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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…
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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.