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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.

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The Social Innovation Trap: Critical Insights into an Emerging Field
Emergency Aid Programs at USC and LACCD
Education
An Evaluation of the Emergency Aid Programs at the University of Southern California and Los Angeles Community College District

In its third year of implementation, the Leonetti/ O’Connell Family Foundation’s emergency aid programs at the University of Southern California (USC) and the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) have continued to provide direct cash assistance to students experiencing financial hardships.

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Criminal Justice
Building Safety In Los Angeles: A Policy Agenda For Local Health and Safer Communitie

This report aims to assist jurisdictions trying to reimagine public safety through focusing on key policy areas, and applies policy frameworks to present day Los Angeles.

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Housing Instability
Accelerating Employment Retention Strategies for the Precariously Housed

This report outlines the findings from the project’s activities including an employer survey, Innovation Lab sessions, and case studies

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Education
The Segregation Index

The Segregation Index will be a comprehensive resource for tracking neighborhood and school segregation in the U.S., across every neighborhood and every school.

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Inequality
Resilience and Rebuilding: Recommendations for an Equitable Recovery in South L.A.

This report examines ways to improve pandemic recovery and to remove pre-pandemic barriers in South Los Angeles.

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Inequality
Examining the Complex Social Safety Net For Low-Income Working Families

This report examines the resources and benefits available to families and identifies the points at which the social safety net may become a barrier to economic independence.

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Social Innovation
Social Impact Bonds 2.0

The complexity of social problems, paired with constrained public resources, requires social innovators to identify new approaches for financing the delivery of social services.

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

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 →

Project Findings Report: Accelerating Fair Chance Hiring Among Los Angeles Employers

Victoria Ciudad-Real, Kalen Cornelius, Juliana Vidal, Carolina Bhalla, Gary Painter, and John Roberson III

USC Sol Price Center for Social Innovation

Year: 2021

With support from the State of California Workforce Accelerator program, the USC Sol Price Center for Social Innovation partnered with LeadersUp, a national nonprofit focused on ending the youth unemployment crisis, to launch the Accelerating Fair Chance Project during the … Continue reading →

Policy Brief: U.S. Fair Chance Legislation

Victoria Ciudad-Real, Juliana Vidal, Carolina Bhalla, Gary Painter, and John Roberson III

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

Victoria Ciudad-Real, Kalen Cornelious, Carolina Bhalla, Gary Painter, and John Roberson III

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?

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

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 →

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