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Income share agreements (ISAs) are education financing tools that link a student’s payment obligation to their success in a training program and their subsequent economic advancement....

Having a child changes your life. For many families, extra support during the transition into parenthood is critical. Home visiting programs, like those funded by the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood (OEC), help new parents navigate pregnancy, birth, and early parenting by connecting them with trained home visitors. During visits, home visitors provide guidance on various topics, such as child health, postpartum mental health, and infant developmental milestones. Home visitors can also provide transformative support to families....

At Social Finance, we work with local and state governments to realign systems for greater impact. Many of our government partners ask the same questions: which programs will best advance policy goals? How can governments carefully measure what matters in social service delivery? And how can agencies and providers reap the benefits of their work?...

In 2018, Social Finance collaborated with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the City of Boston, the New York City Department of Veteran Services, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and the Tuscaloosa Research and Education Advancement Corporation to use outcomes-based financing to scale an evidence-based, supported employment intervention for veterans dealing with one of the most common invisible wounds of war today: post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

By Anne Field...

Michael Grossman joined Social Finance in September 2021 to oversee the organization’s impact investing work. In this interview, Michael shares how he got to Social Finance and his vision for the organization.

Social Finance announced today that Jake Segal, Vice President, has been selected as a Commissioner for California 100, an initiative focused on charting an inspiring vision and strategy for the state’s next century....

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 Connecticut to support the data analytics capacity of the state’s COVID-19 Vaccine Delivery Team. As part of this enhanced data analytics team, Social Finance worked with the state to design a method for establishing predictable supply levels for COVID-19 vaccine providers and leveraged Social Finance’s and the Department of Public Health (DPH)’s analytical expertise to execute on Connecticut’s mission to vaccinate individuals as quickly and equitably as possible....

Today, TheDream.US and Social Finance announced a $100 million graduate school loan pilot program for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Temporary Protected Status (TPS) recipients who want to pursue professional degrees but can’t access public loan programs due to their immigration statuses.

The national impact finance and advisory nonprofit Social Finance announced Michael Grossman will oversee its growing impact investing portfolio and investor relations as Managing Director, Impact Investments.