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entity, intermediary, service provider, independent evaluator, 
investor, or other stakeholder. 
‘‘(13) A summary of the experience of the service provider 
in delivering the proposed intervention or a similar interven-
tion, or a summary demonstrating the service provider has 
the expertise necessary to deliver the proposed intervention. 
‘‘(14) A summary of the unmet need in the area where 
the intervention will be delivered or among the target popu-
lation who will receive the intervention. 
‘‘(15) The proposed payment terms, the methodology used 
to calculate outcome payments, the payment schedule, and 
performance thresholds. 
‘‘(16) The project budget. 
‘‘(17) The project timeline. 
‘‘(18) The criteria used to determine the eligibility of an 
individual for the project, including how selected populations 
will be identified, how they will be referred to the project, 
and how they will be enrolled in the project. 
‘‘(19) The evaluation design. 
‘‘(20) The metrics that will be used in the evaluation to 
determine whether the outcomes have been achieved as a result 
of the intervention and how the metrics will be measured. 
‘‘(21) An explanation of how the metrics used in the evalua-
tion to determine whether the outcomes achieved as a result 
of the intervention are independent, objective indicators of 
impact and are not subject to manipulation by the service 
provider, intermediary, or investor. 
‘‘(22) A summary explaining the independence of the eval-
uator from the other entities involved in the project and the 
evaluator’s experience in conducting rigorous evaluations of 
program effectiveness including, where available, well-imple-
mented randomized controlled trials on the intervention or 
similar interventions. 
‘‘(23) The capacity of the service provider to deliver the 
intervention to the number of participants the State or local 
government proposes to serve in the project. 
‘‘(24) A description of whether and how the State or local 
government and service providers plan to sustain the interven-
tion, if it is timely and appropriate to do so, to ensure that 
successful interventions continue to operate after the period 
of the social impact partnership. 
‘‘(d) PROJECT
INTERMEDIARY
INFORMATION
REQUIRED.—The 
application described in subsection (c) shall also contain the fol-
lowing information about any intermediary for the social impact 
partnership project (whether an intermediary is a service provider 
or other entity): 
‘‘(1) Experience and capacity for providing or facilitating 
the provision of the type of intervention proposed. 
‘‘(2) The mission and goals. 
‘‘(3) Information on whether the intermediary is already 
working with service providers that provide this intervention 
or an explanation of the capacity of the intermediary to begin 
working with service providers to provide the intervention. 
‘‘(4) Experience working in a collaborative environment 
across government and nongovernmental entities. 
‘‘(5) Previous experience collaborating with public or private 
entities to implement evidence-based programs.
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‘‘(6) Ability to raise or provide funding to cover operating 
costs (if applicable to the project). 
‘‘(7) Capacity and infrastructure to track outcomes and 
measure results, including— 
‘‘(A) capacity to track and analyze program perform-
ance and assess program impact; and 
‘‘(B) experience with performance-based awards or 
performance-based contracting and achieving project mile-
stones and targets. 
‘‘(8) Role in delivering the intervention. 
‘‘(9) How the intermediary would monitor program success, 
including a description of the interim benchmarks and outcome 
measures. 
‘‘(e) FEASIBILITY STUDIES FUNDED THROUGH OTHER SOURCES.— 
The notice described in subsection (a) shall permit a State or 
local government to submit an application for social impact partner-
ship funding that contains information from a feasibility study 
developed for purposes other than applying for funding under this 
subtitle. 
‘‘AWARDING SOCIAL IMPACT PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS 
‘‘SEC. 2053. (a) TIMELINE IN AWARDING AGREEMENT.—Not later 
than 6 months after receiving an application in accordance with 
section 2052, the Secretary, in consultation with the Federal Inter-
agency Council on Social Impact Partnerships, shall determine 
whether to enter into an agreement for a social impact partnership 
project with a State or local government. 
‘‘(b) CONSIDERATIONS
IN AWARDING AGREEMENT.—In deter-
mining whether to enter into an agreement for a social impact 
partnership project (the application for which was submitted under 
section 2052) the Secretary, in consultation with the Federal Inter-
agency Council on Social Impact Partnerships and the head of 
any Federal agency administering a similar intervention or serving 
a population similar to that served by the project, shall consider 
each of the following: 
‘‘(1) The recommendations made by the Commission on 
Social Impact Partnerships. 
‘‘(2) The value to the Federal Government of the outcomes 
expected to be achieved if the outcomes specified in the agree-
ment are achieved as a result of the intervention. 
‘‘(3) The likelihood, based on evidence provided in the 
application and other evidence, that the State or local govern-
ment in collaboration with the intermediary and the service 
providers will achieve the outcomes. 
‘‘(4) The savings to the Federal Government if the outcomes 
specified in the agreement are achieved as a result of the 
intervention. 
‘‘(5) The savings to the State and local governments if 
the outcomes specified in the agreement are achieved as a 
result of the intervention. 
‘‘(6) The expected quality of the evaluation that would 
be conducted with respect to the agreement. 
‘‘(7) The capacity and commitment of the State or local 
government to sustain the intervention, if appropriate and 
timely and if the intervention is successful, beyond the period 
of the social impact partnership. 
