The social impact partnerships to pay for results act (sippra) was enacted as title VIII of division e of the bipartisan budget act of 2018 to provide competitive grants to state and local governments…

The Department of the Treasury Departmental Offices awarded the County of New Castle Department of Community Services $9.640323 million under the Social Impact Partnerships to Pay for Results Act (SIPPRA, CFDA 21.017) on January 1, 2026.

The award funds a social impact partnership project structured as pay-for-performance, under which the recipient receives payment upon achieving one or more measurable outcomes specified in its approved project plan, validated by an independent evaluator. The source does not identify the specific outcomes or social interventions the project will address.

Performance runs through August 31, 2032 in New Castle, Delaware. The County of New Castle Department of Community Services is a division of New Castle County Government operating as a prime recipient of federal grant funding. Sub-recipient activities are not known at the time of award.

SIPPRA funds state and local government projects that produce measurable outcomes resulting in social benefit and federal, state, or local savings. The program directs funds to interventions demonstrating real results and establishes outcome-based payment mechanisms in the social sector.

Activities

Sippra recipients will receive payment under the project grant if they achieve one or more outcomes specified in their approved project plan, and such outcomes are validated by an independent evaluator. End goal/expected outcomes: sippra is expected to improve the lives of families and individuals in need in the united states by funding social programs that achieve real results; direct funds into programs that achieve demonstratable, measurable results; ensure funds are used effectively on social service to produce positive outcome; establish the use of social impact partnerships to address some of our nation's most pressing problems; facilitate the creation of public-private partnerships; and bring pay-for-performance to the social sector.

Intended beneficiaries

The recipients of the social service provided by the awarded state and local governments.

Subrecipient activities

Subrecipient activities are not known at this time. Specific activities relating to broadband usage are not known at the time of award.