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Southeastern Cohort on Young Parents and Families

Third Sector launches a new cohort comprising three state and provider agencies that are working to enhance and align programs, policies, and systems to better support young parents and their families in Georgia, Kentucky, and South Carolina.
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Empowering Families Initiative Results

Beginning in 2018, Third Sector partnered with six government agencies to demonstrate how to align Two-Generational social services to meaningful outcomes benefitting thousands of children and families across the country, and shifting millions in public funding to focus on outcomes. Read an overview here.
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Multi-County California Full Service Learning Community

Third Sector is leading a California cohort of counties interested in building upon this transformation to continuously improve their FSP programs.
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Throughout the United States and internationally, we collaborate deeply with communities to re-write how they contract for social services, re-aligning vast amounts of public resources to move the needle on social problems.

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Third Sector offers our partner communities the ability to understand and improve the incentives within systems and services. Through meaningful collaborations among governments, community stakeholders and residents, we help our clients develop an approach to better support members of their community.

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What is Pay for Success?

Pay for Success (PFS) is an innovative contracting model that drives government resources toward high-performing social programs in areas such as poverty, education, child welfare, recidivism, homelessness, and wellness. PFS contracts track the effectiveness of programs over time to ensure that funding is directed toward programs that succeed in measurably improving the lives of people most in need.

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Insights from Third Sector

Principles for Continuous Improvement: Collaborative, Data-Driven Conversations Principles for Continuous Improvement: Collaborative, Data-Driven Conversations

by A. Amram & H. Kay Howard
September 10, 2020

Here’s what we would do to ensure that data is used to build equitable relationships with providers and partners, continuously improve programs and policies, and ultimately lead to better participant outcomes.

Principles for Continuous Improvement: Building a Data Dashboard Principles for Continuous Improvement: Building a Data Dashboard

by A. Amram & H. Kay Howard
September 1, 2020

Successful continuous improvement processes leverage data to measure the impact of day-to-day efforts and support informed, collaborative, and transparent decision-making to better align resources, services, and efforts to improve outcomes.

Three Design Principles for Listening to Communities Three Design Principles for Listening to Communities

by S. Rivera, J. Kong & B. Staton
August 27, 2020

As this year reveals the obstacle course many are navigating to stay healthy and safe, government agencies and organizations are turning their ears to the people.

Invest in Public Servants Today to Build a More Equitable Safety Net Tomorrow Invest in Public Servants Today to Build a More Equitable Safety Net Tomorrow

by O. Gould, S. Walton, & R. Waltz-Peters
August 24, 2020

In February this year, our team set out to explore the opportunity to train public servants in the skills and leadership competencies that we’ve seen enable our clients and partners to deliver better outcomes.

CO & OH Leading the Nation in Collaborative and Innovative Pay for Success Projects CO & OH Leading the Nation in Collaborative and Innovative Pay for Success Projects

by A. Alani & S. Walton
August 10, 2020

The Colorado Department of Higher Education and the Ohio Department of Higher Education, in partnership with Third Sector, have started work on a first of its kind initiative to leverage Pay for Success to improve retention and completion outcomes for underrepresented students.

Six CA County Behavioral Health Departments Authorized for Full Service Partnership Multi-County Collaborative Innovation Project Six CA County Behavioral Health Departments Authorized for Full Service Partnership Multi-County Collaborative Innovation Project

by E. Chang & V. Lin McGraw
July 27, 2020

California’s Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission (MHSOAC) approved a group of California counties to spend state funds designated for innovative projects on the Full Service Partnership (FSP) Multi-County Collaborative Innovation Project.

We are accelerating the transition to
a performance-driven social sector.

Better Outcomes

Southeastern Cohort on Young Parents and Families

Empowering Families Initiative Results

Multi-County California Full Service Learning Community

Throughout the United States and internationally, we collaborate deeply with communities to re-write how they contract for social services, re-aligning vast amounts of public resources to move the needle on social problems.

Our Experience

What is Pay for Success?

Insights from Third Sector

Our Supporters

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We are accelerating the transition to a performance-driven social sector.

Throughout the United States and internationally, we collaborate deeply with communities to re-write how they contract for social services, re-aligning vast amounts of public resources to move the needle on social problems.

Our Experience

What is Pay for Success?

Insights from Third Sector

Our Supporters

Connect With Us

For more ways to get in touch...

Join Our Mailing List

Join Our Mailing List

We are accelerating the transition to
a performance-driven social sector.