This 2016 short video from the SLDS Grant Program describes early childhood integrated data systems (ECIDSs) that collect, integrates, maintain, store, and report information from multiple early childhood programs within […]
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GAO Report on PFS
This is a 2015 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report examining how selected PFS projects have been structured and what potential benefits they can provide, how contracts have been structured to […]
Social Impact Bonds: The Early Years
This 2016 Social Finance white paper provides an updated of summary the 60 PFS-financed projects launched across the globe between 2010 and 2016. It also features perspectives from individual PFS […]
U.S. Department of Education
The U.S. Department of Education now offers a page of resources related to Pay for Success, including links to Office of Management & Budget (OMB) and White House resources, a […]
Ready Nation
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 […]
Using benefit-cost analysis to scale up early childhood programs through Pay-for-Success financing
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 […]
Tools to assess knowledge and level of agreement
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 […]
Avoid the Pitfalls: Benefits of Formal Part C Data System Governance
This 2016 brief promotes formal data governance for Part C data by describing lessons learned from other industries; outlining the risks of informal data governance and benefits of formal data […]
Institute for Child Success (ICS)
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 […]
Urban Institute’s Pay For Success Initiative (PFS Initiative)
Established in 2015, the Urban Institute’s Pay for Success Initiative provides targeted technical assistance (TA) to clients seeking help with PFS projects, including Notice of Support Availability. The Initiative also […]