LJAF – Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy

Chapin Hall Announces RFP: Using Linked Data to Advance Evidence-Based Policymaking

Administrative Data, AISP Network, Evidence-based Policy, IDS, IDS Uses, Social Policy Innovation / Tian McPherson

Government policymakers and program managers at the Federal, State, and local levels are under increasing pressure to ensure that their programs are achieving better results at lower cost. In many programs serving vulnerable populations, policymakers and managers lack access to information about what outcomes programs are achieving and to evaluations that can inform policy decisions […]

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J-PAL North America launches health care delivery innovation competition

Administrative Data, Developing Sites, IDS, IDS Uses, Resourceful Partners & Organizations, Social Impact / Tian McPherson

MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL) North America has launched a new Health Care Delivery Innovation Competition that will support U.S. federal, state, and local health agencies and other health care organizations in developing compelling and reliable evidence of the impact of innovative programs. The J-PAL Health Care Delivery Innovation Competition will support visionary health

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Protecting and enhancing the role of evidence: Interview with Kathy Stack of LJAF

Evidence-based Policy, Evidence-based services, Federal Regulations, Government Agencies, Resourceful Partners & Organizations, Social Policy Innovation / Tian McPherson

What works: A new emphasis on evidence in the US Kathy Stack retired from federal service last year after 34 years (prior to OMB, she served for six years at the Department for Education). Not for her, though, the sunlit uplands of retirement. Instead, she headed for the Laura and John Arnold Foundation – a

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Laura and John Arnold Foundation launches $15 million competition to use evidence-based programs to “move the needle” on major social problems

Administrative Data, Evidence-based Policy, Evidence-based services, Government Agencies, IDS, IDS Uses, Social Impact / Tian McPherson

HOUSTON, TX—As part of its effort to encourage governments to make decisions based on rigorous research and reliable evidence, the Laura and John Arnold Foundation (LJAF) today launched the Moving the Needle Competition, which will provide funding for state and local governments and nonprofit organizations that implement highly effective social programs in an effort to

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Dennis Culhane and John Fantuzzo Awarded $1.9M for AISP and IDS Research

Administrative Data, AISP Network, News, Research, Resourceful Partners & Organizations / Tian McPherson

Two grants, totaling nearly $2 million, have been awarded to University of Pennsylvania professors Dennis Culhane and John Fantuzzo, enabling the continued development and expanded use of Integrated Data Systems, or IDS, for evidence-based policymaking through the Actionable Intelligence for Social Policy, or AISP, initiative. IDS link existing administrative data across multiple agencies and community

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LJAF Request for Proposals: Low-Cost Randomized Controlled Trials to Drive Effective Social Spending

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The Laura and John Arnold Foundation (LJAF) today announced additional funding for low- or modest-cost randomized controlled trials (RCTs) as part of its effort to expand the evidence base for “what works” in U.S. social spending. LJAF has committed to funding all proposals for RCTs of $100,000 to $300,000 that receive high ratings from its

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Camden, NJ Project Seeks Better Health and Safety Through Data-Sharing

Administrative Data, AISP Network, Developing Sites, IDS Uses / Tian McPherson

For close to a decade, a group of Camden health-care providers has used a database of information culled from the city’s three hospitals to evaluate medical costs, identify hot spots in neighborhoods, and develop outreach programs. Soon, the Camden Coalition of Healthcare Providers will also be able to look at data from the criminal justice

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Low-Cost RCT Competition: Building Evidence To Drive Effective Social Spending

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Demonstrating How Low-Cost Randomized Controlled Trials Can Drive Effective Social Spending: Project Overview and Request for Proposals Background and Purpose: In response to the White House and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) call to action for evidence-based reforms across the federal government, the Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy has launched a competition to select and

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