Impact Bond: Rapid Response for Run Away Youth
Stage of development: Implementation
Policy sector: Child and family welfare
Intervention: The intervention is designed to serve runaway youth and their families by meeting where they are, including at home, within 72 hours 
of the report of a runaway incident and then connecting them to services aimed at preventing child welfare or juvenile justice involvement. The intervention is  based on Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST), a program that provides intensive in-home services for adolescents at risk for placement, utilizing family and community supports to reduce juvenile delinquency, as well as Functional Family Therapy (FFT), an integrated system for clinical assessment and successful family-based treatment of at-risk adolescents.
Date outcomes contract signed: 2018-12
Start of service provision: 2019-01
Total investment commitment currency: USD
Total investment commitment: 894270
Total investment commitment (USD): 894270
Target population: Youth aged 10 - 17, who have run away from their homes or guardians. 
Targeted number of service users or beneficiaries: 840
Notes: Direct payments are shown as grants. The maxiumum payment per outcome refers to the whole cohort.