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Author Archives: Patrick Lester
Social Innovation Directory Updated
SIRC’s directory has been updated! The directory includes over 1,000 links to reports and other resources on social innovation and performance issues. The directory is accessible below and also through links above and to the right. Issues Criminal Justice Education … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Heritage Foundation Endorses Increased Use of Evidence in Budgeting for Trump Administration
The conservative Heritage Foundation, which has been playing a significant role in advising the transition team for the incoming Trump administration, has included a section on evidence-based policymaking in its recently released Blueprint for a New Administration. The Heritage document … Continue reading
Posted in Evidence, Performance Management
Pay for Success, Child Welfare Evidence Provisions Unexpectedly Struck from End-of-Session Bill
Two sets of provisions widely supported by child welfare and evidence advocates have been struck from a pending bill affecting the National Institutes of Health, called “21st Century Cures.” According to Congressional Quarterly: Two bills related to foster care and … Continue reading
Pay for Success Legislation Nears Enactment
Update (11/30/16): The pay-for-success provisions have been unexpectedly dropped from the bill. SIRC’s original story follows below. Federal legislation that would authorize $100 million for pay-for-success projects (dubbed “Social Impact Partnerships”) has been attached to a larger end-of-year bill that … Continue reading
Posted in Social Impact Bonds / Pay for Success
Legislation Promoting Evidence-based Child Welfare Prevention Services Approaches Final Passage
Update (11/30/16): The Families First provisions have been unexpectedly dropped from the bill. SIRC’s original story follows below. Legislation that would fund evidence-based preventive mental health, substance abuse, or in-home parenting programs for children at risk of entering the child … Continue reading
Posted in Children and Families
Woodson Meeting Signals Closer Trump Ties to Ryan on Poverty, Evidence
President-elect Trump today met with Robert Woodson, head of the Center for Neighborhood Enterprise and a close advisor to House Speaker Paul Ryan on poverty issues. Ryan has actively supported a Republican vision for addressing poverty as part of a … Continue reading
Posted in Children and Families, Evidence, Politics
What Mid-Size Cities Can Teach Feds About Performance
Early lessons have begun to emerge from the three-year, $42 million effort launched last year by Bloomberg Philanthropies to help 100 mid-sized cities improve their performance through open data, performance management, evaluation, and results-driven contracting. Continue reading SIRC’s column at … Continue reading
Posted in Data, Government Performance, Performance Management
The Future of Evidence-Based Policy Hangs on the Trump-Ryan Relationship
Like nearly every other aspect of the federal political landscape, prospects for evidence-based policymaking were upended by the stunning results of the 2016 elections. Pre-election polls had predicted a continuation of divided government, with Democrats winning the presidency and possibly … Continue reading
Will Republicans Keep CMMI After All?
With President-elect Trump and Republicans in Congress both elected on a platform of repealing Obamacare, the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI), which was created by the law, would seem to be a likely target for elimination. Perhaps not. … Continue reading
Posted in Health