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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Social Return on Investment"”.
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Systemic Transformation for College and Career Readiness And Enhanced Social Return on Investment
<p>The transition in motion in the nation and in Florida has the potential to have a short-term adverse impact on high school graduation rates. The transition to more rigorous Florida Standards and their accompanying assessments are expected to promote improved college and career readiness and …
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A Policy Advocacy Dissertation to Increase Transparency and Accountability through Social Return on Investment Analysis
<p>The connection between the funding of public schools and student achievement is complex. Facing dwindling revenue streams, schools and the communities they serve must begin to assess how effectively and efficiently school systems are utilizing federal, state, and local taxpayer resources. As …
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Applying Social Return on Investment Analysis to a Large Central Florida County Public School District
<p>All social organizations are faced with basic questions pertaining to the value they add to their community and how effectively and efficiently they do so. These questions are increasingly being directed to public schools and school districts as well relative to the various programming they …
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Enhancing the Social Return on Investment methodology for the evaluation of Social Prescribing interventions in Wales that promote mental health and wellbeing
This PhD by Portfolio explores how the Social Return on Investment (SROI) methodology can be improved to better evaluate Social Prescribing (SP) interventions that aim to support mental health and wellbeing in Wales. The research draws on three case studies: EmotionMind Dynamic, Opening the Doors …
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Unveiling the role(s) of informal third sector deliverers : towards a conceptual framework to understand the process of social value creation among informal third sector groups
… using an alternative methodological approach to Social Return on Investment (SROI) to reconceptualise value measurement. It focused on four ITSGs in Blackpool in the North West of England, each of which, at surface level addressed different needs: The Goods Bank (provision of basic resources to …
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Income Generation in Libraries, Museums and Archives: Developing a Strategy for StoriPowys
This study concerns the investigation into income generation activity in public libraries, museums, and archives worldwide. Findings from the research will be used to inform an income generation strategy for StoriPowys, Powys County Council’s cultural services. A review of academic and professional …
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The clinic and the community: exploring the role of the designed environment in the creation of social value
This study proposes that nonprofit healthcare organizations can function as social entrepreneurs, using the designed environment as a critical resource to address health and wellness issues within the community beyond their usual medical services. By taking this approach, organizations would not …
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Empowering community and philanthropic funders: The case for investment in non-market housing
Aotearoa New Zealand is in the middle of a prolonged housing crisis. This is marked by a chronic undersupply of private and non-market housing which has created social, health, and economic inequities. Māori communities are disproportionately affected, consistently experiencing the highest rates of …
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The health economics of physical inactivity and sedentary behaviour: healthcare expenditure and cost-effective interventions
… increases the risk of premature mortality and chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease (CVD), type 2 diabetes (T2D), and cancers. Globally, the prevalence of these risk factors is increasing, putting many people at increased risk. Physical inactivity and sedentary behaviour are an economic …
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Social Impact Program Evaluation
… public and grant funding often inhibits social service agencies from covering all of their program participant and agency needs. Compounding this problem, funders now have greater expectations that agencies demonstrate a return on investment, document their success, and demonstrate …