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What Drives Client Success in Pay for Success Projects?
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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Why Don’t We Fund More Prevention?
What will it take to generate sustainable investments in strategies that promote health and well-being and end violence?
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How Can We Encourage Greater Investment in Prevention?
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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DCF, Discover, and Longwood Pilot Social Impact Investing with Blood Bank
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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A $10 Million (AUD) Award and Why We Are Using it to Address Economic Mobility
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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Three Key Lessons about Pay for Success in Career and Tech Ed
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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Aggregating Capital to Accelerate Impact
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…
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The Role of Social Responsibility in Graphic Design
Sarah reflects on her time at Social Finance, where she worked to make complex information more accessible and to create designed materials that would more effectively deliver our message to a range of audiences. Underscoring…
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Welcoming Anshul Krishan as Managing Director
We are excited to welcome Anshul Krishan to the Social Finance team! Anshul brings a strong background in corporate and development finance to Social Finance, as well as 20 years of cross-functional leadership in the…