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By realigning incentives around student success, alternative financing models hold training providers accountable and help workforce boards achieve their goals of preparing their constituents for careers in high-demand fields.
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As SIPPRA advances effective programs, it could inform a broader approach to public budgeting that drives limited public resources to highly effective interventions and approaches. Federal programs could then invest in a more coordinated fashion…
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The Pay for Success Clean Energy Training project, which is supported by an $8.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of the Treasury, will train more than 660 New…
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The Ventura Project to Support Reentry provided high-quality, individualized services—many delivered within the context of a global pandemic—to 346 participants on formal probation in Ventura.
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OCTAE awarded a $2 million grant to Social Finance and Jobs for the Future (JFF) to expand high-quality CTE opportunities for youth through Pay for Success (PFS) financing.
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Following sustained, strong veteran employment outcomes throughout this period, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts funded a 15-month extension of Veterans CARE beginning in October 2021 and continuing through at least December 2022.
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The Career Impact Bond (CIB) is a student-friendly model for upskilling and training programs, supported by Social Finance's $50 million UP Fund. Students in a CIB enroll in training programs with no upfront costs, only paying…
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This report, written by Jeanne Batalova, a senior policy analyst at the Migration Policy Institute, provides an expert analysis of the Massachusetts Pathways to Economic Advancement project, which was recognized in the 2020 Innovations in…
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During this panel at the Milken Institute's 2022 Public Finance Forum, speakers discussed forward-thinking strategies to accelerate federal, state, local, and regional innovation, as well as replicable case studies of communities already shifting to outcome-driven…
