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Investing in Skill Building: The Career Impact Bond
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Investing in Skill Building: The Career Impact Bond

An FJC donor is putting philanthropic dollars to work by investing in economic mobility for low-income workers. The initiative is called the UP Fund, a $50 million pool of catalytic capital raised by Social Finance.

FJC–A Foundation of Philanthropic Funds

Designing an Outcomes Rate Card Approach in Connecticut to Better Serve Families
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Designing an Outcomes Rate Card Approach in Connecticut to Better Serve Families

Social Finance and OEC conducted an extensive review of their rate card implementation and determined that the model would be more impactful and easier to implement if it were more clearly aligned with OEC’s goals…

Social Finance and the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood

Creating System-Level Accountability through Outcomes Rate Cards in Connecticut
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Creating System-Level Accountability through Outcomes Rate Cards in Connecticut

Social Finance is dedicated to continuously improving the structure of outcomes rate cards to maximize family-level impact, as seen in this four-year partnership with OEC. The outcomes rate card enables governments to pay providers varied…

Social Finance and the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood

Supporting Veterans with PTSD: Enabling an Individualized Approach to Job Search and Placement
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Supporting Veterans with PTSD: Enabling an Individualized Approach to Job Search and Placement

Veterans CARE embedded Individual Placement and Support (IPS) services at four VA medical centers in New York and Massachusetts. IPS prioritizes rapid job search for employment opportunities that match an individual’s needs, talents, and preferences,…

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Alaska’s First Pay for Success Program Helps People Experiencing Homelessness Get—And Stay—Stably Housed, Resulting in First Outcome Payment
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Alaska’s First Pay for Success Program Helps People Experiencing Homelessness Get—And Stay—Stably Housed, Resulting in First Outcome Payment

As a result of the measured impact the Home for Good program has had on individuals experiencing persistent homelessness in the community, the Municipality of Anchorage made its first outcome payment in July 2021.

Annie Dear and Emily Bogan

3 Lessons to Effectively Leverage Outcomes-Based Funding to Improve Home Visiting Services in Missouri 
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3 Lessons to Effectively Leverage Outcomes-Based Funding to Improve Home Visiting Services in Missouri 

CTF worked with Social Finance to design an outcomes rate card (ORC), an OBF structure that includes a menu of high-priority outcome metrics CTF hopes to achieve and an associated payment, or “price,” for each…

Social Finance and The Children’s Trust Fund of Missouri