| Notes |
Step Up’s Outcomes Leadership Council, which in- cluded County Supervisor David Cortese, was tasked with identifying and pursuing anti-poverty strategies based on a set of principles derived from NOCRA2, including a commitment to the use of rigorous and measurable outcomes and an exploration of market driven-strategies that might engage private sector partners and funds. Supervisor Cortese, who would become a major advocate for the project, realized that “this kind of merit-based contracting could be a pow- erful tool for moving a large group of people out of poverty.” |