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Harnessing Data for Insights and Outcomes
Marion County wants to serve the at-risk youth in their community and set them on the path to a better life. And it wants to do more than expand services — it wants to know…
Insights
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Supporting the Holistic Person: Mental Health and Pay for Success
Many of our projects at Social Finance address mental health challenges, either directly or indirectly. These projects span workforce development, criminal justice, family stability and healthcare.
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New Collaborations to Break the Cycle of Incarceration
In determining whether our correctional systems are succeeding, we focus on metrics like recidivism — the tendency of a convicted criminal to reoffend. What these metrics fail to explain are the contributing factors that so…
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Incorporating Payment Incentives for Early Childhood Outcomes in Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Contracts in Connecticut
Social Finance partnered with the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood (OEC) to pilot home-visiting initiative designed to improve early childhood mental health outcomes and respond to adverse childhood experiences.
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Practice to Policy: Freeing Government Data for Social Impact in Massachusetts
Massachusetts Pathways to Economic Advancement is a pioneering example of how multi-year administrative data access can empower providers to customize service delivery to client needs and infuse an outcomes focus into our workforce systems.
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Pay for Success in K-12 Education: Why It’s Hard and Why We Need to Do It Anyway
This summer, Social Finance launched the country’s first four Pay for Success (PFS) feasibility projects in K-12 education with a grant from the Office of Career, Adult, and Technical Education at the Department of Education.
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Addressing Recidivism in the Golden State through Pay for Success
The Ventura County Project to Support Reentry is part of a larger ecosystem within California, with state and local foundations providing important support to governments as they drive resources to more effective solutions.
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Pay for Success and the Savings Trap
Saving money isn't the point. The conversation should be about government effectiveness and positive outcomes.
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Challenging the Status Quo: Philadelphia’s Exploration of Pay for Success
This report details Social Finance’s strategy in assessing the feasibility of the implementation of PFS in Philadelphia.