## 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  
April 28, 2026  
[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  
April 7, 2026  
[Read More](https://www.promise-pay.com/resources/inside-the-ai-agent-that-gets-benefits-to-people-faster)

**How Mississippi Deployed H.R.1 Work Requirements in 8 Weeks**  
MDHS Partnership Spotlight  
February 10, 2026  
[Read More](https://www.promise-pay.com/resources/how-mississippi-deployed-h-r-1-work-requirements-in-8-weeks)

**100x teams, not 10x engineers**  
Evan Marshak, Chief Technology Officer  
February 4, 2026  
[Read More](https://www.promise-pay.com/resources/100x-teams-not-10x-engineers)

**Center for Civic Futures and partners commit $8.5M for AI solutions that improve safety net program delivery**  
Center for Civic Futures  
December 9, 2025  
[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  
August 14, 2024  
[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  
June 21, 2022  
[Read More](https://www.promise-pay.com/resources/improving-human-dignity-is-an-engine-of-scale)

**How Louisville Made an Overdue Upgrade to Assistance Programs and Improved the Utility-Customer Relationship**  
US Water Alliance  
June 4, 2021  
[Read More](https://www.promise-pay.com/resources/how-louisville-made-an-overdue-upgrade-to-assistance-programs-and-improved-the-utility-customer-relationship)

**Utility Assistance Pilot Program Launches to Bring Relief to New Jersey WIC Families**  
New Jersey Department of Health  
February 17, 2026  
[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  
February 11, 2026  
[Read More](https://www.promise-pay.com/resources/partnership-in-practice-two-state-breakthroughs-one-platform-for-speed-scale-and-equity)

**Promise CEO Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins Interviewed by Forbes**  
Forbes  
August 15, 2024  
[Read More](https://www.promise-pay.com/resources/promise-ceo-phaedra-ellis-lamkins-interviewed-by-forbes)

**Payment Tech Startup Promise Tackles Utility Billing**  
Government Tech  
March 25, 2022  
[Read More](https://www.promise-pay.com/resources/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  
March 23, 2022  
[Read More](https://www.promise-pay.com/resources/history-in-the-making-promises-phaedra-ellis-lamkins-and-diana-frappier-among-the-top-funded-female-entrepreneurs-in-2022)

**Promise among the world’s 10 most innovative personal finance companies of 2022**  
Fast Company  
March 8, 2022  
[Read More](https://www.promise-pay.com/resources/promise-among-the-worlds-10-most-innovative-personal-finance-companies-of-2022)

**Promise named one of 2022 YC Top Companies**  
Y Combinator  
February 28, 2022  
[Read More](https://www.promise-pay.com/resources/promise-named-one-of-2022-yc-top-companies)

**Promise’s flexible payment platform for government debts grows fast, raises $25M to keep growing**  
TechCrunch  
February 24, 2022  
[Read More](https://www.promise-pay.com/resources/promises-flexible-payment-platform-for-government-debts-grows-fast-raises-25m-to-keep-growing)

**’I want better for other people’ says Promise’s Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins**  
CNBC  
February 8, 2022  
[Read More](https://www.promise-pay.com/resources/i-want-better-for-other-people-says-promises-phaedra-ellis-lamkins)

**How Promise Has Leveraged Partnerships To Spare Millions Of Americans From Debt**  
Forbes  
March 30, 2021  
[Read More](https://www.promise-pay.com/resources/how-promise-has-leveraged-partnerships-to-spare-millions-of-americans-from-debt)