Ideas Challenge Winners

College Savings Program

January 18, 2020

Problem In our modern economy, a college degree is still the primary way that children can become self-sufficient and contributing adults. Unfortunately for many students — especially in low-income areas — lack of sufficient savings for college has been a barrier to higher educational attainment, limiting opportunities for future economic […]Tishaura Jones | Treasurer | St. Louis, MO 2014 Challenge Winner

West Coast Infrastructure Exchange

January 18, 2020

Problem The West Coast states face a $1 trillion infrastructure financing gap over the next 30 years. The Great Recession and slow economic recovery have strained the tax revenues of state and local governments, widening the already well-documented infrastructure investment gap. Solution The West Coast Infrastructure Exchange (WCX) was created […]Tobias Read | State Treasurer | Statewide, OR 2014 Challenge Winner

Pay For Success

January 18, 2020

Problem Government often focuses more on treatment than prevention, which leads to solutions that are more costly to taxpayers and less effective. In education, this has led us to spend more on special education, dropouts, and jail–giving us less to spend on tools that help at-risk kids learn how to […]Ben McAdams | U.S. Congressman | Salt Lake County, UT 2014 Challenge Winner

Renewable Energy Market

January 18, 2020

Problem States across the Western region vary in their access to and use of renewable energy sources. Many states continue to rely heavily on fossil power-plants, with high pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Other states, such as California, have excess renewable energy sources during parts of the day, but lack […]Robert Hertzberg | Senator | Los Angeles, CA 2015 Challenge Winner

Crowdfunding for Communities

January 18, 2020

Problem Currently, many small businesses and historically underutilized businesses struggle to gain access to capital and small business loans. While Texas, like many other states, has recently legalized intrastate online crowdfunding to let businesses raise capital in exchange for equity or debt, experience in other states indicates that established small […]Eric Johnson | Mayor | Dallas, TX 2015 Challenge Winner

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