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America Forward’s Evidence in Action blog series highlights the voices of the more than 70 social innovation organizations that make up the America Forward Coalition, the results-driven solutions our community has to our country’s most pressing social problems, and the evidence-based federal programs that are critical to scaling the impact of this work. Follow along on Twitter with #EvidenceinAction and catch up on the series here.

1. Evidence-Based Policymaking is an Idea Whose Time Has Come (America Forward – Series Inaugural Post, 4/4/17)
2. Evidence in Action: AppleTree Institute’s ‘Every Child Ready’ a Model for Future Pay for Success Projects (AppleTree Institute, 4/6/17)
3. Evidence in Action: Making a Difference for Veterans (Social Finance, 4/11/17)
4. Evidence in Action: Five Stories of How National Service is Delivering Results (America Forward, 4/13/17)
5. Evidence in Action: Every Student Succeeds Act (Urban Institute, 4/17/17)
6. Evidence in Action: Leadership Changes Everything (New Leaders, 4/19/17)
7. Evidence in Action: Five Stories of Evidence Delivering Results in Education, (America Forward, 4/21/17)
8. Evidence in Action: Implementing Evidence-Based Policymaking (Urban Institute, 4/25/17)
9. Evidence in Action: Moving the Needle on Making Schools Healthier (Food Corps, 4/26/17)
10. Evidence in Action: Innovating in Education (Center for Research and Reform in Education at Johns Hopkins University, 4/27/17)
11. Evidence in Action: Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (America Forward, 5/1/17)
12. Evidence in Action: Expanding Access to Opportunity Through Work-Based Education Programs (Year Up, 5/2/17)
13. Evidence in Action: Strengthening Workforce Development Through Pay for Performance (Third Sector Capital Partners, 5/3/17)
14. Evidence in Action: Five Stories of Evidence Delivering Results in the Workforce System (America Forward, 5/4/17)
15. Evidence in Action: From Innovation to Impact (America Forward, 5/8/17)
16. Evidence in Action: Improving Outcomes for Children (Institute for Child Success, 5/9/17)
17. Evidence in Action: Evidence-Based Approaches to the Opioid Epidemic (Urban Institute, 5/16/17)
18. Evidence in Action: Evidence as a Better Way to End Poverty (Urban Institute, 5/18/17)
19. Evidence in Action: Moving America Forward With Evidence and Innovation (America Forward, 5/19)
20. Evidence in Action: Activating Communities to Make a Difference (Reading Partners, 5/24)
21. Evidence in Action: AmeriCorps Drives Success (College Possible, 5/25)
22. Evidence in Action: Scaling Solutions Through Outcomes Rate Cards (Social Finance, 5/31)
23. Evidence in Action: Leveling the College Access and Completion Playing Field Effectively and Efficiently (College Forward, 6/6)
24. Evidence in Action: 10 Ways City Year AmeriCorps Members #MakeBetterHappen (City Year, 6/7)
25. Evidence in Action: Every Dollar Counts (National College Access Network, 6/8)
26. Evidence in Action: A Twitter Conversation about #EvidenceinAction (America Forward, 6/13)
27. Evidence in Action: Early College High Schools (Jobs for the Future, 6/15)
28. Evidence in Action: Jumpstart Transforms Young Children’s Lives Through Proven Program (Jumpstart, 6/26)
29. Evidence in Action: Connecting Workforce Innovation Fund Evaluation Results to the Implementation of WIOA (Social Policy Research Associates, 6/28)
30. Evidence in Action: Scaling A Program That Stop Diabetes In Its Tracks (LISC, 7/12)
31. Evidence in Action: Forging a New Path: Using Pay for Success to Build Career Pathways for Underserved, High-Need Youth (Social Finance, 7/19)
32. Evidence in Action: Serving Freedom (LISC, 7/20)
33. Evidence in Action: Age is Not a Barrier to Civic Engagement (Generation Citizen, 8/1)
34. Evidence in Action: Climbing the Ladder of Evidence to Create Results for All Students (BARR Center, 8/17)
35. Evidence in Action: Investing in Accessibility (NCLD, 9/19)
36. Evidence in Action: Preparing Effective Teachers, Building Strong Communities (NCLD, 9/28)
37. Evidence in Action: Public-Private Partnerships Demonstrate the Power of an Integrated Curriculum (Schools That Can, 10/4)
38. Evidence in Action: Meeting Students Where They Are, With Help From The Investing in Innovation Fund (i3) (New Classrooms Innovation Partners, 10/10)
39. Evidence in Action: Using Pay for Success to Keep Families Together (LISC, 10/17)
40. Evidence in Action: Using Evidence as a Tool, Not an Axe – Creating a Culture for Learning from Evidence (Abt Associates, 10/24)
41. Evidence in Action: The Bard Early Colleges and a Broadened Vision of Educational Opportunity (Bard Early Colleges, 11/1)
42. Evidence in Action: County Government Trusting Family-Led Solutions (Family Independence Initiative, 11/8)
43. Evidence in Action: The Power of NYC Leadership Academy’s Aspiring Principals Program (NYC Leadership Academy, 11/15)
44. Evidence in Action: Measuring the Effects of Bottom Line – a College Access and Completion Program (Bottom Line, 11/21)
45. Reflecting on the Evidence in Action Movement (America Forward, 12/12)