A new report suggests “social finance”, a new form of investment, may provide Canadian non profits with the consistent revenue needed to tackle major social problems.

“Can community-based employment help the unemployed develop their transferable skills and social capital?”, is the question the Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SDRC) attempts to answer in their report Improving skills, networks, and livelihoods through community-based work: Three-year impacts of the Community Employment Innovation Project.