On June 6th, Senior Associate Emily Fabiaschi presented on a webinar panel hosted by The National Institute for Health Care Management (NIHCM) Foundation. The webinar, titled "Investing in Children's Health and the New "Pay for Success" Approach", provided an overview of Pay for Success contracting and how it can be applied to the field of [...]

Last month, Senior Analyst Marcia Chong testified before the Travis County Commissioners Court. Alongside Managing Director Rick Edwards, Marcia presented Third Sector's work with the Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department in assessing the feasibility of a Pay for Success project in teen pregnancy prevention. Third Sector's work in Austin/Travis County was supported by [...]

By Priya Shah and Dan Peck In early April, Third Sector was invited to share our approach to performance-based policy at San Francisco State University (SFSU). We shared our expertise in leveraging data to inform social policy to a class of junior and senior sociology students taught by Professor Jason Luger. The highly interactive 90-minute [...]

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors approved the selection of Telecare Corporation as the service provider for a Pay for Success project to improve stability and wellness of some of the County’s most severely mentally ill individuals through intensive outpatient treatment, case management, and supportive services.

“Improving the stability and wellness of members of our community who suffer from acute mental illness is a high priority for the County,” said President Dave Cortese, County of Santa Clara. “We are hopeful that through this project, we’ll be able to offer more

Santa Clara County just launched a Request for Proposals for its Acute Mental Health: Frequent Users Care Coordination Pay for Success Project. The selected agency will enter into a Pay for Success (PFS) contract with the County, under which the County only pays for services if and when successful results are achieved. This PFS initiative is the first in the U.S. to target mental health and the second PFS project in the County and in California, positioning the County at the forefront of the national movement towards performance-based contracting for