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As school counselors in a California county transitioned to telehealth services during Covid-19, they noticed that engagement with clients had decreased, resulting in shorter sessions. Counselors requested help from county leadership who reached out to…
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Social Finance administered a survey that aimed to assess the potential for outcomes-based funding (OBF) to help align funding priorities towards the social determinants of health.
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The effects of the COVID-19 crisis are expected to linger for many years to come. With these problems comes the opportunity to utilize Pay for Success programs in order to create long-term, meaningful impact, especially…
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PFS project stakeholders crave to measure their impact as quickly as possible. The temptation to peek under the hood mid-project can be overwhelming. However, looking at the preliminary evaluation results of an intervention and using…
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Social Finance is hosting a series of training sessions on outcomes-based funding. These offerings, collectively called The Social Finance Leadership Development Academy: The Theory, Practice, and Future of Outcomes-Based Financing, are designed for public-sector leaders…
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The Indiana State Department of Health awarded $6.5 million to Goodwill of Central and Southern Indiana in 2018 to expand Nurse-Family Partnership in 19 Indiana counties. This allows Goodwill Nurse-Family Partnership to serve 11 of…
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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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What will it take to generate sustainable investments in strategies that promote health and well-being and end violence?
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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…
