Incarceration Has “Devastating toll” on Kids, Families, Communities

According to a new policy report released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, “having a parent incarcerated is a stressful, traumatic experience of the same magnitude as abuse, domestic violence, and divorce.” Furthermore, the report reveals that neighborhoods struggling with high rates of incarcerated parents often lack the supports needed by [...]

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WATCH: Clear Impact Scorecard Community of Practice Webinar

For those who were unable to attend our recent webinar, “Clear Impact Scorecard Community of Practice: Best Practices to Turning Curves”, you’re in luck! We’ve recorded the webinar, and it is now available to view at your leisure below. Feel free to share this free resource with friends and colleagues, and be sure [...]

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WATCH: The Power of Asset Based Community Development and RBA

For those who were unable to attend our recent webinar, “The Power of Asset Based Community Development and Results Based Accountability for Greater Impact and Results for Children Families and Communities”, you’re in luck! We’ve recorded the webinar, and it is now available to view at your leisure below. Feel free to [...]

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Presenting Turning Curves: An Accountability Companion Reader

Santa Fe, New Mexico, December 21, 2015: The Fiscal Policy Studies Institute and Clear Impact are pleased to announce the release of Mark Friedman’s new book, “Turning Curves: An Accountability Companion Reader” (Turning Curves). During the first two weeks of its release,  Turning Curves was the #1 New Release in Public Affairs and [...]

2017-08-15T18:00:56-04:00By |Categories: Resources|0 Comments

Article: The Four Components of Effective Collective Impact

In “The Four Components of Effective Collective Impact,” author and Clear Impact Senior Consultant, Dan Duncan, highlights and describes what he believes to be the four critical components needed to implement a successful Collective Impact initiative, and more importantly, to improve the well-being of communities around the world. These include: A clear, [...]

Celebrating the 10th Anniversary Edition of Trying Hard Is Not Good Enough

Buy it on Amazon Santa Fe, New Mexico: Fiscal Policy Studies Institute and Clear Impact are excited to announce the release of the 10th Anniversary edition of Trying Hard Is Not Good Enough: How to Produce Measurable Improvements for Customers and Communities (Trying Hard). Trying Hard is the premier Results-Based Accountability™ (RBA) manual; [...]

How to Achieve the Performance Imperative with Results-Based Accountability

“High-performance organization” is a moniker most organizations—private, public, or nonprofit—would love to earn. And yet who can say what “high performance” really means for mission-based nonprofits? More important, how do executives, boards, and funders get there from here? The Leap Ambassadors Community, a network of more than 50 nonprofit executives, has spent the past year [...]

2014 RBA Africa Summit Videos Now Available

For those interested in viewing presentations from last year’s event, full session videos from the 2014 RBA Africa Summit are now available at rba-africa.com/summit-videos. On this webpage, you will find links to RBA summit presentations covering a variety of topics including RBA101, education, health, child welfare, youth development, RBA in law and policy, accountability technology tools, [...]

2017-02-20T22:47:34-05:00By |Categories: Resources|1 Comment

RBA Makes Good Politics: Diana Urban Runs Unopposed in Connecticut’s 43rd District

Representative Diana Urban, a well-known champion of Results-Based Accountability™ and avid children's advocate, is currently running unopposed for her eighth term representing Connecticut's 43rd district. Currently, she is Chair of the Committee on Children and Co-Chair of the Results-Based Accountability Sub-Committee of the Appropriations Committee.  Most remarkably, Urban has run unopposed as both a Republican [...]