Type Seed Funding Grant
Start Date 2011-00-00
Amount 350,000 USD
Goods OUR STORY The GPL was established in 2011 with a $350,000 grant from the Rockefeller Foundation. From 2011-2013, Professor Liebman and two government innovation fellows helped Massachusetts and New York State become the first U.S. states to launch pay for success (PFS) projects using social impact bonds. These engagements allowed GPL to develop its model of embedding recent graduates of policy, law, and business schools in government agencies to provide pro bono technical assistance on innovative projects. In 2013 the GPL received $2 million in additional grants and expanded its PFS work to 10 jurisdictions (Chicago, CO, CT, Denver, IL, MA, MI, NY, OH, SC) served by a team of 10 FTEs. In total, these first two rounds of PFS engagements produced 9 PFS contracts, including 5 that involve randomized controlled trials of important service delivery models. Project policy areas include reducing recidivism, providing supportive housing to homeless individuals, increasing kindergarten readiness through high quality pre-K provision, reducing substance use-driven removals to the child welfare system, expanding home visitation programs to improve child and maternal health, and providing adult basic education services to improve employment outcomes.
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