Doctoral Dissertation Research: The Effect of Pay for Success Models on Social Service Provision

本项目研究决策者如何制定和实施社会服务提供的混合模式。具体来说，该项目研究如何为成功付费（PFS），一个公共-私人模式的社会计划，形状在美国的特定人群的国家支出。根据PFS合同，私人投资者为公共项目提供初始资金，政府只有在项目成功时才偿还。PFS模式承诺在最小化成本的同时满足公民需求，但目前尚不清楚谁从这些计划中受益，谁被排除在外，以及如何做出这些决定。该项目旨在确定（1）PFS项目的目标是否影响最终受益于这些项目的人群，以及（2）PFS模式对更广泛的社会服务范围的影响。从这项研究的结果将是有用的政策制定者和公共倡导者作为PFS计划的实施或修改被认为是，因此将有助于广大公众wellbeing.The分析采用了比较案例研究设计，以评估PFS结构的影响，受益人群在三个社会服务领域。数据收集将通过与参与PFS计划设计和实施的公共和私人行为者进行访谈。将进行两组比较：（1）将PFS提案纳入社会计划和PFS提案未能启动之间的比较;以及（2）PFS结构的社会计划和特定问题领域内的传统社会计划之间的比较。案例比较将说明PFS模型的成本节约结构与模型最终服务的人群之间的关系。他们还将阐明PFS模式在成本和范围方面与传统服务提供模式的不同之处。在评估这些成果时，该项目将有助于研究公共政策和社会服务提供的公私模式。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

This project examines how policy makers develop and implement hybrid models of social service provision. Specifically, this project studies how Pay for Success (PFS), a public-private model for social programs, shapes state spending on specific populations in the United States. Under a PFS contract, private investors provide initial funding for a public program, which the government repays only if the program proves successful. The PFS model promises to meet citizen needs while minimizing costs, but it is not yet clear who benefits from these programs, who is left out, and how these decisions are made. This project aims to determine (1) whether the goals of PFS projects influence which populations ultimately benefit from these projects and (2) the consequences of the PFS model for the scope of social provision more broadly. Findings from this study will be useful to policymakers and public advocates as the implementation or modification of PFS programs is considered, and so will contribute to the general public well-being.The analysis employs a comparative case study design to assess the effect of PFS structure on beneficiary populations across three social service domains. Data collection will be via interviews with public and private actors involved in the design and implementation of PFS programs. Two sets of comparisons will be made: (1) comparisons between PFS proposals that matriculate into social programs and PFS proposals that fail to launch; and (2) comparisons between PFS-structured social programs and traditional social programs within specific issue areas. The case comparisons will illustrate the relationship between the PFS models' cost-savings structure and the populations the model ultimately serves. They will also elucidate the ways in which the PFS model differs from traditional models of service provision in terms of cost and scope. In evaluating these outcomes, this project will contribute to research on public policy and public-private models of social service provision.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.