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Federal: The U.S. Department of Justice gave “Priority Consideration” to Fiscal Year<br />

2012 Second Chance Act grant applications that include a Pay for Success component.<br />

The Second Chance Act (P.L. 110-199) authorizes federal grants to support services<br />

that help reduce recidivism. In 2013, the U.S. Department of Labor awarded nearly $24<br />

million in grants for Pay for Success projects that provide employment services to<br />

formerly-incarcerated individuals in order to increase employment and reduce<br />

recidivism.<br />

Australia<br />

The<br />

Government<br />

of New South<br />

Wales,<br />

Australia,<br />

announced on<br />

20 March<br />

2012 that it<br />

will develop a<br />

pilot to reduce<br />

adult<br />

recidivism with<br />

<strong>Social</strong><br />

Ventures<br />

Australia and<br />

Mission<br />

Australia..<br />

Several States<br />

in Australia<br />

have now<br />

launched<br />

<strong>Social</strong> <strong>Impact</strong> Bonds - the latest of which is Victoria which, on 21st December 2017,<br />

announced the conclusion of a SIB deal with Sacred Heart Mission. Key external<br />

advisers to Sacred Heart Mission were Latitude Network.<br />

Rough Sleeping and Chronic Homelessness<br />

UK<br />

Housing Minister Grant Shapps and London Mayor Boris Johnson announced in March<br />

2012 that a <strong>Social</strong> <strong>Impact</strong> Bond would be launched to help London's persistent rough<br />

sleepers off the streets and into secure homes. The two <strong>Social</strong> impact bonds under this<br />

programme were launched in December 2012.<br />

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