Civic Works was a program funded by the Knight Foundation and the Chicago Community Trust to spur support for civic innovation in Chicago. The program goals are to produce 200 content pieces, 5 apps that solve government problems, and 5 apps that solve community problems.
The project had five top-level goals:
- Work with government entities to make more public data available
- Create an online publication providing news and analysis on open government
- Help government agencies to use their own data to improve public services
- Engage non-profit organizations on efforts to find community solutions that are based on public data and data collected by their own organizations
- Identify technology solutions benefiting government performance and community solutions that can be sustained by the private markets
COMPLETE LIST OF CIVIC WORKS PARTNERS
Textizen
Textizen is a web platform that sends, receives, and analyzes text messages so you can reach the people you serve with the …
Roll With Me
Roll With Me is a website by Mohammad Ouyoun that gives transit directions for the those who use wheelchairs. Smart Chicago provided …
LocalWiki
Smart Chicago seeded the Chicago version of LocalWiki in partnership with the Chicago Public Library in an effort to feature local …
LocalData + SWOP
The LocalData + SWOP project is part of Smart Chicago’s effort to help bridge technology gaps in high capacity organizations …
Illinois Open Technology Challenge
Overview
The Illinois Open Technology Challenge to bring governments, developers, and communities together in a common mission to use public data and create digital …
Foodborne Chicago
Foodborne Chicago is a website that connects people who complain about food poisoning on Twitter to the people who can …
Crime and Punishment in Chicago
Overview
The Crime and Punishment in Chicago project provides an index of data sources regarding the criminal justice system in Chicago …
Cook County Tweets
One of the goals of the Civic Works Projects is to create more awareness of the information needs and solutions of diverse …
Convicted in Cook
Convicted in Cook is a project that analyzes five years worth of conviction data received through the Office of the Chief …
Chicago Public Media
Chicago Public Media is a public media institution deeply invested in the civic life and health of the community they serve.We have …
Chicago Defender Charities
The Mission of Chicago Defender Charities, Inc. is to improve the quality of life for African Americans through educational, cultural …
Affordable Care Act Outreach App
The Affordable Care Act Outreach App is a text-based tool we created to make it easier for Navigators from our partner LISC-Chicago to …