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Articles

County of Santa Clara Launches California’s First “Pay for Success” Project
Project Welcome Home – San Jose Mercury

Press Releases

Pay for Success – SUSV brings idea to Action
Supplemental Poverty Measure – by Prof. David Grusky, Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality
New Federal Poverty Measure Shows Promise – but Not Sufficient, by Greg Kepferle
PayForSuccess – Social Innovation Financing
Anti-poverty Advocates Win: Pay for Success Social Innovation Passes in Santa Clara County
Step Up Silicon Valley Announces Pilot Project to Move 1,000 People Out of Poverty by 2014

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We seek to transform community awareness and
generate the political will to create systems change
that enables individuals and families to step up out
of poverty in Santa Clara County.

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where everyone has access to affordable health care,
sufficient nutritious food, decent affordable housing,
meaningful educational and career opportunities, and
reliable income that meets their basic financial needs.

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