Our “Ask an Expert” service has ended as of 6/28/19.
If you are interested in connecting with Urban about pay for success or related topics, please feel free to reach out to Justin Milner at jmilner@urban.org or Kelly Walsh at kwalsh@urban.org. If you have questions about PFSI research briefs or reports please reach out directly to the authors
The Urban Institute Pay for Success Initiative (PFSI) Support Center has been an invaluable resource to the University of Virginia Pay for Success Lab. PFSI experts are always on hand to share what they have learned through their work with numerous localities from across the country. We hope that the Urban Institute PFSI will continue to make their experts available for the growth and innovation of the field.
Joshua Ogburn
Director, University of Virginia Pay for Success Lab
The team I worked with at Urban was truly first class. Through their thoughtful leadership on the PFS evaluation design, they helped set the project up for success, and combined analytical rigor with a pragmatic approach to existing data infrastructure. I walked away with what 'good' looks like and I'll be bringing that to my other PFS projects.
Brian Vo
Associate Director of Impact, Quantified Ventures
We greatly appreciated the opportunity to engage with Urban's Support Center to have a third-party perspective on particularly sticky evaluation questions. They quickly responded to requests and directed us to issue area experts - in our case, in the early childhood and criminal justice spaces - in order to talk through potential challenges and solutions for our projects.
Anna Fogel
Director, Social Finance US