobs and better neighborhoods. Let's see how hard it is to do that and improve it.
Challenge: Data Visualization for Obama Administration's Promise Zones Use data visualization to help tell the story of Promise Zones
Challenge: #DataAtWork Workforce Data Initiative Challenge: Data at Work
Challenge: Combating Zika and Future Threats Challenge: Combating Zika and Future Threats
Challenge: Open Foreign Assistance How can data on foreign assistance be combined with other datasets to tell the story of US investment and diplomacy overseas?
Challenge: Ready to Work En Español Challenge: Ready to work en Español
Challenge: The Opportunity Project Challenge: The Opportunity Project
Challenge: Honey, I'm home! (EPA) Creating an app to map honey bees in your backyard
Challenge: Visualizing What’s Wasted (EPA) Create a data visualization to tell the story of waste
Challenge & Event: Lyme Innovation Think boldly, collaborate, and innovate for Lyme disease solutions.
Challenge: Developing a Community Needs Platform/Solution - California Health and Human Services Agency Developing a Community Needs Platform/Solution for CHHS
Challenge: Designing solutions to address Food Insecurity issues - CHHS Challenge: Designing solutions to address Food Insecurity issues
Challenge: Accessibility Make it easier to find jobs, transportation, and access to education opportunities.
Challenge: Water-Energy-Food Nexus Water, Energy, and Food are critical resources representing interconnected systems. Let’s work through barriers and get to solutions.

Organizer resources

Please use the resources, downloads and guides below to help plan your event. If you have questions about National Day of Civic Hacking, please email brigade-info@codeforamerica.org

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Between June 3-5, 2016 #hackforchange in: 

Albuquerque, NM - Alexandria, VA - Anchorage, AK - Athens, GA - Atlanta, GA - Austin, TX - Blacksburg, VA - Boston, MA - Camden, NJ - Captain Cook, HI - Cedar Falls, IA - Charlotte, NC - Chicago, IL - Chicago, IL - DeKalb, IL - Denver, CO - Durham, NC - Fort Myers, FL - Gainesville, FL - Honolulu, HI - Houston, TX - Indianapolis, IN - Kansas City, MO - Los Angeles, CA - Louisville, KY - Miami, FL - Minneapolis, MN - Nashville, TN - New Haven, CT - New Orleans, LA - New York, NY - New York, NY - Oakland, CA - Orlando, FL - Palo Alto, CA - Phoenix, AZ - Portland, ME - Princeton, NJ - Red Oak, TX - Redding, CA - Sacramento, CA - San Francisco, CA - San Francisco, CA - San Francisco, CA - San Jose, CA - San Rafael, CA - South Lake Tahoe, CA - St. Louis, MO - St. Petersburg, FL - Summit, NJ - Tampa, FL - Trenton, NJ - Tucson, AZ - Tulsa, OK - Washington, DC - Washington, DC - Wichita, KS - Wilmington, DE 

 

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