ART - Report and RFI- Pay for Success (PFS), 2016

The document is a Request for Information (RFI) issued by Marion County to obtain information on third-party evaluation services for juvenile justice programs. The county is seeking to implement an outcomes-based contract to fund services for at-risk youth. The target population for the intervention is youth aged 13 to 18 who are placed on county probation and assessed as medium to high-risk based on Juvenile Crime Prevention criteria. The county has identified specific outcomes to be measured, including a reduction in out-of-home placements and new criminal referrals, as well as improvements in social impacts and positive behavior. The evaluator responsibilities include establishing data sharing agreements, acquiring and merging data from multiple sources, designing a statistical analysis method to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention, and generating reports on outcomes. The county requests information on evaluation design, relevant data, and evaluation costs from interested parties.