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Work Shift: The $5.7B Staffing Cost Companies Aren’t Talking About
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Impact-First Investments
Why We’re Bringing Impact-First Capital to Local News
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Kirstin Hill on Impact-First Investing: Matching Capital to Purpose
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Social Finance Impact First Fund Q2 2026 Report
Workforce & Education Investments
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Work Shift: The $5.7B Staffing Cost Companies Aren’t Talking About
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Putting Capital to Work: A guide for investing in people, pathways, and prosperity
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Case Study: Upswing
Public Sector Solutions
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What We’ve Learned Over the Years in Addressing Homelessness
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How Missouri Is Helping Home Visitors Do More of What Works
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Q&A: How Ferris Ramadan Is Helping Arizona Build a Statewide Longitudinal Data System
The Social Finance Institute
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The IFI Tool: Illustrating the Value of Impact-First Investing
From the Social Finance Institute
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Lessons Learned: Financing Workforce Education and Training through Outcomes-Based Repayments
From the Social Finance Institute
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“Lessons Learned: Financing Workforce Training for Results” Event Speakers
From the Social Finance Institute