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Third Sector Tapped to Support Orange County in Behavioral Health Reform Under BHSA
Third Sector is partnering with the Orange County Health Care Agency to provide comprehensive implementation support and subject matter expertise for the Behavioral Health Services Act (BHSA), California’s landmark legislation to transform behavioral health systems. Under the BHSA, counties must redesign Full Service Partnerships (FSPs) to prioritize behavioral health equity, integrate mental health and substance abuse services, and deliver measurable outcomes.
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Four States Join Second Cohort to Expand Access to SNAP Employment & Training
Third Sector and the National Governors Association (NGA) have announced the second cohort of the Policy Academy to Strengthen SNAP Employment & Training (E&T) Delivery. Cross-agency teams from Maryland, North Carolina, Idaho, and South Carolina have been selected to join this national initiative focused on expanding access to SNAP E&T services.
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Third Sector Expands Work to Help Adult Learners Access Education and Training with $1M Grant from Sijbrandij Foundation
Third Sector and The Sijbrandij Foundation partner to expand Lifelong Learning Accounts (LiLAs) through a renewed $1 million grant. This investment deepens our Postsecondary Opportunity work, positioning LiLAs as a core strategy to support adult learners in accessing flexible, career-connected funding for education, upskilling, and credential attainment.
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How States And Counties Can Deliver Better Responsive Services To Their Constituents
States control roughly 50% of their budgets, yet many struggle to deliver meaningful, responsive services that improve Americans' outcomes. In her latest entry on Forbes, Third Sector Capital Partners Co-Founder & CEO, Caroline Whistler, provides key recommendations to states and counties looking to deliver better outcomes for everyone they serve, regardless of their race, background, or circumstance.
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Exploring Innovative Early Programs: Insights from our Partnership with the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood
Since 2017, we've had the privilege of working alongside The Connecticut Office of Early Childhood (OEC) to accomplish its mission of partnering with – and being responsive to – families to advance equitable programs, policies, and outcomes. Check out our "Exploring Early Innovations" series , as we share this journey with you highlighting best practices and capacity-building strategies from our work with OEC.
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Simplifying How We Save and Pay for Lifelong Learning
We need our government to take action to simplify and streamline the structures and tools that help individuals fund lifelong learning. That’s why Third Sector is proposing a SIMPLE framework to help create a more streamlined approach to saving and paying for postsecondary education and job training that can provide clarity and ease for learners, workers, employers, and all those who care about ensuring these opportunities are accessible to everyone.
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Empowering our governments to deliver responsive services
and achieve better outcomes for all.
Throughout the United States, we collaborate deeply with communities to re-write how they partner with government to fund social services, re-aligning vast amounts of public resources to move the needle on social problems.
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Designing an Outcomes-Focused Federal Government
Whether housing, food assistance, workforce development, health, education or any number of other services, the Federal government make progress on its agenda to build back better our health, economy, and safety net systems while addressing systemic racism IF it embraces and, more importantly, disseminates to state and local levels, this paradigm shift towards outcomes focused government (OFG).
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