Cases

Implementation of a New Country-Wide Social Safety-Net Program: The Jamaica PATH Program (Part A )

Publication Date: April 3, 2017

In 2002, the Jamaican government redesigned its social safety net programs for children and the elderly. Their goal was to simplify and better target support to those individuals most in...

Examining the Role of Child Welfare in Addressing the Needs of the CSEC Population in Kentucky

Publication Date: March 30, 2017

In 2013 the Kentucky legislature passed legislation that made the child welfare agency (DCBS) responsible for investigating reported cases of Commercially Sexually Exploited Children and...

Martha Johnson and the General Services Administration (B)

Publication Date: March 28, 2017

In June 2009, Martha Johnson was selected to lead the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), a federal agency headquartered in Washington, D.C. that largely oversaw government...

Innovation at GSA: Zero Environmental Footprint and the Extreme Challenge (A)

Publication Date: March 28, 2017

In 2010, Martha Johnson, new Administrator of the General Services Agency (GSA), advanced the Zero Environmental Footprint (ZEF) initiative—a sustainability initiative to render GSA’s...

Defending the Homeland: The Massachusetts National Guard Responds to the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombings

Publication Date: March 20, 2017

On April 15, 2013, Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev placed and detonated two homemade bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon, killing three bystanders and injuring more than two...

Miami-Dade County and Sea Rise (Sequel)

Publication Date: February 15, 2017

This sequel accompanies case number 2084.0. This case focuses on the politics and economics of local adaptation to the threat of climate change impacts. Specifically it focuses on whether a...

Miami-Dade County and Sea Rise

Publication Date: February 13, 2017

This case focuses on the politics and economics of local adaptation to the threat of climate change impacts. Specifically it focuses on whether a jurisdiction--Miami-Dade County--should...

Vox Capital: Pioneering Impact Investing in Brazil

Publication Date: January 25, 2017

Vox Capital was the first certified impact investing fund in Brazil. Founded in 2009, it provides early-stage capital for companies offering innovative and scalable solutions to enhance the...

When Cultures Collide: 2015 HIV Outbreak in Southern Indiana Epilogue

Publication Date: January 19, 2017

This epilogue accompanies case number 2080.0. This case (Parts A&B) takes students behind the scenes at the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) as it struggles to recognize and manage...

When Cultures Collide: 2015 HIV Outbreak in Southern Indiana (B)

Publication Date: January 19, 2017

This case (Parts A&B) takes students behind the scenes at the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) as it struggles to recognize and manage an unusual outbreak of HIV in a poor, rural...

When Cultures Collide: 2015 HIV Outbreak in Southern Indiana (A)

Publication Date: January 19, 2017

This case (Parts A&B) takes students behind the scenes at the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) as it struggles to recognize and manage an unusual outbreak of HIV in a poor, rural...

Hacking Bureaucracy: Reimagining California’s Food Stamp Program in the Digital Age

Publication Date: December 23, 2016

In 2014, three former Code for America fellows embarked on a one-year skunk works journey to use technology to improve the enrollment process for California’s SNAP (food stamp) program,...