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The USC Price Center for Social Innovation brings an interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral approach to social innovation research. Through relevant, rigorous research, Price Center faculty explore a variety of topics that seek to inform and advance new models of equity and opportunity for low-income children and families.

Criminal Justice
Literature Review: Fair Chance Policy Impacts

This literature review examines the implementation of Fair Chance and Ban the Box laws and their subsequent impact on justice-involved individuals, employers and their communities.

Housing Instability
Full Report: How do Renters Cope with Unaffordability?

This report presents findings from a survey conducted in 2019, focused on understanding the coping strategies & adjustments that LA renters make in response to high rents.

Criminal Justice
NDSC Criminal Justice Data Initiative: Year 1 Wrap Report

This report provides the project strategy overview, with key findings from analyses of listening sessions and public safety data.

Social Innovation
Towards a Theoretical Framework for Social Impact Bonds

Governments in some of the world’s richest nations appear to be caught in a double challenge of declining social budgets even as social needs are increasing.

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Report: Decisions of firm risk and the role of organizational identity

By Alexandra Graddy-Reed

USC Sol Price Center for Social Innovation

Year: 2021

The risk-averse nature of nonprofit organizations has led many to believe that these firms are slower to innovate than their for-profit counterparts. As a result, hybrid firms have arisen as a new type of organization that combine a for-profit structure—often … Continue reading →

Policy Brief: U.S. Fair Chance Legislation

By Carolina Bhalla, Gary Painter, Jeffrey Wallace, John Roberson III, Victoria Ciudad-Real

USC Sol Price Center for Social Innovation

Year: 2021

“Fair Chance” or “Ban the Box” are policies that prevent employers from inquiring about an applicant’s criminal history on job applications or delays when employers can run background checks for job applicants. These policies seek to ensure that justice-involved individuals … Continue reading →

Literature Review: Fair Chance Policy Impacts

By Carolina Bhalla, Gary Painter, Jeffrey Wallace, John Roberson III, Victoria Ciudad-Real

USC Sol Price Center for Social Innovation

Year: 2021

Fair Chance hiring and Ban the Box are policies that prevent employers from inquiring about an applicant’s self-reported criminal history on job applications and delays when employers can run background checks for job applicants. This literature review examines the implementation … Continue reading →

Full Report: How do Renters Cope with Unaffordability?

By Gary Painter, Jovanna Rosen, Sean Angst, Soledad De Gregorio

USC Sol Price Center for Social Innovation

Year: 2020

The Los Angeles region faces a deep and worsening housing affordability crisis. A team of researchers from the USC Price Center for Social Innovation—led by Jovanna Rosen, Sean Angst, Soledad De Gregorio, and Gary Painter—conducted an in-person, door-to-door survey of … Continue reading →

Social Impact Bonds 2.0? Findings from a Study of Four UK SIBs

By Chris Fox, Harry Armitage, Hilary Olson

Policy Evaluation and Research Unit at Manchester Metropolitan University and USC Price Center for Social Innovation

Year: 2020

This briefing paper draws together ideas about the next generation of Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) that will be better placed to deliver more innovative approaches and act as positive disruptors in local public services.

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