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In less than six months, a new mental health crisis and suicide prevention number, 988, will go live nationwide. This new tool could provide people in crisis with a number to access trained counselors who can help immediately. But right now, most states are not as prepared as they should be. Unless states act now, [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE $300 Million in Full Service Partnership Contracts Represent the Largest Transformation of Mental Health Service Contracts in the Nation October 21, 2021 LOS ANGELES, CA – The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (LACDMH) is leading the way in new outcomes-focused Full Service Partnership (FSP) program contracts designed to advance a [...]

When we started Third Sector 10 years ago, my co-founder George Overholser and I saw that there was a big disconnect among government-funded human and social service programs, the communities those programs were designed to serve, and the philanthropic efforts designed to address some of the nation’s most persistent challenges, including health, homelessness, education, and workforce development.

There’s no doubt that social service delivery is serious, complex, and expensive — but the trillions of dollars being spent by government and philanthropy every year weren’t connected to results, and the government programs

Third Sector has partnered with the Connecticut Office of Early Childhood (CT OEC) and Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (MA EEC) in developing a funding model for allocating federal relief funds, including ARPA, with intentional incentives for advancing equity and quality. State-level early care and education (ECE) agencies are in the midst of [...]

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,

The Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission has released a progress report on California’s Multi-County Full Service Partnership Innovation Project designed to improve delivery of services to people with the most severe and often co-occurring mental health needs. Funded by the Mental Health Services Act, full service partnership (FSP) programs are designed to apply [...]