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Alysha Alani

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Alysha Alani
Alysha is a Manager in Third Sector’s Boston office currently focused on education and workforce development projects in the Economic Mobility practice area centered around leveraging federal funds for equitable Higher Ed outcomes and other PFS work. Prior to joining Third Sector, Alysha was a Senior Innovation Strategist at Commonwealth, conducting consumer research, designing, piloting, and scaling solutions to help people achieve financial security.
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Three States Join Nationwide Partnership to Advance Adult Higher Education Attainment

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Alabama, Michigan, and Rhode Island have joined the Partnerships to Achieve Student Success (PASS) cohort of states that are envisioning a future in which adult learners, many of whom have some college education but no degree, obtain a credential or a degree that will help them to build a career of their dreams. Everyone, no [...]
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Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative and One Million Degrees launch “Finish What You Started”Pilot program supports some college, no-degree adults in Adams County

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DENVER – April 6, 2021:  The Colorado Department of Higher Education’s (CDHE) Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative (COSI) and One Million Degrees (OMD) today announced the launch of “Finish What You Started,” a two-year pilot program providing wraparound support services for low-income Adams County, Colorado adults, aged 25+, to obtain college credentials or degrees. OMD will work closely with COSI, community-based organizations, and local college partners to recruit and enroll 150-200 students and measure outcomes, persistence towards degree completion, and improved earnings in the workforce.
 
With $300,000 in funding from COSI’s Pay for Success Community Partnership Program,

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Third Sector Awarded $500,000 by ECMC Foundation for Colorado and Ohio College-Success Initiatives

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Third Sector Capital Partners (Third Sector), a consultancy collaborating with government agencies to develop innovative contracts that align policy, dollars, data, and services around improved social outcomes, has been awarded $500,000 by ECMC Foundation to support on-going efforts in Colorado and Ohio to increase college enrollment and graduation rates for specific student populations and to expand these efforts to other states.

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Colorado and Ohio Leading the Nation in Collaborative and Innovative Pay for Success Projects in Higher Education

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The Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) and the Ohio Department of Higher Education (ODHE), in partnership with Third Sector, have started work on a first of its kind initiative to leverage Pay for Success (PFS) to improve retention and completion outcomes for underrepresented students. The Partnerships to Achieve Student Success (PASS) initiative aims to [...]
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PFS Cohort’s NCAN ReflectionsAdvancing Equity and Keeping Student Outcomes at the Center of the Work

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This blog series is centered on Third Sector’s assessment on applicability of Pay for Success in higher education in partnership with a new cohort of stakeholders. This is post #4 of the series. “Systems achieve the outcomes they are designed to achieve,” Alex Bernadotte, founder and CEO of Beyond12 shared during a plenary at the National College [...]
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Engaging Student Support Service Providers in Higher Education

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This blog series is centered on Third Sector’s assessment on applicability of Pay for Success in higher education in partnership with a new cohort of stakeholders. This is blog post #3 of the series. Third Sector recently launched a national Pay For Success in Higher Education cohort of four higher education state and system partners [...]
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