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Pilot: Benefits Recommender

The Benefits Recommender is a new way to get people to apply for more California state benefits.

It meets people where they are on a benefits journey, and offers more aid they may not know about.

The Recommender is a lightweight addition to an existing webpage. It is typically added to the confirmation page for a popular benefit, like Unemployment Insurance.

The Benefits Recommender is a small amount of HTML added to the confirmation page of a completed benefits application. It looks like this:

screenshot of benefits widget
  • Compelling
  • Targeted
  • User-centered
  • Easy to install

The results:

2.1M

Total views

181K

Total link clicks

8.4%

Click thru rate

(11/22-2/23)

See how a user experiences it:

Benefits recommender demonstration