Benefit program
- Role
- Name, jurisdiction, administrator, and offering.
- Profile field
- 01 · PROGRAM DATA
Open profile · GiveCare
Benefits facts should carry their proof.
BenefitEvidence is a draft open profile for publishing source-backed public benefit facts: what a program offers, who it may help, how to reach it, and how current the source is.
4public claim fields
The four fields
A publisher can state a fact clearly while showing the source, review horizon, and uncertainty behind it.
Eligibility rule
- Role
- A condition, source, effective date, or executable reference.
- Profile field
- 02 · RULE DATA
Service route
- Role
- A provider, phone line, location, or application path.
- Profile field
- 03 · ACCESS DATA
Official source
- Role
- The page, notice, or policy text that supports a claim.
- Profile field
- 04 · SOURCE DATA
| Field | Carries | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Benefit program | 01 · PROGRAM DATA | Name, jurisdiction, administrator, and offering. |
| Eligibility rule | 02 · RULE DATA | A condition, source, effective date, or executable reference. |
| Service route | 03 · ACCESS DATA | A provider, phone line, location, or application path. |
| Official source | 04 · SOURCE DATA | The page, notice, or policy text that supports a claim. |
One profile, three layers
Program directories, service directories, and rule engines solve different problems. BenefitEvidence carries the proof for the public claim between them.
Program
The stable public-benefit subject: its identity, administrator, and jurisdiction. CommonBenefits is one useful directory model.Rule
Optional executable eligibility logic, with versions and citations. RuleSpec is one useful rule artifact.Evidence
The public claim, source reference, date checked, review horizon, and an explicit confidence state.
Uncertainty is a valid output
A source-backed system should not turn missing, disputed, or stale information into a confident answer.
Supported
A source supports the published value.Unknown
The publisher cannot yet support a value.Conflicting
Sources materially disagree, so the disagreement remains visible.Expired
The source is no longer current enough to serve the claim.
BenefitEvidence publishes claims, not decisions. Official programs still decide eligibility, verification, and enrollment.
Designed to travel with open infrastructure
It is a companion profile for the directory, service, and rule formats a publisher already uses.
CommonBenefitsPrograms and applicationsA shared model for benefits programs, households, and applications.Axiom / RuleSpecComputable rulesCited, effective-dated rule logic that a system can execute and audit.Open Referral / HSDSServices and referralsA format for organizations, locations, services, and referral information.
Compatible projects, not endorsements or integrations.
Read or implement the v0.1 draft.
The initial profile is MIT licensed and open for compatibility examples and feedback. It is a GiveCare proposal; CommonBenefits and Axiom have not endorsed or adopted it.