Root Cause

Government & Innovation

Social innovation offers new ways to approach old problems and suggests six roles government can embrace to support transformative solutions. Learn more

Recommendations

13 recommendations — with models that help to illustrate how the recommendations might be carried out — for creating a more supportive environment for social problem solving. Learn more

Practical Application

Learn about city, state, and federal strategies to advance social innovation. Learn more

Public Innovators, a nonpartisan Root Cause initiative, supports a new wave of government leaders at the city, state, and federal levels who ensure the creation and growth of the most effective, efficient, and sustainable solutions to pressing social problems.