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America Forward’s Five Commitments for the Next Administration on the Eve of Inauguration

The following post was written by Juanita Tolliver, America Forward Manager. We are on the eve of a new Administration, a new President, and a new approach in government, and with this comes a lot of questions – questions about our nation’s path forward; questions about federal policy priorities; and questions about the influence of Washington’s newest crop of power players.
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A Look Back At America Forward On The 2016 Campaign Trail

The following post was written by America Forward Director of Strategic Partnerships, Jessica Crawford. America Forward celebrates its ninth anniversary this year. Launched during the last open Presidential election cycle, America Forward works to unite social entrepreneurs with policymakers and advance a public policy agenda that champions innovative and effective solutions to our country's most pressing social problems. America Forward
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Part One: Lifting Up Policy Ideas for the Next Administration and Next Congress

The following post was written by America Forward Government Affairs Director Nicole Truhe. Over a year ago, America Forward launched its 2016 Presidential campaign engagement effort to promote the best ideas and most effective approaches to address the biggest challenges facing our nation. Our community of social entrepreneurs shaped these ideas that are focused on ways for policymakers to scale
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Presidential 2016: Student Organizers Leading the Way in Battleground States

The following post was written by America Forward Manager, Sarah Groh. With three weeks until the 2016 election, America Forward’s 18 Today’s Student Organizers are on the ground in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Florida mobilizing students, and generating a powerful dialogue about the barriers today’s college students face. Today’s students are more diverse than ever across every dimension - 75% of
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Presidential 2016: One Year on the 2016 Presidential Campaign Trail

The following post was written by America Forward Government Affairs Director, Nicole Truhe and America Forward Manager, Juanita Tolliver. One year ago, America Forward launched its 2016 Presidential engagement effort with the formal release of our Presidential briefing book entitled Moving America Forward: Innovators Lead the Way to Unlocking America’s Potential. Moving America Forward represents the best ideas and most
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Presidential 2016: Leveraging Policy to Address the Needs of Today’s Students

The following post was written by Jessica Crawford, America Forward Director of Strategic Partnerships and Sarah Groh, America Forward Manager Too many students are failing to graduate college. Why? Because our assumptions about today’s students are wrong. Most of us envision college students as 18 to 21-year-olds fresh out of high school, but this is no longer the reality. Today’s
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STATE OF PLAY: PAY FOR SUCCESS AND EVIDENCE-BASED POLICY

Federal Budget and Appropriations Process: Evidence and Innovation

The following post was written by, Jessica Crawford, Director of Strategic Partnerships at America Forward, and Nicole Truhe, Director of Government Affairs at America Forward. In the first two blog posts in this series, we have provided high level overviews of both the Federal budget and appropriations processes and America Forward’s funding priorities in the context of these processes. To
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America Forward: Federal budget and appropriations primer

The process for funding federal programs is complex. This five part blog series will provide a brief history and overview of the federal budget and appropriations process and will explain how America Forward’s education, workforce development, and Pay for Success and evidence-based policy priorities fit into this process. The following post was written by Jessica Crawford, Director of Strategic Partnerships
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The Five Things You Need to Know About the State of the Union Address

When will the President deliver the State of the Union?   Tonight, January 12th, at 9pm ET, President Obama will deliver his final State of the Union Address. The speech will be held in the U.S. Capitol in the House of Representatives Chamber. The speech is expected to last about an hour. The speech will be followed by a Republican
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