This 2016 guide includes key considerations and resources to support states in implementing the SSIP and evaluating implementation progress and outcomes. Particularly useful are the Key Terms section, the lists […]
SSIP Phase III Process Guide
Category Archives: Publication
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 […]
Framework Self-Assessment Comparison Tool
The Excel-based Self-Assessment Comparison Tool is intended to provide states with a mechanism to examine changes over time in the implementation of one or more components/subcomponents of the ECTA and […]
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 […]
Maryland: Establishing Partnerships to Build Data Use Capacity
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 […]
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 […]
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Frequently Asked Questions
This 2016 document 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 […]
Pay for Success in the U.S. – Summaries of Financed Projects
This 2015 resource contains a summary from the Institute for Child Success about eight current PFS-funded projects across a range of policy areas/service sectors. These are about PFS projects that […]
Social impact bonds: A promising new financing model to accelerate social innovation and improve government performance.
This 2011 resource provides an introduction to social impact bonds (SIBs), a type of PFS funding model. It provides a general introduction to the model, and discusses the advantages, challenges, […]