Cuyahoga County Announces Details on Pay for Success Initiative

Cuyahoga County, Ohio, has selected FrontLine, a local mental health organization, to serve as a service provider for its first Pay for Success project. The County will pioneer an intensive effort to keep homeless families together by using private investor funding. If the project succeeds, the County can save millions in foster care payments over the next five years.

Ed FitzGerald, County Executive, has advocated for Pay for Success in Cuyahoga County since 2011. “I want to transform how human services are provided in Cuyahoga County,” said FitzGerald. “Our Division of

The California Endowment Awards Grant for Pay for Success Collaboration Between NCCD & Third Sector Capital Partners

The California Endowment has awarded $250,000 in grant funding to the National Council on Crime and Delinquency (“NCCD”) and Third Sector Capital Partners (“Third Sector”) to lay the groundwork for two innovative outcome-based human services programs to serve California communities. The grant funding provided to the partnership will be used to complete feasibility studies on the viability of utilizing Pay for Success (“PFS”) programs to deliver social services in the areas of juvenile restorative

2012 has been an extraordinary year for Third Sector Capital Partners and the field of Social Innovation Finance, one that will be remembered for its many firsts. Pay for Success and Social Impact Bonds have gained worldwide attention and are quickly taking root across the United States, with several tangible pilots under development.

We offer a huge thank you to every member of this growing community, each of whom has helped accelerate America’s transition to a performance-based social sector.

2012: A Year of Firsts

New York City launched the nation’s first Pay for

Cuyahoga County Partners with Third Sector Capital Partners on Pay for Success Pilot Procurement READ THE PRESS RELEASE Boston, MA and Cleveland, OH (November 2, 2012) – Cuyahoga County, OH became the first County government in the United States to release a Request for Responses (RFR) for a Pay for Success pilot. Third Sector Capital [...]