[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 42 (Thursday, March 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12220-12222]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04412]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Agreement for a Social Impact Partnership Project
AGENCY: Department of the Treasury.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for
Results Act (``SIPPRA''), the U.S. Department of the Treasury
(``Treasury'') and Oklahoma Office of Management and Enterprise
Services (``Oklahoma'') have entered into an agreement for a social
impact partnership project (the ``Project Grant Agreement'').
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Project Grant Agreement contains the
following features:
(1) The outcome goals of the social impact partnership project: The
Women in Recovery (``WIR'') Pay for Success Project seeks to
demonstrate stable employment and improved child welfare outcomes
(reduced foster care involvement and contact with child protection
services) for the target population.
(2) A description of each intervention in the project: WIR is an
intensive alternative to incarceration for women facing long-term
prison sentences for non-violent offenses. WIR is specifically designed
to address the complex needs and risks of justice-involved women. The
program combines best practices from the mental health and criminal
justice fields as well as the integration of gender-specific best
practices and treatment models to reduce female incarceration.
Experienced and trained professional staff provide an array of
intensive evidence-based treatment and best practice comprehensive
support and wraparound services within a three-phase, daily program
structure. In addition to gender-specific treatment models, specialized
program components address issues impacting women, including domestic
violence, trauma, self-sufficiency, family reunification, parenting and
children's issues.
(3) The target population that will be served by the project: WIR
targets justice-involved females 18 years old or older with substance
use disorders, who are prison-bound and ineligible for other Tulsa
County diversion programs.
(4) The expected social benefits to participants who receive the
intervention and others who may be impacted: WIR helps women conquer
drug addiction, recover from trauma and acquire essential economic,
emotional and social tools to build successful and productive lives,
thus improving public safety and reducing recidivism while generating
federal, state, and local financial value. With a focus on improving
the lives of at-risk women and their children, WIR also seeks to break
the cycle of intergenerational
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incarceration by strengthening and reuniting WIR mothers and their
children.
(5) The detailed roles, responsibilities, and purposes of each
Federal, State, or local government entity, intermediary, service
provider, independent evaluator, investor, or other stakeholder:
Recipient. Oklahoma is the recipient, fiscal agent, and lead data
sharing partner in the project.
Service Provider. Family & Children's Services (``F&CS'') will
deliver all the services for WIR. F&CS has a mission to promote,
support and strengthen the well-being and behavioral health of adults,
children and families. F&CS works closely with the criminal justice
system and various community partners to ensure program participants
receive supervision, substance abuse and mental health treatment,
comprehensive case management, education, workforce readiness training
and family reunification services. F&CS will collect, store, analyze,
and share program-related data as needed for the independent
evaluation, and will be the recipient of investor up-front capital
funding for the project. F&CS will also be the recipient of all federal
outcome payments earned through verification by the independent
evaluation of value to the federal government.
Investor. The George Kaiser Family Foundation (``GKFF'') is the
primary upfront private investor for WIR. GKFF, in conjunction with
other public/private sources, intends to provide F&CS with the annual
capital to fund the delivery of WIR services.
Evaluator. WestEd, a nonpartisan, nonprofit research, development,
and service agency, will serve as the external independent evaluator
for the project. WestEd will design and implement the evaluation,
measure the impact and value of the WIR program across all outcome
measures, report the results to all entities of the project, and verify
the value to the federal government for the purposes of federal outcome
payments.
(6) The payment terms, the methodology used to calculate outcome
payments, the payment schedule, and performance thresholds: The project
has two outcome domains, employment and child welfare, and will deliver
services to two different cohorts. If the project is successful, four
payments will be made in total, two for each cohort. For each cohort a
payment will be made for outcomes achieved at 18 months post-enrollment
and a second payment will be made for outcomes achieved at 30 months
post-enrollment. The 30-month outcomes will only look at impact that
occurred since the 18-month time point, as federal outcome payments
will have already been realized for impact that occurred during the
first 18 months. Each cohort will be eligible for one payment for each
outcome domain: Employment and child welfare. Each outcome valuation
will be conducted independently, and the realization of outcome
payments related to one outcome domain will not be contingent on the
results from any other outcome domain.
For child welfare, the independent evaluation will compare the
results of the treatment group to the results of the comparison group
and only validate a request for outcome payments for the level of
success and federal value achieved within the identified range.
To calculate the outcome payment for federal value for the
employment outcome, the independent evaluator will take the estimate of
the increase in wages from the treatment and calculate the resulting
federal value.
(7) The project budget:
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Sources Uses
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8.1 Public & private grant funding.. $6,997,594 ................
8.2 State outcome payments.......... 6,419,828 ................
8.3 Investor (GKFF)................. 12,326,544 ................
8.4 Service provider cost (F&CS WIR) ................ $25,743,966
8.5 Federal outcome payments........ 3,367,085 ................
8.6 WIR Sustainability.............. ................ 3,367,085
8.7 Federal evaluation funding...... 505,063 ................
8.8 Evaluator Budget................ ................ 505,063
8.9 Intermediary.................... 0 0
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Total........................... 29,616,114 29,616,114
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(8) The project timeline:
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(9) The project eligibility criteria: All participants are women
with substance abuse issues who are at imminent risk for incarceration
and ineligible for other drug or mental health court and jail diversion
programs. All eligible women receive a standardized, gender-specific
risk assessment to determine their risk, needs and treatment readiness.
WIR then advocates and collaborates with the local prosecutor, court
services and judges to make a final decision on admission to the WIR
program. All participants must be able, emotionally and mentally, to
receive services in an outpatient environment, voluntarily consent to
services and work collaboratively with the treatment team under a
comprehensive treatment plan.
(10) The evaluation design: WestEd will lead a quasi-experiment
matched comparison study using logistic regression and ordinary least
squares regression. The proposed project, evaluation methods, and
anticipated outcomes are designed in a way to produce rigorous evidence
that participant outcomes are not due to random chance or some other
observable force. The reliance on state and local administrative data
sources reduced (essentially removes) the chance that outcome measures
can be manipulated by service providers, intermediaries, or investors.
To further mitigate this chance, WestEd will include a number of steps
to ensure the independence and integrity of the evaluation process.
(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: The project will
be evaluated using a quasi-experimental design study. The treatment
group shall consist of individuals who have been enrolled in the WIR
program. The control group shall be a matched comparison group,
consisting of female prison receptions and releases outside of Tulsa
County who did not receive WIR or other comparable services. The
results of the treatment group will be compared to the results of the
comparison group across all outcome measures.
(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:
Federal Savings: $3,367,085.
Oklahoma expects state and local savings to be realized by reduced
public sector costs related to incarceration, parole supervision,
homelessness, and child welfare. Oklahoma also expects an increase in
tax revenue and contributions to the local economy.
Catherine Wolfram,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Climate and Energy Economics, Office of
Economic Policy.
[FR Doc. 2022-04412 Filed 3-2-22; 8:45 am]
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