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Child Welfare Management and Delivery Solutions Book

Active Contract Management: How Governments Can Collaborate More Effectively with Social Service Providers to Achieve Better Results

Using Data to More Rapidly Address Difficult U.S. Social Problems

Featured Projects

Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth, and Families Performance Improvement

Seattle, Washington Homeless Service Contracts

Massachusetts Pathways to Economic Advancement

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Performance Specialists: The Government Performance Lab is on a mission to make government work better

GPL Projects Are Setting the National Standard for Using Contracting to Improve Social Service Outcomes

How Denver Is Breaking the Homelessness-Jail Cycle

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