Steady Partners With Starlight To Bring Access to Government Benefits To Gig Workers At Scale
Here at Steady, our mission has always been to equip gig workers with the tools and resources they need to increase their income. A crucial part of...
“Non-standard work is becoming the new normal in the U.S. workforce, and public agencies aren’t keeping up with the pace of change. Steady is bringing a unique combination of government expertise and technological innovation to bear on solving that problem. Their Income Passport uses sophisticated technology to streamline the income verification process both for applicants and for agencies themselves — with meaningful results. Steady worked closely with state agencies to understand their workflows and processes, so that their tool delivers what is needed - a reduction in our administrative burden and an improved client experience."
“Claimants that would normally wait weeks or months, are getting paid in days or even hours… Steady’s Income Verification is a great gatekeeper and great validator. Steady allows rapid decisioning for people who deserve it, and they are a deterrent to fraud. The old way was a sieve for fraud.”
“This is a win-win for the state and for workers. I know for sure that the national and state job market will continue to change in the future. Equipped with solutions like the Income Passport, state can stay ahead of worker’s needs and better manage government resources, both in times of growth and in times of crisis.”
"This is about harnessing the potential of technology to expand economic opportunity for a segment of the population that is exploding but often struggles to access credit. It reflects the fact that the way financial institutions verify income history is out of step with the way that a growing number of
Americans work and earn."
“The best way to build tools that support workers is to include those workers in the development process. By listening to the insights, perspectives, and recommendations of workers, Steady has created a tool that will help millions of people take control of their own data and access critical benefits to support themselves and their families.”
“The past year has revealed the profound misalignment between the realities of the labor market, and outdated infrastructure that the government uses to verify benefits eligibility. By putting data in the hands of workers, we can modernize the process to boost payment accuracy and better serve a growing and critical segment of the economy.”