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Social Finance is hosting a series of training sessions on outcomes-based funding. These offerings, collectively called The Social Finance Leadership Development Academy: The Theory, Practice, and Future of Outcomes-Based Financing, are designed for public-sector leaders…
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The Indiana State Department of Health awarded $6.5 million to Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana in 2018 to expand Nurse-Family Partnership in 19 Indiana counties. This allows Goodwill Nurse-Family Partnership to serve 11 of…
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The Ventura County Project to Support Reentry is among the first wave of Pay for Success projects to reach key service delivery and enrollment milestones.
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What will it take to generate sustainable investments in strategies that promote health and well-being and end violence?
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Public and private health leaders’ embrace of value-based payment is slowly transforming which health services are delivered and when. States and counties are experimenting with outcomes-based contracting, focusing on everything from healthy birth outcomes to…
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With Social Finance as the project advisor, the state of Delaware was able to successfully launch a Pay for Success (PFS) initiative.
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Employers across the country are working to fill more than 7 million vacant positions yet 40% can’t find workers who have the requisite skills, even for entry-level roles. While there are some great career training programs…
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During the first round of the Catalyzing Career and Technical Education competition in 2017, Social Finance and JFF selected four sites based on the strength of their program offerings, partnerships, and capacity to scale. We…
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This white paper was produced in partnership with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The result of a collaborative effort between Social Finance, members of the Gates Postsecondary Team, and others at the foundation, "Aggregating…
