The Pay for Success Handbook

Government agencies frequently contract with nonprofit or for-profit organizations to provide services to improve the well-being of their clients―for example, by reducing recidivism, homelessness, or drug use. Governments have traditionally paid service providers on the basis of the number of client...

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Main Authors: Adatto, Suzanne (Author), Brest, Paul (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Stanford, California Suzanne Adatto and Paul Brest 2020.
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Table of Contents:
  • Part One: Introduction and Overview
  • Antecedents: The Oklahoma "Milestones" Program
  • Introduction to an Outcomes Framework: The Theory of Change for a Service Delivery Program
  • Pay for Success
  • Part Two: Case Studies of PFS Projects
  • New York State's PFS Contract for Increasing Employment and Improving Public Safety
  • Other PFS Programs
  • Part Three: Analysis
  • The Government's Role
  • Requisites for a PFS Project from the Government's Perspective
  • Application of the Criteria to Various PFS Programs
  • The Service Provider's Perspective
  • Data and Organizational Challenges to an Outcomes-Oriented Approach