“Just referring a family to services isn’t always enough. There need to be more intentional efforts to ensure that the families ultimately get connected with those agencies,” said Trista Piccola, the Director of the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth, & Families (DCYF). The GPL worked with DCYF and the Rhode Island Department of Health to create a plan for reducing child fatalities and near-fatalities due to neglect or maltreatment. Read more about our recommendations ...
Aikin Standard: S.C. government could be global innovation leader https://govlab.hks.harvard.edu/news/sib-sc-global-leader-government-innovation https://www.aikenstandard.com/opinion/s-c-government-could-be-global-innovation-leader/article_2c214905-0fae-5b43-b34c-193605c1bf04.html
Post and Courier: Social impact bonds great opportunity for South Carolina https://govlab.hks.harvard.edu/news/social-impact-bonds-offer-great-opportunity-south-carolina https://www.postandcourier.com/columnists/social-impact-bonds-great-opportunity-for-s-c/article_848ba8fc-44b5-52a6-9fc2-732353d0ff69.html Read more about Post and Courier: Social impact bonds great opportunity for South Carolina
CS Monitor: Pay for Success Social Impact Bonds Help Train Ex-Convicts https://govlab.hks.harvard.edu/news/pay-success-social-impact-bonds-help-train-ex-convicts https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/Change-Agent/2014/0107/Pay-for-success-social-impact-bonds-help-train-ex-convicts Read more about CS Monitor: Pay for Success Social Impact Bonds Help Train Ex-Convicts
Press Release: Nevada Received Technical Assistance to Support Innovative Strategies to Improve Early Childhood Education https://govlab.hks.harvard.edu/news/nevada-received-technical-assistance-support-innovative-strategies-improve-early
CNN: Bloomberg Philanthropies names first 8 cities in What Works Cities program https://govlab.hks.harvard.edu/news/gpl-announces-seattle-government-partner https://money.cnn.com/2015/08/05/technology/bloomberg-philanthropies-what-works-cities/
Scott Cordes, St. Paul’s Director of Innovation and Budget, discusses how the Bloomberg Philanthropies' What Works Cities initiative is working in St. Paul, Minnesota. Read more in Twin Cities Pioneer Press.
In a post for Government Executive, Patrick Lester discusses early lessons learned from What Works Cities engagements, including the GPL's project in Seattle to restructure homelessness services contracts. Read more.
GoUpstate: Soura: New program aids prenatal, other needs https://govlab.hks.harvard.edu/news/soura-new-program-aids-prenatal-other-needs http://govlab.hks.harvard.edu/files/siblab/files/soura._new_program_aids_prenatal_other_needs._herald_journal._022516.pdf?m=1456496489 Read more about GoUpstate: Soura: New program aids prenatal, other needs
Through the What Works Cities Initiative, GPL Assistant Director Jen North and Senior Advisor Greg Wass worked with the city of St. Paul, Minnesota to engage vendors, increase the number of vendor responses, and improve competition. Read more about how the city is building on these efforts to increase its vendor diversity and better understand why it wasn’t adequately reaching small, women- or minority-owned businesses. Read more.
GPL Program Director Scott Kleiman presented at the 2017 Investing in Results launch event, hosted by the Nonprofit Finance Fund and the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, in Washington, D.C. Scott highlighted the GPL's Seattle Homeless Services project as an example of results-driven collaboration. ...
Seattle’s Human Services Department adopted a three-step approach to reshape the way it procures goods and services for the homeless. The city's reformed procurement strategy aims to serve the homeless community more effectively. Read more about what the Deputy Director of Seattle's Human Services Department had to...
Mayor Ed Murray and the Seattle Human Services Department announced a request for proposals (RFP) for $30 million in funding for homelessness services. This is the first time the City has competitively bid its homeless services contracts in more than a decade.The results-driven contracting model identified in the RFP was developed through the City’s collaboration with the GPL. ... Read more about Seattle Releases $30 Million RFP for Homeless Services
“What we’ve got to do is establish performance expectations and work very closely with the providers that we are investing in to make sure they’re successful.” Learn more from Jason Johnson, the Deputy Director of Seattle’s Human Services Department, about the City’s efforts to improve outcomes of its homeless services using results-driven contracting and active contract management...
This new video discusses our What Works Cities project improving homelessness outcomes through results-driven contracting in Seattle. By restructuring its contracts, setting up a system to track performance, and actively managing its contracts with service providers, Seattle is making progress in connecting individuals experiencing homelessness to permanent housing. Watch the video here.
NPR: Pay For Success Approach Used To Fund A Program That Supports New Moms https://govlab.hks.harvard.edu/news/south-carolina-pfs-project-supports-new-moms https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/08/09/542110282/pay-for-success-approach-used-to-fund-a-program-that-supports-new-moms Read more about NPR: Pay For Success Approach Used To Fund A Program That Supports New Moms
