3.3: Performance Partnerships & Waiver Demonstrations

Enable States and localities to demonstrate better ways to use resources, by giving them flexibility to pool discretionary funds across multiple Federal programs serving similar populations and communities.

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Performance Partnership pilots enable States and localities to demonstrate better ways to use resources, by giving them flexibility to pool discretionary funds across multiple Federal programs serving similar populations and communities in exchange for greater accountability for results. With waiver demonstrations, Federal agencies suspend certain programmatic requirements in discretionary or mandatory programs to support State and local innovations that are then rigorously evaluated to learn what works and what is cost effective.

Stakeholder(s):

• States


• Localities


• Federal Programs: Example: The 2014 Budget would authorize up to 13 State or local performance partnership pilots to improve outcomes for disconnected youth. Pilot projects would support innovative, efficient, outcome-focused strategies using blended funding from separate youth-serving programs in the Departments of Education, Labor, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Justice, and other agencies.


• Youth-Serving Programs


• Department of Education


• Department of Labor


• Department of Health and Human Services: Department of Housing and Urban Development, Justice


• Department of Housing and Urban Development


• Department of Justice

Indicator(s):

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