What can the Australian Job Services System teach us about Pay for Success?

By John Grossman and Kevin Tan. Pay for Success (PFS) holds promise. By diverting resources to programs that are measurably successful, the PFS model could move the needle on many seemingly intractable social problems. In the United States, however, PFS is still a niche concept. In the three years since the first PFS contract was [...]

By Brian Beachkofski and Marcia Chong In the Pay for Success (PFS) model, governments, funders, and nonprofits work together to construct projects that measurably serve our most vulnerable populations. Within this cross-sector mix of stakeholders, local service providers play a critical role. Bringing local expertise to the table, these on-the-ground organizations are responsible for delivering [...]

Pay for Performance (P4P) contracting can be a powerful tool to align limited resources with results. The innovative contracting model has been leveraged across the country to address our most pressing social problems. Third Sector’s first Social Innovation Fund (SIF) Competition is empowering nine governments and organizations to explore the impact of performance-based contracting across [...]

Pay for Success (PFS) projects call for an ongoing dialogue with multiple community stakeholders. Two PFS feasibility studies, supported through grants from the the Corporation for National and Community Service's Social Innovation Fund, are underway in Washington State: Department of Early Learning and Thrive Washington study, and Health Care Authority study. To begin this dialogue [...]

Constructing Pay for Success contracts is an inherently cross-sector practice. Each of our projects brings together government, nonprofit, and private stakeholders to address our most pressing social issues. In a sense, the Pay for Success (PFS) model itself is an acknowledgement that no one organization can create effective and sustainable change on their own, without [...]

Nonprofit Finance Fund has published blog posts interviewing Third Sector and its project partners in Salt Lake County and Illinois about their experiences developing PFS projects in both jurisdictions. Titled “Voices from PFS Pioneers”, both projects explain the genesis of project development, unique challenges, and innovations developed through project construction.

Third Sector is working with the State of Illinois and Conscience Community Network on the Illinois Dually-Involved Youth Project, which seeks to improve outcomes for youth involved in both the foster care and juvenile justice systems.

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