Implementation of California’s AB1837 Pay for Success Initiative and Opportunities for Expanded Impact

California’s $5 million dollar Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) investment has produced approximately 30 million dollars of preventative and outcomes-driven projects to reduce recidivism across the state.

The resulting three Pay for Success (PFS) projects have helped shape a new model for how local governments can deliver programming—focusing on tracking and using data effectively, reducing traditional siloes within government, and incentivizing performance.

The project’s development and implementation outcomes suggest that the PFS model has positively impacted how governments contract for and deliver social services.

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