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With Businesses Struggling to Fill 6 Million Jobs, We Need More Effective and Accessible Training
This essay by Tracy Palandjian discusses a new approach to financing postsecondary education and training isn’t working: the Career Impact Bond.
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JVS and Social Finance to Celebrate and Assess Project Outcomes in Economic Opportunity Forum
On Nov. 18, 2020, JVS is hosting an economic forum, “Pay for Success: Working Toward Economic Advancement,” to celebrate and assess preliminary results from a workforce collaboration with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Social Finance.
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Stepping Up: Interim Findings on JVS Boston’s English for Advancement Show Large Earnings Gains
This study from Economic Mobility Corporation documents significant wage gains and job retention from Massachusetts Pathways’ English for Advancement program, which engaged more than 1,000 residents in Boston, Lynn, Lowell, and Lawrence. The evaluation, which…
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Next-Generation Outcomes Funding
This brief outlines how the federal government could build on the best ideas developed under the bipartisan Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act (SIPPRA) by applying a more flexible and adaptive approach to…
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Improving Workforce Outcomes for Rural Community College Students
Social Finance conducted 50 interviews with rural education and workforce experts across the nation to gather insights and stories to help community colleges build successful workforce partnerships.
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Talent Finance: A New Consensus and Return-to-Investment
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation published a white paper on talent finance, the development and use of public and private partnerships to align investments in talent development.
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How Pay for Success Can Help Reduce Covid-19 Transmission in Prisons
The top 15 hotspots for COVID-19 transmission in America are in correctional facilities, with more than 186,000 cases and 1,120 deaths linked to prisons and jails, according to data from The New York Times.
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Helping Career and Technical Education Programs Meet this Moment
High-quality career and technical education (CTE) can help boost in-demand employment opportunities for young people. However, education providers face unprecedented budget pressures as a result of the pandemic. Against this backdrop, we spoke with CTE…
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The Future of Upskilling is Here: Webinar Recap
Blue Meridian Partners, General Assembly, and Social Finance hosted a webinar on the Career Impact Bond, an impact-first, student-friendly financing tool that helps people who are underemployed or unemployed access career training and get good…