Coding it Forward

🗓 The countdown is officially on - in one month, our 2025 Coding it Forward Fellowship application goes LIVE. If you’ve been wanting to apply, take this as your sign! Visit https://lnkd.in/e2JNskn to register for an upcoming info session and learn more.

Congratulations to 2021 alum, Chizobam Nwagwu, on being elected to Technologists for the Public Good’s Board of Directors!

📢 Are you a government office interested in learning more about how you can invest in your talent pipeline? ➡️ Join us next week on September 12th to learn how our team can support you in building tech capacity. Link to register at https://lnkd.in/g2VK3iWJ.

🚨 Calling all government leaders! 🚨 Coding it Forward is looking for federal, state, and local government offices ready to invest in tech talent! Read our 2025 Call for Partners to learn why the time to invest in early-career talent is now. Our Fellowship is a ten-week cohort experience where early-career technologists bring technical excellence and fresh perspectives to your office’s biggest projects. What our team offers: 🔍 Full-Service Recruiting 🤝 Placement Support 🌱 Professional Development Are you ready? Email us at team@codingitforward.com or join our next info session for interested offices on August 29th. The link to register can be found in the Call for Partners. And please share this post with your network! #GovTech #CivicTech #PublicService #PublicInterestTech

When USDC launched in 2021, it was a moment of celebration for our team. After five years of our Fellowship, our model had convinced the new administration of the importance of investing in early-career talent. We're always excited to see Coding it Forward alumni continue their journeys in #publicinteresttech through Digital Corps. Congratulations to Alyson Lam, Alyssa Li, Christina Andrade, Colton Lapp, Jacob Depinet and Kylie Hunter for being selected as 2024 USDC Fellows!

The future of public interest technology is bright! Today marks the end of our 2024 Coding it Forward Fellowship. We can't believe how fast ten weeks have gone by. It's been an honor to watch our 80 Fellows gain new technical skills, bolster their commitment to public service, and build community with one another. Congratulations to our 2024 cohort—we can't wait to see what you do next! 🎉

Don't miss our annual Demo Day tomorrow, August 14th, at 2 p.m. ET! We can't wait to celebrate our 2024 cohort and showcase a few of the incredible projects they've been working on over the last ten weeks. Further details about the demos and the link to register can be found below:

Our 2024 Coding it Forward Fellowship is coming to a close! Join us for our annual Demo Day on Wednesday, August 14th at 2 p.m. ET. We'll be spotlighting a few of the high-impact projects that Fellows have contributed to their government offices this summer, including: 🏚️ Investigating affordable housing developments and racial migration in the City of Boston ❤️🩹 Informing access to care for elderly Americans in long-term care facilities with the U.S. Census Bureau 🖥️ Designing and implementing accessible features for public- and internal-facing tools for the NYC Department of City Planning RSVP now at the link below, we can't wait to see you there!

Coding it Forward is proud to be a part of a White House commitment to advancing the field of public interest technology by investing in the talent that enables the work. It has been inspiring to watch this ecosystem grow over the last decade and we are committed to continuing to provide early-career pathways into local, state, and federal government. Thank you to the Ford Foundation, The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation, Pivotal Ventures, and the Siegel Family Endowment for your partnership in strengthening pathways into public service. Since 2017, we've placed close to 700 Fellows in government, and your support will further enable our efforts to meet the demand from thousands of early-career technologists across the country. We’ll be sharing the impact that investing in early-career talent can have at our annual Demo Day in a few weeks. Stay tuned for further information early next week.

Last week, we welcomed our 2024 Coding it Forward Fellowship cohort! Our ninth cohort: 🇺🇸 Represents 26 states across the country 🎓 Comes from 44 academic institutions 💡 Brings a diversity of perspectives, with a majority of the cohort being women or nonbinary and people of color They'll spend the next ten weeks working on high-impact projects with 17 local, state, and federal government offices across the country. Stay tuned for more about our incredible Fellows and what they're working on this summer. A huge thank you to all of our government partners! This program would not be possible without your partnership. City of Austin City of Boston Bureau of Justice Statistics Bureau of Labor Statistics U.S. Census Bureau Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services USCIS USDA GSA City of New York State of New Jersey Pima County City of Portland City of Seattle Texas Education Agency