Join OSEP, DaSy, and ECTA for an introductory webinar describing the Pay For Success funding model on Wednesday, June 8 from 3:00 to 4:00 pm EDT. Pay for Success (PFS) is an innovative model used to address complex social problems. In a typical PFS Financing model, private investors finance the cost of operating a promising […]
ReadyNation was originally created in 2006 and has operated as a nonprofit since 2014. ReadyNation specializes in applying PFS finance to scaling up early childhood programs. It is leading an active effort to develop the research, operational and legal frameworks needed to set up successful early childhood PFS arrangements. ReadyNation also provides technical assistance and […]
This 2015 journal article describes social impact borrowing as a new method for financing public sector, outlines contribution of benefit cost analysis (BCA), and discusses how social impact financing can promote scaling evidence-based programs like Child-Parent Centers and other early childhood programs. Citation: Temple, Judy A. & Reynolds, Arthur J. (2015). Using benefit-cost analysis to […]
Our latest brief spotlights the partnership between the Maryland State Department of Education and the Johns Hopkins University Center for Technology in Education. Maryland: Establishing Partnerships to Build Data Use Capacity includes a timeline of the partnership work, benefits realized by the partners, lessons learned, and guiding questions for other state agencies to use when […]
A part of the IDEA Partnership’s Creating Agreement Collection, these documents provide the shared agreements across stakeholders groups about Creating Agreement that address the technical side of Creating Agreement. You’ll find guidance documents, a summary of the needs of stakeholder groups, presentations and presenter guides, dialogue guides, and more. Creating Agreement Collection
This 2016 State Spotlight describes the partnership between the Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) and the Johns Hopkins University Center for Technology in Education to build a statewide longitudinal data system with linkages across early intervention, early childhood special education, school-age special education, and general education. The brief also offers guiding questions for other […]
This brief promotes formal data governance by describing lessons learned from other industries that supports the need for formal Part C data governance, outlining the risks of informal data governance and the benefits of formal data governance, and providing action steps to support state Part C systems in establishing or improving formal data governance. Check […]
This 2016 DaSy product provides an orientation to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) for Part C and Part B 619 agencies, programs, and service providers. Through answering frequently asked questions DaSy receives about HIPAA, the document highlights aspects of HIPAA most relevant to IDEA early childhood programs. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability […]
The Institute for Child Success — an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit research and policy organization — provides guidance on PFS, targeted technical assistance (with support from the Social Innovation Fund), and organizes the only major national conference focused on early childhood PFS, held annually. Institute for Child Success Website
Established with support from the Rockefeller Foundation and the Social Innovation Fund, the SIB Lab conducts research on how governments can foster social innovation and provides pro bono technical assistance (TA) to state and local governments implementing PFS contracts. Harvard Kennedy School’s Social Impact Bond Technical Assistance Lab (SIB Lab)
