The Opportunity Project is a platform for transforming a curated combination of federal and local open data into digital tools to expand access to opportunity for all Americans. Through this movement, several non-profit and for-profit teams across the country are coming together to tackle challenges and use cases outlined by six federal agencies:
- U.S. Department of Transportation: transit accessibility in low-opportunity communities
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development: mobility, rapid re-housing
- Office of the U.S. Surgeon General: emotional wellbeing
- U.S. Department of Labor: access to apprenticeships and skills
- U.S. Department of Agriculture: small town resource guide, summer food programs
- U.S. Department of Education: helping families and kids make decisions about which school to attend (specifically groups such as foster youth, immigrants, etc.), equity scores that reveal gaps in resources: intended to help decision-makers understand and address inequity
The design + build teams just kicked off their sprints and we are excited to see what comes out of them. If you’d like to join the the Opportunity Project community, join the Slack channel where you can chat directly with participants from both the teams and the federal agencies. A link to the Slack channel can be found on the Opportunity Project site.
Exygy has been a strategy, design, and build partner for several civic sector clients. We believe that government is inherently user-centric— it exists to serve citizens and help communities thrive. To that end, we are excited to see city, state, and federal government teams taking on more user-centric approaches to designing services and products.
Do you have an example of a civic sector project where you employed a human-centered design process? Comment below, we’d love to hear about it!
What’s a Rich Text element?
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The rich text element allows you to create and format headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, images, and video all in one place instead of having to add and format them individually. Just double-click and easily create content.
Static and dynamic content editing
A rich text element can be used with static or dynamic content. For static content, just drop it into any page and begin editing. For dynamic content, add a rich text field to any collection and then connect a rich text element to that field in the settings panel. Voila!
How to customize formatting for each rich text
Headings, paragraphs, blockquotes, figures, images, and figure captions can all be styled after a class is added to the rich text element using the "When inside of" nested selector system.
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