Connecticut State Department of Children and Families

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Connecticut Family Stability - Pay For Success (PFS) Project

With support from the Harvard Kennedy School Social Impact Bond Technical Assistance Lab, DCF is currently evaluating the feasibility of pay for success contracts and social impact bonds to improve outcomes of children and families involved in the child welfare system who are also impacted by substance abuse.
 
The following article was part of The Chronicle for Social Change's PFS Watch, a running column for subscribers covering the emergence of youth-related pay-for-success and social impact bond projects.  ("Connecticut's Pay for Success Initiative" pdf version)

 

A Guide for State and Local Governments
About the CT Family Stability Pay for Success Project
CT's Family Stability Pay for Success Project - "How it Works"
FAQ's (Frequently Asked Questions)
Fact Sheet
Harvard Kennedy School Social Impact Bond Technical Assistance Lab (SIB Lab)
NY State Press Release about "Pay for Success Project to Reduce Recidivism"
Pay for Success Opioids Resource Guide – Dec. 2016
Q & A - DCF SIB Bidders's Conference
RFP Release for Social Impact Bond Project