How much should government pay for outcomes in a Pay for Success contract? The Center for American Progress has released a new paper on pricing outcomes in Pay for Success deals. “From Cashable Savings to Public Value: Pricing Program Outcomes…
ICS is honored this month to have our Pay for Success (PFS) technical assistance work highlighted in two federal newsletters. The Social Innovation Fund Spotlight shines on ICS in August. ICS is helping four jurisdictions explore the feasibility of PFS…
SXSWedu, the education-focused offshoot of the SXSW festival, has opened its PanelPicker voting to help select which sessions will appear on the 2016 gathering's agenda. Several panels have been developed by the ECD Emerging Leaders group convened by ICS in May. These…
This blog was written by Tamela Spann of the Mary Black Foundation, a private foundation established to improve the health of Spartanburg County, South Carolina. You can view the original post here. I recently shared a link to a USA Today article, “More…
By Megan Carolan “A child’s path to either success or hardship is well-established within the first 2,000 days of life…During this narrow window of opportunity, a child’s day-to-day experiences and surroundings— whether positive or negative—have a direct, powerful effect on…
By Joe Waters, Megan Golden, Bryan Boroughs, Mary Garvey, and Megan Carolan Pay for Success is playing a role in several pieces of major legislation working their way through Congress. Earlier this month, the House Ways and Means Human Resources…
By Megan Carolan The connection between adequate nutrition and being ready to face the world is an intuitive one for most people. From candy bar commercials asserting that “you’re not you” when you’re hungry, to the coining of the word…
By Megan Carolan Earlier this month, I attended the Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcome’s (CEELO) and the National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education (NAECS-SDE) annual roundtable. This year’s theme, “Leading for excellence: Building key…
By Kelly O’Donnell Early childhood education and care has been shown to poll particularly well across a broad spectrum of voters. In a 2014 poll, 71% of voters, including 60% of Republicans, supporting increased investment in the early years. What…
By Megan Carolan Adverse childhood experiences (ACES) can have serious long-term consequences for kids. That’s the message in a recent brief from ICS Senior Fellow Janice Gruendel, one of a series highlighting the importance of executive function and early brain…