Roxane White, president and chief executive officer, and Tamar Bauer, chief policy & government affairs officer, provided insight into the Pay for Success process in a new coauthored book What Matters: Investing in Results to Build Strong, Vibrant Communities, a project of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and Nonprofit Finance Fund. It is a collection of short essays that explores what it takes to reorient our social programs and funding to achieve outcomes.
Read their chapter: SCALING PROGRAMS THAT WORK BY PAYING FOR SUCCESS
“… Pay for Success is very complex work that requires staying power. The headaches are worth it if we can simplify the process and allow successful programs to keep serving families. Sustainability could be a powerful provider incentive.”
KIM GRIFFIN
TEXAS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
As Texas executive director, Kim Griffin will lead the creation of a new state office in Texas. Under her leadership, Griffin will increase public and private philanthropic support to grow the state NFP programs to serve more families.
Griffin has over 15 years of experience leading health programs for children and families, managing operations, advocacy and development. She previously served as program developer for Nurse-Family Partnership and oversaw programs throughout the southeast, where she secured $31 million in federal support and built opportunities to collaborate with new health systems. Griffin most recently held the position of division manager for adolescent services at the Houston Health Department, where she led programs to reduce teen and youth dating violence, mental health, substance abuse and juvenile crime.
Griffin holds a Master of Public Policy from Duke University, and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia.
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What Matters: Investing in Results to Build Strong, Vibrant Communities
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