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Response to “The Payoff of Pay for Success”
Tracy Palandjian and Jeff Shumway respond to V. Kasturi Rangan and Lisa Chase's SSIR cover article on the future of Pay for Success.
Insights
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Roadmap for Pay for Success in Philadelphia
Working with the office of Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, Social Finance explored the feasibility of improving recidivism and child welfare outcomes through a Pay for Success transaction.
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Collective Impact + Pay for Success
Jeff Edmondson of StriveTogether and Social Finance's Jeff Shumway collaborated to write this short piece on the potential of combining Collective Impact and Pay for Success.
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Building a Better Workforce
This paper presents recommendations to help state governments utilize the funding from this legislation to support citizens in finding and keeping high-quality jobs. In addition, there is advice on how to design a framework to…
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Improving Outcomes for Veterans
Bank of America partnered with Social Finance to conduct a feasibility study that identified potential Pay for Success (PFS) projects to serve veterans.
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A Strong Field Framework for Social Impact Bonds
This article from the Stanford Social Innovation Review explores the strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. Social Impact Bond field and highlights how the field can solidify Social Impact Bonds as a practical financial tool.
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Investing in What Works: “Pay for Success” in New York State
This paper presents an overview of New York State’s Pay for Success (PFS) project to increase employment and recidivism in partnership with the Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) and Social Finance.
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Foundations for Social Impact Bonds
How and Why Philanthropy Is Catalyzing the Development of a New Market: Social Finance assessed the role that philanthropy has played and will continue to play in developing the Pay for Success market in the US.
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A New Tool for Scaling Impact: How Social Impact Bonds Can Mobilize Private Capital to Advance Social Good
In September 2010, our sister organization, Social Finance, Ltd., launched the world’s first Social Impact Bond in the United Kingdom. Targeted at reducing prison recidivism, the Peterborough pilot generated world-wide interest in the potential of…