This is the final evaluation of the Resilient Families Service
ICF were commissioned in July 2017 by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to undertake an independent programme-level evaluation of the Life Chances Fund (LCF).
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The Life Chances Fund (LCF) was launched as an £80 million fund by the UK Government to help people in society who face significant barriers to leading happy and productive lives. Read Government Outcomes Lab's evaluation strategy for LCF.
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We have a range of guidance to support you develop impact bonds, from setting and measuring outcomes, to awarding the contract and pricing outcomes.
We coordinate a range of geographical and thematically focused peer learning groups which enable people to learn from each other.
In this paper, we supply a framework for assessing the quality of outcomes specifications and clarify the trade-off between a robust value case for government and the transaction costs associated with specifying such a deal.