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Anchorage Takes a Community Approach—with Pay for Success—to Address Homelessness
The Municipality of Anchorage committed up to $4.5 million in outcome payments that will get recycled back into the project contingent on how many residents receive and maintain stable housing.
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Letter to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
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For Low-Income Workers, A Chance to Learn New Skills Without Paying a Dime Upfront
The Boston Globe describes how low-income workers are using the Career Impact Bond to gain access to career training and learn in-demand skills without paying any upfront costs.
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Outcomes-Based Approaches for an Equitable Recovery: A Memo to the Biden-Harris Administration
As the Biden-Harris administration seeks to leverage limited resources to achieve profound social change, Social Finance proposes outcomes-based funding (OBF) as a powerful tool.
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Can Student-Centered Income Share Agreements Improve Economic Opportunity and Equity?
The Aspen Institute published an issue brief that explores how income share agreements (ISAs) could be designed and operated to improve economic opportunity for American workers.
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Video: The Price of Pandemics
On January 13, J.P. Morgan hosted its 39th Annual Healthcare Conference with a panel on The Price of Pandemics, which focused on the social determinants of health and the disparities in health and race that…
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What’s Kept Me Hopeful this Year and Wishes for 2021
The Social Finance team reflects on the challenges and successes of 2020.
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JVS and Social Finance Reflect on Significant Gains for Immigrant Learners in Massachusetts Pay for Success Project
On Nov. 18, 2020, JVS hosted an economic forum “Pay for Success: Working Toward Economic Advancement” to celebrate results from the Massachusetts Pathways to Economic Advancement Project, a workforce development partnership launched in 2017 with…