‘‘(c) AGREEMENT AUTHORITY.—
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‘‘(1) AGREEMENT REQUIREMENTS.—In accordance with this 
section, the Secretary, in consultation with the Federal Inter-
agency Council on Social Impact Partnerships and the head 
of any Federal agency administering a similar intervention 
or serving a population similar to that served by the project, 
may enter into an agreement for a social impact partnership 
project with a State or local government if the Secretary, in 
consultation with the Federal Interagency Council on Social 
Impact Partnerships, determines that each of the following 
requirements are met: 
‘‘(A) The State or local government agrees to achieve 
one or more outcomes as a result of the intervention, as 
specified in the agreement and validated by independent 
evaluation, in order to receive payment. 
‘‘(B) The Federal payment to the State or local govern-
ment for each specified outcome achieved as a result of 
the intervention is less than or equal to the value of the 
outcome to the Federal Government over a period not to 
exceed 10 years, as determined by the Secretary, in con-
sultation with the State or local government. 
‘‘(C) The duration of the project does not exceed 10 
years. 
‘‘(D) The State or local government has demonstrated, 
through the application submitted under section 2052, that, 
based on prior rigorous experimental evaluations or rig-
orous quasi-experimental studies, the intervention can be 
expected to achieve each outcome specified in the agree-
ment. 
‘‘(E) The State, local government, intermediary, or 
service provider has experience raising private or philan-
thropic capital to fund social service investments (if 
applicable to the project). 
‘‘(F) The State or local government has shown that 
each service provider has experience delivering the inter-
vention, a similar intervention, or has otherwise dem-
onstrated the expertise necessary to deliver the interven-
tion. 
‘‘(2) PAYMENT.—The Secretary shall pay the State or local 
government only if the independent evaluator described in sec-
tion 2055 determines that the social impact partnership project 
has met the requirements specified in the agreement and 
achieved an outcome as a result of the intervention, as specified 
in the agreement and validated by independent evaluation. 
‘‘(d) NOTICE OF AGREEMENT AWARD.—Not later than 30 days 
after entering into an agreement under this section the Secretary 
shall publish a notice in the Federal Register that includes, with 
regard to the agreement, the following: 
‘‘(1) The outcome goals of the social impact partnership 
project. 
‘‘(2) A description of each intervention in the project. 
‘‘(3) The target population that will be served by the project. 
‘‘(4) The expected social benefits to participants who receive 
the intervention and others who may be impacted. 
‘‘(5) The detailed roles, responsibilities, and purposes of 
each Federal, State, or local government entity, intermediary, 
service provider, independent evaluator, investor, or other 
stakeholder.
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‘‘(6) The payment terms, the methodology used to calculate 
outcome payments, the payment schedule, and performance 
thresholds. 
‘‘(7) The project budget. 
‘‘(8) The project timeline. 
‘‘(9) The project eligibility criteria. 
‘‘(10) The evaluation design. 
‘‘(11) The metrics that will be used in the evaluation to 
determine whether the outcomes have been achieved as a result 
of each intervention and how these metrics will be measured. 
‘‘(12) The estimate of the savings to the Federal, State, 
and local government, on a program-by-program basis and in 
the aggregate, if the agreement is entered into and implemented 
and the outcomes are achieved as a result of each intervention. 
‘‘(e) AUTHORITY
TO
TRANSFER
ADMINISTRATION
OF
AGREE-
MENT.—The Secretary may transfer to the head of another Federal 
agency the authority to administer (including making payments 
under) an agreement entered into under subsection (c), and any 
funds necessary to do so. 
‘‘(f) REQUIREMENT ON FUNDING USED TO BENEFIT CHILDREN.— 
Not less than 50 percent of all Federal payments made to carry 
out agreements under this section shall be used for initiatives 
that directly benefit children. 
‘‘FEASIBILITY STUDY FUNDING 
‘‘SEC. 2054. (a) REQUESTS
FOR
FUNDING
FOR
FEASIBILITY 
STUDIES.—The Secretary shall reserve a portion of the amount 
made available to carry out this subtitle to assist States or local 
governments in developing feasibility studies to apply for social 
impact partnership funding under section 2052. To be eligible to 
receive funding to assist with completing a feasibility study, a 
State or local government shall submit an application for feasibility 
study funding addressing the following: 
‘‘(1) A description of the outcome goals of the social impact 
partnership project. 
‘‘(2) A description of the intervention, including anticipated 
program design, target population, an estimate regarding the 
number of individuals to be served, and setting for the interven-
tion. 
‘‘(3) Evidence to support the likelihood that the intervention 
will produce the desired outcomes. 
‘‘(4) A description of the potential metrics to be used. 
‘‘(5) The expected social benefits to participants who receive 
the intervention and others who may be impacted. 
‘‘(6) Estimated costs to conduct the project. 
‘‘(7) Estimates of Federal, State, and local government 
savings and other savings if the project is implemented and 
the outcomes are achieved as a result of each intervention. 
‘‘(8) An estimated timeline for implementation and comple-
tion of the project, which shall not exceed 10 years. 
‘‘(9) With respect to a project for which the State or local 
government selects an intermediary to operate the project, any 
partnerships needed to successfully execute the project and 
the ability of the intermediary to foster the partnerships. 
‘‘(10) The expected resources needed to complete the feasi-
bility study for the State or local government to apply for 
social impact partnership funding under section 2052.