# Press

## City Launches First-Ever Payment Plan Program for Past-Due Real Property Taxes

Mayor Brandon M. Scott Announces Property Tax Payment Plans Enrollment Is Now Open

[Read more](https://www.baltimorecity.gov/mayor/news-media/press-releases/2026-04-28-mayor-brandon-m-scott-announces-property-tax-payment-plans-enrollment-is-now-open)

## Inside the AI agent that gets benefits to people faster

Neha Rachapudi, AI Engineer & Emma Knospe, Head of Agent Engineering

[Read more](/content/resources/inside-the-ai-agent-that-gets-benefits-to-people-faster/index.html)

## How Mississippi Deployed H.R.1 Work Requirements in 8 Weeks

MDHS Partnership Spotlight

[Read more](/content/resources/how-mississippi-deployed-h-r-1-work-requirements-in-8-weeks/index.html)

## 100x teams, not 10x engineers

Evan Marshak, Chief Technology Officer

[Read more](/content/resources/100x-teams-not-10x-engineers/index.html)

## Center for Civic Futures and partners commit $8.5M for AI solutions that improve safety net program delivery

Center for Civic Futures

[Read more](https://www.centerforcivicfutures.org/resources/center-for-civic-futures-and-partners-commit-8-5m-for-ai-solutions-that-improve-safety-net-program-delivery)

## Promise featured in Forbes 2024 list of Next Billion-Dollar Startups

Forbes

[Read more](https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyfeldman/2024/08/14/this-kinder-gentler-bill-collector-is-helping-people-keep-the-lights-on-promise-phaedra-ellis-lamkins/)

## Improving Human Dignity is an Engine of Scale

Masters of Scale

[Read more](https://mastersofscale.com/phaedra-ellis-lamkins-improving-human-dignity/)

## How Louisville Made an Overdue Upgrade to Assistance Programs and Improved the Utility-Customer Relationship

US Water Alliance

[Read more](/content/resources/how-louisville-made-an-overdue-upgrade-to-assistance-programs-and-improved-the-utility-customer-relationship/index.html)

## Utility Assistance Pilot Program Launches to Bring Relief to New Jersey WIC Families

New Jersey Department of Health

[Read more](https://www.nj.gov/health/news/2026/approved/20260217a.shtml)

## Partnership in Practice: Two State Breakthroughs, One Platform for Speed, Scale, and Equity

'50 States, 50 Breakthroughs' Showcase

[Read more](/content/resources/partnership-in-practice-two-state-breakthroughs-one-platform-for-speed-scale-and-equity/index.html)

## Promise CEO Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins Interviewed by Forbes

Forbes

[Watch here](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUcVNfsoPxU)

## Payment Tech Startup Promise Tackles Utility Billing

Government Tech

[Read more](https://www.govtech.com/biz/payment-tech-startup-promise-tackles-utility-billing)

## History in the Making: Promise's Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins and Diana Frappier among the Top-Funded Female Entrepreneurs in 2022

Crunchbase

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## Promise among the world’s 10 most innovative personal finance companies of 2022

Fast Company

[Read more](/content/resources/promise-among-the-worlds-10-most-innovative-personal-finance-companies-of-2022/index.html)

## Promise named one of 2022 YC Top Companies

Y Combinator

[Read more](/content/resources/promise-named-one-of-2022-yc-top-companies/index.html)

## Promise’s flexible payment platform for government debts grows fast, raises $25M to keep growing

TechCrunch

[Read more](/content/resources/promises-flexible-payment-platform-for-government-debts-grows-fast-raises-25m-to-keep-growing/index.html)

## ’I want better for other people’ says Promise’s Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins

CNBC

[Watch here](/content/resources/i-want-better-for-other-people-says-promises-phaedra-ellis-lamkins/index.html)

## How Promise Has Leveraged Partnerships To Spare Millions Of Americans From Debt

Forbes

[Read more](https://www.forbes.com/sites/pauleannareid/2021/03/30/how-phaedra-ellis-lamkins-ceo-of-promise-has-leveraged-partnerships-to-spare-millions-of-americans-from-debt/?sh=27d093a3a748)