Will Social impact bonds leverage proven innovations?

On Friday, September 23, 2011, Root Cause's Social Innovation Forum hosted:

A Discussion with Jeffrey Liebman:Will Social Impact Bonds Leverage Proven Innovations?

Watch the videos of our panel discussion, browse through the photos on our Facebook and twitter accounts or read our 2010 Social Innovator Performance Reports.

Social impact bonds are gaining increased visibility as government's ability to finance social programs decreases. New models are necessary involving cross-sector collaboration between high performing nonprofits, innovative government leaders, and socially motivated investors. Are social impact bonds the model we need?

The videos include a keynote by Jeffrey B. Liebman, Malcolm Wiener Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and the panel discussion featuring Jeffrey, Tracy Palandjian, Founder & CEO of Social Finance, and Andrew Wolk, Founder & CEO of Root Cause.

Root Cause also featured the key accomplishments and lessons learned from its 2010 Social Innovators who are working to meet their client's needs by utilizing the best approaches to: employment and education, healthy aging, housing and homelessness, youth arts and advocacy, fitness and healthy eating, assisting women and girls.

Jeffrey Liebman, Malcolm Wiener Professor of Public Policy, teaches courses in social policy, public sector economics, and American economic policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. During the first two years of the Obama Administration, Liebman served at Office  of Management and Budget, first as Executive Associate Director and Chief Economist and then as Acting Deputy Director. Liebman recently wrote "Social Impact Bonds: A promising new financing model to accelerate social innovation and improve government performance" and is advising the state of Massachusetts with implementing social impact bonds.