Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act (SIPPRA)

The purposes of this program are the following:
(1) To improve the lives of families and individuals in need in the United States by funding social programs that achieve real results.
2) To redirect funds away from programs that, based on objective data, are ineffective, and into programs that achieve demonstrable, measurable results.
(3) To ensure Federal funds are used effectively on social services to produce positive outcomes for both service recipients and taxpayers.
(4) To establish the use of social impact partnerships to address some of our Nation’s most pressing problems.
(5) To facilitate the creation of public-private partnerships that bundle philanthropic or other private resources with existing public spending to scale up effective social interventions already being implemented by private organizations, nonprofits, charitable organizations, and State and local governments across the country.
(6) To bring pay-for-performance to the social sector, allowing the United States to improve the impact and effectiveness of vital social services programs while redirecting inefficient or duplicative spending.
(7) To incorporate outcomes measurement and randomized controlled trials or other rigorous methodologies for assessing program impact.

Only State and local governments may apply

The Treasury will review all applications for eligibility and completeness - Treasury will convene a panel of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) who will score applications in accordance with criteria detailed in the NOFA - Treasury will review applications for consistency among SMEs, across SME panels, and rank the applications - The SIPPRA Commission comprised of independent individuals appointed by Congress and the President will review applications and make award recommendations to Treasury - The Interagency Council will certify that applications contain rigorous, independent data and reliable, evidence-based research methodologies before they may receive funding - Treasury, in consultation with the Interagency Council and the head of any federal agency administering a similar intervention or serving a population similar to that served by the project, will review the applications taking into account the statutory considerations referenced above as well as the recommendations made by the SIPPRA Commission and the Interagency Council certification (or absence thereof) - Treasury will allocate a minimum of 50 percent of project funds to projects designed to directly benefit children.

The Treasury will review all applications for eligibility and completeness - Treasury will convene a panel of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) who will score applications in accordance with criteria detailed in the NOFA - Treasury will review applications for consistency among SMEs, across SME panels, and rank the applications - The SIPPRA Commission comprised of independent individuals appointed by Congress and the President will review applications and make award recommendations to Treasury - The Interagency Council will certify that applications contain rigorous, independent data and reliable, evidence-based research methodologies before they may receive funding - Treasury, in consultation with the Interagency Council and the head of any federal agency administering a similar intervention or serving a population similar to that served by the project, will review the applications taking into account the statutory considerations referenced above as well as the recommendations made by the SIPPRA Commission and the Interagency Council certification (or absence thereof) - Treasury will allocate a minimum of 50 percent of project funds to projects designed to directly benefit children.