Social Finance Vice President Donnie Charleston discusses his background in local and state government and his vision for supporting public sector institutions seeking to spark change.
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Jake Segal and Claire Duvallet offer insight into the kinds of social sector solutions that might meaningfully address the ongoing opioid epidemic.
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Michael Grossman joined hosts Ruben Koekoek and Björn Vennema to discuss Career Impact Bonds and the $100 million Google Career Certificates Fund.
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We believe employers can and should engage more deeply in innovative solutions to today’s talent challenges. That’s why Social Finance is working to identify effective and underutilized opportunities for employers to finance, train, hire, and…
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By realigning incentives around student success, alternative financing models hold training providers accountable and help workforce boards achieve their goals of preparing their constituents for careers in high-demand fields.
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Tracy Palandjian joined Boston Impact Initiative CEO Betty Francisco for “Women Moving Markets: A Force for Social Change,” a panel on women, opportunity, and economic mobility.
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Tracy Palanjian and others answer the question of how we can we catapult more workers into upwardly mobile, “new collar” roles in a panel discussion.
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As SIPPRA advances effective programs, it could inform a broader approach to public budgeting that drives limited public resources to highly effective interventions and approaches. Federal programs could then invest in a more coordinated fashion…
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The Pay for Success Clean Energy Training project, which is supported by an $8.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of the Treasury, will train more than 660 New…
