Professor Jeffrey Liebman at Harvard Kennedy School has unveiled a website for his HKS Social Impact Bond Technical Assistance Lab. The Lab was created to assist US local and state governments with the research and analysis necessary for the creation of pay-for-success contracts using social impact bonds. I was a lucky member of Professor Liebman’s team that advised the Massachusetts government on the youth recidivism pay-for-success contract, the details of which are being negotiated by the government with ROCA (the service provider) and Third Sector Capital Partners (the intermediary organization).
