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Casey Family Programs: How is New Hampshire building a 21st century child strengthening and family well-being system?

March 31, 2020

A Q&A with Chris Tappan, associate commissioner, Human Services & Behavioral Health, New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), that highlights how GPL has been helping DHHS advance it's data-driven performance efforts. Read the interview here. 

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Urban Institute: Interim Lessons from the Denver Supportive Housing Social Impact Bond Initiative

November 12, 2019
The Urban Institute published a research report on the GPL's Permanent Supportive Housing project in Denver. The report, Maintaining Housing Stability: Interim Lessons from the Denver Supportive Housing Social Impact Bond Initiative, highlights key lessons that were learned and outcomes that were achieved over the first three years of the program. Read the report... Read more about Urban Institute: Interim Lessons from the Denver Supportive Housing Social Impact Bond Initiative

New Hampshire Public Radio: N.H.'s Division for Children, Youth, and Families Wants Public Input on How to Improve

October 4, 2019

New Hampshire's Division for Children, Youth, and Families issued a formal Request for Information to ask the public how it could better do its job. The RFI "calls on everyone from behavioral health providers to foster parents to advocacy groups to academia to put forward ideas on how the agency can better achieve goals including reducing the number of families with repeated reports of maltreatment and decreasing the...

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Urban Institute: How Denver Is Breaking the Homelessness-Jail Cycle

March 20, 2019

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 ...

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Washington Department of Children, Youth, and Families: Strengthening Connections Between Child Welfare and Early Learning

March 18, 2019

Secretary Ross Hunter, the Director of Washington’s Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF), recently laid out the department’s plan for incorporating early childhood learning services into the child welfare system. DCYF is piloting projects at two sites to identify opportunities to strengthen connections to early learning resources for child welfare-involved families, which evidence suggests will help at-risk families develop protective factors and build resilience. Read his post...

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Bridging the Gap Between Residents and Opportunity in Charleston, South Carolina

March 5, 2019

The GPL worked with the City of Charleston, South Carolina to draft a results-driven RFP to identify a developer to build a high-quality, affordable housing on City land. By involving multiple departments in planning and writing the RFP as well as engaging with over 100 key stakeholders — including city staff, community representatives, developers, and nonprofits — the resulting procurement...

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Let's Chat About Data: Assistant Director Jen North Discusses How to Reach City Goals with Effective RFPs

March 5, 2019

GPL Assistant Director Jen North sat down with What Works Cities to discuss how results-driven contracting can help cities reach their goals. In the interview, she explains why writing effective RFPs is so important for successful procurements by helping cities organize contracted services just as sheepdogs help herd and organize sheep for farmers....

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Scott Kleiman Presents on Human Services Contracting for Outcomes

February 12, 2019

GPL Program Director Scott Kleiman presented during Results for America's webinar Improving State and Local Human Services Contracting and Outcomes. Scott highlighted the GPL's work with the Rhode Island Department of Children, Youth, and Families as an example of active contract management. Watch the webinar here and view the slide deck...

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