After yesterday’s UK-centric news, things have gone bicoastal today with San Diego and New Haven the centre of attention, happy reading…
Crime & Delinquency Council selects S.D. for ‘Pay for Success’
Times of San Diego
The National Council on Crime and Delinquency, a grantee of the Social Innovation Fund’s Pay for Success program, announced projects in San Diego and two other states to assess feasibility and develop Pay for Success capacity.
Alternatives to Detention and Placement, a program of the San Diego nonprofit the Children’s Initiative will receive technical assistance from NCCD for up to 2 years.
The Children’s Initiative provides leadership, technical assistance, advocacy and cross-system collaboration to improve the lives of children and families. The Children’s Initiative works to assist government, schools and community organizations in being more efficient, increasing investment in prevention and intervention programs, maximizing dollars for direct services in communities, reducing violence and crime, and increasing academic success for our children and youth.
“NCCD strongly believes that Pay for Success creates a real possibility for sustained, positive change in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems,” said Kathy Park, acting president of NCCD. “We are proud to work with these three extremely dynamic programs to see if this innovative financing will work for them.”
In October, NCCD received $863,959 in investments from the Corporation for National and Community Service’s Social Innovation Fund. As part of the SIF’s Pay for Success Initiative, NCCD is helping strengthen the pipeline of state and local governments and service providers prepared to implement Pay for Success projects across the country.
New Haven To Participate In National ‘Pay for Success’ Study
Alex Vitale – WTNH
New Haven Mayor Mayor Toni N. Harp announced that New Haven has been selected by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency (NCCD), to participate in a national study to assess feasibility and develop “Pay for Success” capacity.
“Pay for Success” brings together private, public and non-profit sectors to provide up-front funding to service providers. If the services provided achieve agreed-upon outcomes, the government repays the investors. If the outcomes are not achieved, the government does not pay, allowing the public sector to receive the highest return on taxpayer investments. Seven “Pay for Success” programs have been piloted in the United States, in the cities and counties of Chicago, Cuyahoga County, New York City and Salt Lake County, and states including Massachusetts and New York, in the fields of juvenile justice, early childhood education, homelessness prevention and recidivism.
“I’m delighted New Haven was chosen to be a part of an innovative, national movement to reform criminal and juvenile justice systems,” Mayor Harp said. “We know we’ve made great strides toward reform in New Haven, which can potentially be a model for the State of Connecticut. Now, as part of a nationwide clearinghouse on the topic, we’ll have access to ideas and initiatives to help accelerate our progress in this direction.”