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Miranda Beggin

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    Miranda Beggin
    Miranda is an Associate at Third Sector’s Boston office. She provides direct support for feasibility assessments and partners with governments, nonprofits, and funders to support construction of Pay for Success projects.

    Race and Data: Identifying Race-based Disparities

    Like most industries, government-funded social services agencies have become increasingly data-driven in recent years. This increased use of data has allowed agencies to better understand the needs of the people they serve and allocate resources more effectively. However, as we outlined in our last blog post, there are risks to an overreliance on data, especially [...]
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    Elevating Community Voice

    In October 2017, the Children’s Services Council of Broward County, Florida (CSC Broward) was selected to participate in Empowering Families, Third Sector’s national cohort of communities working to improve outcomes for children and families. This cohort is supported by a 2016 Social Innovation Fund (SIF) grant*. Through this cohort, Third Sector, along with Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy (AISP), will provide sites with two years of technical assistance (TA) to develop both Integrated Data Systems (IDS) and an outcomes-oriented contracting approach.

    At Third Sector, we primarily work with state and local

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