By Nadia Ahmed

On August 28th, Third Sector was invited to the 7th annual Green & Healthy Homes Initiative (GHHI) Executive Leadership Institute in Austin, TX. For the first time, the two-day conference, in addition to its sessions on the latest in the green and healthy housing movement, offered a parallel set of sessions on Pay for Success (PFS). This brought together government, foundations, providers, evaluators, and organizations with PFS expertise to discuss how such an innovative contracting model can work in the lens of healthcare.

Third Sector participated in a panel

Across the country, a growing number of governments are contracting for human services on a performance basis. Many are implementing innovative cross-sector models like Pay for Success (PFS), with many more considering the model for services in their own communities. This increased appetite for Pay for Success (PFS) partnerships has redirected taxpayer dollars toward interventions that provide data-driven solutions for social impact.

Because PFS is well suited to complex social challenges, there are situations where it is unrealistic to expect a single service provider or intervention to address the multifaceted

This month, New Profit, Inc. launched the #AdvanceEquity campaign. The creative campaign seeks to expand equity in America by sparking dialogue and action. It asks a critical question – "how do we change as a nation to reduce inequity?" Third Sector offered one answer to this question by highlighting its second cohort of Social Innovation [...]

The field of early childhood education has been exploring how Pay for Success (PFS) can scale programs that work. To guide practitioners interested in the model, Third Sector partnered with the Urban Institute Pay for Success Initiative to create the PFS Early Education Toolkit. With contributions from organizations active in PFS projects across the country, [...]

What is the true cost to government of serving, or failing to serve, a family in need? When a government delivers services, what outcomes matter most? How can they be measured when critical information is siloed in various government agencies? And most importantly, where do governments and service providers even start the conversation on data [...]