I absolutely believe that it has to be a collaborative effort at all levels of society. Obviously when we're talking about social impact bonds as they relate to crime prevention, we are talking about very easily measurable indicators of a reduction in crime, as in a reduction of recidivism. Obviously, however, many of the community efforts will contribute to a reduction in crime. For example, we look at the emancipation of children from foster care who are coming out at 18 and 19 years old. The stats are abysmal when you look at the lack of support they have coming out of that system and then their interactions with justice and the likelihood of becoming homeless.
As we are looking at not only social impact bonds, but social finance initiatives and all other kinds of community initiatives in this area, I think it is important to be developing as many partnerships within the community as possible to help address some of these very complex social issues.