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Early lessons develop from the world’s first education development impact bond
In 2015, the India-based nonprofit Educate Girls launched the world’s first education Development Impact Bond (DIB).
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Four opportunities for place-based impact investing
Over the last decade, place-based impact investing—an investment strategy that brings private capital, public resources, and philanthropic assets to a particular geographic region—has become an increasingly appealing option for a range of stakeholders striving to solve local challenges.
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Helping smaller communities benefit from PFS through a pooled approach
Many small, rural communities could benefit from using the pay for success (PFS) model to help them address significant social challenges - like battling opioid use - because it provides a useful way to frame problems, fund potential solutions, evaluate impact, and scale what works. Yet of the twenty existing PFS projects, not one includes a small locality as the government partner. All either involve large counties or cities or are state led.
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SIPPRA Update: Appointments to U.S. Commission on Social Impact Partnerships
In February 2018, Congress enacted the Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act (SIPPRA), creating a $100 million standing fund within the U.S. Department of the Treasury that allows the federal government to serve as the end payor for pay for success (PFS) projects in state and local governments.
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Q&A: Using PFS to scale Clinica Esperanza’s Bridging the Gap program in Providence, Rhode Island
Clínica Esperanza/Hope Clinic (CEHC) is a free clinic in Providence, Rhode Island, that aims to provide culturally-attuned and linguistically-appropriate health care to uninsured patients. Located in a neighborhood primarily comprised of immigrants from Central and South American countries, CEHC serves a patient population that is more than 70 percent Spanish-speaking.