JFF and Social Finance recently co-authored a blog post outlining four lessons the two organizations learned in their work under a $2 million grant for the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education to study ways to use pay for success (PFS) financing to expand high-quality career and technical education (CTE) opportunities for young people who are underrepresented in such programs.

Among other things, the blog post says it’s important to ensure that expanded CTE programs boost access to both college and career opportunities equitably within schools and districts.

“At multiple sites, we recommended that program budgets include funding for transportation and other wraparound services to ensure that eligible students would not be excluded from work-based learning opportunities based on where they lived or attended school,” the blog post says.