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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…
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Social Finance and OEC conducted an extensive review of their rate card implementation and determined that the model would be more impactful and easier to implement if it were more clearly aligned with OEC’s goals…
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Social Finance is dedicated to continuously improving the structure of outcomes rate cards to maximize family-level impact, as seen in this four-year partnership with OEC. The outcomes rate card enables governments to pay providers varied…
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Veterans CARE embedded Individual Placement and Support (IPS) services at four VA medical centers in New York and Massachusetts. IPS prioritizes rapid job search for employment opportunities that match an individual’s needs, talents, and preferences,…
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When Covid-19 vaccines first became available in the United States, the challenge of getting as many people vaccinated as quickly as possible fell into the hands of states. Social Finance worked with the state of…
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As a result of the measured impact the Home for Good program has had on individuals experiencing persistent homelessness in the community, the Municipality of Anchorage made its first outcome payment in July 2021.
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The South Carolina Nurse-Family Partnership Social Impact Bond mobilized $29 million to expand NFP services to more than 3,000 first-time mothers with low incomes statewide.
