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/
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...
“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.
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. ...
The GPL was profiled in the Harvard Kennedy School alumni magazine. The piece describes how the GPL grew from a small team pioneering Pay for Success to an organization of 45 undertaking projects to improve core government operations. Read the complete feature here, and download the PDF...
The Urban Institute published a feature on the GPL's Permanent Supportive Housing project in Denver. The feature explains how former Program Director Tyler Jaeckel and other stakeholders helped the City set up a social impact bond to build 160 new units of housing for the homeless and includes quotes from residents and photos of their new homes. Read the feature ...
The Conway Daily Sun wrote a piece highlighting New Hampshire's expansion of residential behavioral health treatment for children. Governor Sununu remarked that the expansion "represents another step in our work to rebuild New Hampshire’s mental health system, and to ensure Granite Staters, especially children and youth, have access to appropriate behavioral health services within our State”. Read the ...