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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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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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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…
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On Aug. 20, Blue Meridian Partners, General Assembly, and Social Finance hosted a webinar on the Career Impact Bond (CIB), an impact-first income-share agreement (ISA) that helps people who are underemployed or unemployed access career…
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Terri met Karen when she enrolled in the Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) at McLeod Health in Florence, South Carolina. NFP, the state of South Carolina, and Social Finance launched the Pay for Success program in February…
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This podcast episode from the Business of Giving features CEO of Social Finance, Tracy Palandjian, who discusses the challenges of funding prevention and the Career Impact Bond.
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The global pandemic starkly punctuates the flawed systems in our country that perpetuate racial injustice. The virus threatens everyone, yet it doesn’t threaten us all equally; COVID-19 has disproportionately affected Black communities across all measures.
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With an added layer of stress due to Covid-19, organizational leadership can support the physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing of their staff, allowing them to perform their work in a safe way.
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Jackie Khor and Andrew Chen joined Social Finance in January 2020 to lead essential social investment work, most notably, the continued development and expansion of the Career Impact Bond (CIB) strategy. We talked with them about how they came to…
