Massachusetts RFR ANF SIF ABEI Pay for Success Contracting for Adult Basic Education – Fiscal Intermediaries

On February 27, 2014, Massachusetts announced plans to use pay-for-success contracts to expand adult basic education services. The state plans to invest $15 million in the Adult Basic Education (ABE) Pay For Success Initiative to serve a portion of the 16,000 on the Massachusetts wait list for ABE and English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL). The contracts will be designed with the goal of improving program participants’ employment outcomes and increasing post-secondary degree or certificate attainment over a six-year period. This document is the request for responses seeking fiscal intermediaries . . .