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Pay for Success Issue Brief Series
This series of 10 issue briefs on Pay for Success (PFS) is intended to provide practical guidance and examples for government officials interested in pursuing PFS within their agencies or jurisdictions.
Insights
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Guaranteed Income in California: Exploring a New Approach to Supporting Communities
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Evaluating Preschool Development Grant Performance in Connecticut
Social Finance partnered with the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood (OEC) at the beginning of 2022 to design a measurement and evaluation strategy to meet the quarterly and annual reporting requirements of the state's Preschool…
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2024 ARPA Funds: Use it or Lose it
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Child Care in Connecticut: Initiatives to Address a Crisis
The OEC recognizes the difficult and essential work that underpaid and overworked staff in child care programs perform—work for children, families, and communities—and are seeking to leverage local, state, and federal resources to address this…
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Home Visiting Reauthorization Offers States New Opportunities to Support Families
For over a decade, Social Finance has worked with government and nonprofit partners to design and implement data-driven programs that support families in the transition to parenthood. Congress’ recent reauthorization of the Maternal, Infant, and…
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“Alignment on Goals is Critical”: Our Learnings from the Latest Outcomes Rate Card in Connecticut
The first year of the latest outcomes rate card offers learnings not just for the State of Connecticut and its home visiting providers but also for other jurisdictions looking to start similar outcomes-based initiatives.
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2022 in Review
For our team at Social Finance, 2022 has been a year of focus and execution. From California to Alaska to Florida, we expanded our portfolio of impact investments and advisory work.
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Supporting Connecticut to Launch a Postpartum Public Health Program
The Connecticut Office of Early Childhood is launching a two-year universal home visiting and community health worker pilot. Social Finance collaborated with CT OEC and partnering agencies to design the pilot, secure funding, and plan…