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
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
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
GPL Director Jeffrey Liebman presented at the 2017 What Works Cities Summit to an audience of 350 leaders from 91 cities across the country. Professor Liebman reflected on the state of the initiative and discussed the potential for results-driven contracting to improve outcomes nationwide.
On September 29, the DC Water and Sewer Authority issued the nation’s first Environmental Impact Bond. This $25 million bond issuance funded the initial green infrastructure installation in DC Water’s Clean Rivers Project – a project that aims to reduce combined sewage overflows (CSOs) into the Anacostia River, Potomac River, and Rock Creek tributaries. ...
The DC Water and Sewer Authority closed on a historic deal this week, issuing the nation's first Environmental Impact Bond to fund the initial green infrastructure project in its DC Clean Rivers Project. Read more coverage in Bond Buyer magazine.
The GPL announced that it will award technical assistance to Colorado, a finalist in the GPL's national competition for TA. The GPL will work with the Office of the Colorado Lieutenant Governor & Chief Operating Officer on improving the results of the state's core human services spending. ...
Rhode Island's NPR station interviews Jamia McDonald, who led the turnaround at Rhode Island's Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF). The GPL has been supporting the agency's reprocurement of services focused on reducing congregate care and increasing family stability and worked with the agency to develop a more robust contract provider performance management practices....
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.
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.
