Impact Bond: Massachusetts Pathways to Economic Advancement Pay for Success Project
Stage of development: Implementation
Policy sector: Employment and training
Intervention: The intervention aims at delivering various services including Vocational English classes, as well as reading, math, science, and computer literacy instruction, integrated with job readiness and job search assistance, occupational skills development activities (e.g. customer service, industry-specific vocabulary), and coaching (e.g. interviewing prep). The intervention will assist limited English speakers, including documented immigrants and refugees, in making succesful transitions to employment, higher wage jobs, and higher education. The service provider will offer four distinct program tracks: Rapid Employment, English for Advancement, Skills Training, and Bridges to College. 
Date outcomes contract signed: 2016-09
Start of service provision: 2017-06
Total investment commitment currency: USD
Total investment commitment: 12430000
Total investment commitment (USD): 12430000
Target population: Eligibility differs depending on intervention track: recent immigrants and refugees with low English language skills, limited education/work experience in the US (RE); individuals with low-to-intermediate English language skills, unemployed, hold work authorization, working lower-skilled/part-time jobs (EFA); intermediate English participants who have documented work history in US, but lack language/vocational skills needed to obtain desired position (OST); individuals qualified financial aid with higher level English skills, high school credential, low English, math, science, and computer skills, and meeting entry criteria for program on academic assessment by service provider (BTC).
Targeted number of service users or beneficiaries: 2000