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Presidential 2016: Activating America’s High School Students is Key to Improving Post-Secondary Attainment

Thanks to the persistence of social innovators across the country, every day we see strategies that are working and delivering results in a rapidly changing world. This ongoing blog series will highlight the voices of our Coalition of 70+ social innovators and their innovative solutions to our country’s most pressing social problems, as well as examples of how this powerful
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Presidential 2016: Pay for Success Gains Steam in Congress With Bipartisan Support – The Next President Must Join the Movement

This blog post was co-authored by Nicole Truhe, Director of Government Affairs at America Forward, and Juanita Tolliver, Manager at America Forward. Outcomes and evidence, and even Pay for Performance/Pay for Success contracting arrangements, have been leveraged by social innovators and community-based organizations, as well as state and local leaders for years, and now the federal government and legislators on
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America Forward: Pay For Success Work in “The Hill”

With the 2016 election cycle well underway, the America Forward coalition is leveraging the opportunity to lift up innovative work in the social sector. Through bi-partisan outreach America Forward is urging the next President to look to breakthrough work happening at the community level to scale up solutions. taking the opportunity to bring organizations working on our country’s most pressing
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Presidential 2016: Since When Did the Indiana Primary Matter So Much?

The following post was written by Juanita Tolliver, Manager at America Forward. Indiana is not a state that typically jumps out as a crucial battleground primary state, but today the Hoosier State takes the mainstage. After a whirlwind week that included the creation of Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) & Governor John Kasich’s (R-OH) delegate tag team, the announcement of Carly
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Presidential 2016: National Service – Something We Can All Agree On

Thanks to the persistence of social innovators across the country, every day we see strategies that are working and delivering results in a rapidly changing world. This ongoing blog series will highlight the voices of our Coalition of 70+ social innovators and their innovative solutions to our country’s most pressing social problems, as well as examples of how this powerful
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Federal Budget and Appropriations Process: Social Innovation Fund

The following post was written by Nicole Truhe, Director of Government Affairs at America Forward. In this fourth of five blog posts in our series on the Federal Budget and Appropriations process, we will continue with a deeper dive into a specific program that is a priority for America Forward and our Coalition members. The first three blog posts in
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Presidential 2016: Social Innovators Play a Vital Role in Addressing our Nation’s Most Pressing Challenges

Thanks to the persistence of social innovators across the country, every day we see strategies that are working and delivering results in a rapidly changing world. This ongoing blog series will highlight the voices of our Coalition of 70+ social innovators and their innovative solutions to our country’s most pressing social problems as well as examples of how this powerful
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The Real Promise of the Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking

The following post was written by Nicole Truhe, Director of Government Affairs at America Forward. The federal government allocates upwards of $1.6 trillion for social services annually, but only about one percent of that funding is allocated in a way that its impact on those being served is known. Fortunately, Congress recently passed a piece of legislation that had strong
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Federal Budget and Appropriations Process: Evidence and Innovation

The following post was written by, Jessica Crawford, Director of Strategic Partnerships at America Forward, and Nicole Truhe, Director of Government Affairs at America Forward. In the first two blog posts in this series, we have provided high level overviews of both the Federal budget and appropriations processes and America Forward’s funding priorities in the context of these processes. To
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Third Sector Announces Second Cohort of Awardees as Part of National Pay for Success Competition

At New Profit, our efforts to explore and expand Pay for Success are ongoing. That's why we're excited to announce that Third Sector Capital Partners, our partners and leading Pay for Success advisory firm, has announced five winners of their national Pay for Success competition. This is the second cohort of awardees, following the winners of last year. The awardees
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