CPSAI is working with non-profit partner organizations to assemble an independent team of technologists with product, data, engineering, design, and AI expertise to review proposals. This review will help ensure that the ideas put forward meet minimum thresholds for feasibility, mitigation of bias and risk, data protection, and human centered approaches to development.

The evaluation team will review proposals to ensure that they are aligned with the principles laid out in the Office of Science and Technology's AI Bill of Rights, as well as the broad guidelines laid out below:

• The development approach is human-centered
• It proposes an iterative approach to testing, deployment, and scaling.
• Tech feasibility
• The proposed model and how it works is transparent to government partners.
• If the model being proposed leverages state data, that state retains ownership of that data and it is appropriately safeguarded.

Submissions must also clearly articulate:

• The business problem you are trying to solve and why AI is the right solution
• What data is used to train your model and your approach to testing, ensuring accuracy, and mitigating potential harms.
• How robust your plans are for piloting and iterating in a way that creates safe cycles for validation.

Your submission must include the following elements:

• Written answers to the questions in the vendor submission form here
• A pitch deck of no more than 10 slides that explains your idea in plain language. It must include:
• Problem Statement: What challenge is your solution solving, and why is AI the right solution?
• Why Now: Why should we solve this challenge now?
• Users: Who are you solving this challenge with? How are you engaging them (or planning to engage them) in the development process?
• Timeline: What is your product roadmap and high-level timeline?
• Impact Statement: How could the impact of your solution be measured? What are the tangible outcomes that staff and/or beneficiaries can see and feel?

You must submit your form by the submission deadline, May 20 at 8 PM ET. Both components must be received for your submission to be considered complete. Proposals without pitch decks will not be considered.

The technical review will be conducted in partnership with a team of tech and data experts from CPSAI's network and U.S. Digital Response.

The 2024 open call process is focused on state agencies that administer federal and state-specific programs including all or most of the following services:

• Safety Net Programs, including but not limited to, SNAP, TANF, WIC, etc.
• Child Welfare Services, including Child Protective Services
• Medicaid, whether through Fee for Service or Managed Care structures
• Child Care Licensing & Financial Support
• Child Support Services
• Developmental Disabilities Services
• Physical Disability & Determination Services
• Aging & Seniors Services
• Adult Protective Services

We use the term emerging technologies in its broadest sense to mean technology that is still being developed and that has the potential to be transformative. Leveraging the definition adopted by the General Services Administration (GSA), this means technology that:

• Is new to government
• Has the potential to be disruptive
• Is future-focused, with the ability to transform how government operates in the next 5 to 15 years

While the greatest excitement and curiosity exists around genAI, submissions that leverage traditional AI or other proven, but emergent, technologies are encouraged as well.

No, we are seeking proposals from a variety of vendors & partners, with solutions at all stages of the product life cycle, from ideation to production. No matter where your product is in the development lifecycle, what's important is that you can answer the foundational questions required to conduct the technical review.

If you have urgent questions, please contact info@CPSAI.org.

We will also hold two Q&A sessions to support this process and will publicly publish an associated FAQ. They will take place on April 26, May 10. You can register for a session here.

Submissions will be reviewed on an iterative basis after receipt. All vendors however will be notified by no later than June 24, 2024, about their potential inclusion in the July event. Note, the July event will be virtual for participating vendors, so there is no need to arrange travel.

There is no limit on submissions per organization.

Submissions will not be made available to the public.

No, during the submission process you will have the option to select the prompt that most closely aligns with your submission and up to 4 related prompts.

The goal of the open call is to highlight proposed solutions/approaches that address the prioritize problems statements in a safe, secure, and responsible manner. We plan to use the following federal standards to guide our review:

• NIST Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework
• AI Bill of Rights
• HHS Public Benefits & AI

We will not be scoring solutions based on where they are in the product lifecycle and encourage organizations to submit regardless of whether they are proposing a solution or an approach to address a problem statement or use case.

HHS leaders will drive the prioritization of responses that pass technical review and the top 10 to 15 solutions will be chosen to participate in the July virtual demo day.

Further, organization responses that are selected to participate in the Virtual Demo Day will be those that are prioritized by HHS leaders based on their interests

Yes

Approximately 15 submissions will be highlighted at the July convening.

We are finalizing the details, but we anticipate selected organizations will have about 30 minutes to present virtually. A short demo can be provided at the beginning, but most of the time will be used for dialogue.

Organizations will not have access to other organizations' presentations.

The July event is designed to both build excitement among HHS leaders about what's possible and educate them on how to safely explore the application of emerging technologies in their agencies. It is also an exciting opportunity for companies and organizations working with AI and other emerging tech solutions to share their ideas with states who are eager to explore its potential.

Key outcomes from the July event include:

• Forging new partnerships between HHS agencies and participating organizations, including establishing and supporting new pilots in 2024.
• Accelerating deployment through the creation of learning communities connecting new and existing pilots to support knowledge sharing, problem-solving, and rapid iteration across states.
• Building a common understanding of the biggest challenges in Health and Human Services delivery, the most promising use cases, and appropriate operational guardrails to maximize impact while minimizing risk.

As a participating company or organization, not only is this an opportunity to showcase your work to state leaders and gain a deeper understanding of their priorities, but you also have the chance to be a critical thought partner in shaping how states think about, explore, and deploy these technologies to address their most pressing service delivery challenges.

Participation in the July event in no way guarantees a contract. The goal of the event is to build community, drive dialogue, and help HHS leaders better understand the range of solutions and approaches that exist to help them address their most pressing problems. States will need to follow their existing procurement processes to contract solutions or with vendor partners.

At CPSAI, we believe that transparency, a vibrant community of partners, and a spirit of collaboration are critical to realizing the potential of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies in government, while minimizing harm. This is the lens through which we have built the 2024 open call process.

CPSAI does not assume liability for submitting organizations. We encourage companies to be thoughtful about the information they include in their submission and refrain from including confidential or proprietary intellectual property or information.

That being said, we have put the following protocols in place to safeguard submissions during the open call process:

• Company responses will not be posted publicly and will only be shared with the CPSAI and evaluation teams.
• CPSAI evaluators will sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement.
• During the July event, presentations will not overlap, and there will be no other vendor organizations in the room for the demos and discussion. The discussions that take place at this time will not be recorded.
• Evaluators will not have the ability to download documentation submitted by organizations and all documents submitted by organizations will be deleted following the close of the open call process
• CPSAI would like to release a publicly available product catalog that showcases products that are submitted and pass technical review. We will work with organizations following the July event to define the information that will be shared through this channel.