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The Municipality of Anchorage committed up to $4.5 million in outcome payments that will get recycled back into the project contingent on how many residents receive and maintain stable housing.
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The Boston Globe describes how low-income workers are using the Career Impact Bond to gain access to career training and learn in-demand skills without paying any upfront costs.
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As the Biden-Harris administration seeks to leverage limited resources to achieve profound social change, Social Finance proposes outcomes-based funding (OBF) as a powerful tool.
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On Nov. 18, 2020, JVS hosted an economic forum “Pay for Success: Working Toward Economic Advancement” to celebrate results from the Massachusetts Pathways to Economic Advancement Project, a workforce development partnership launched in 2017 with…
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On Nov. 18, 2020, JVS is hosting an economic forum, “Pay for Success: Working Toward Economic Advancement,” to celebrate and assess preliminary results from a workforce collaboration with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and Social Finance.
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This study from Economic Mobility Corporation documents significant wage gains and job retention from Massachusetts Pathways’ English for Advancement program, which engaged more than 1,000 residents in Boston, Lynn, Lowell, and Lawrence. The evaluation, which…
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This brief outlines how the federal government could build on the best ideas developed under the bipartisan Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act (SIPPRA) by applying a more flexible and adaptive approach to…
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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…
