Project
| ID | INDIGO-POJ-0111 |
|---|---|
| Impact Bond Name - (Value) | The Step Down Programme (Birmingham) |
| Stage of Development - (Value) | Complete |
| Stage of Development - (Source ID's) | source1,source3 |
| Dates - Date outcomes contract signed - (Value) | 2014-11 |
| Dates - Anticipated completion date - (Value) | 2019-11 |
| Dates - Actual completion date - (Value) | 2020-03 |
| Dates - Start date of service provision - (Value) | 2014-11 |
| Dates - Anticipated duration of service provision - (Value) | 60 |
| Dates - Actual duration of service provision - (Value) | 64 |
| Dates - (Source ID's) | source13 |
| Dates - (Notes) | Delivery marked to end of CBO fund, but project does continue after this. |
| Overall project finance - Total investment commitment - Currency - (Value) | GBP |
| Overall project finance - Total investment commitment - Amount - Exact - (Value) | 1000000 |
| Overall project finance - Total investment commitment - Amount USD - Exact - (Value) | 1645468.57 |
| Purpose and classifications - Intervention - (Value) | The Birmingham Residential Migration programme aims to provide a pioneering new foster placement scheme across Birmingham. It will aim to find stable family foster placements for around 80 young people currently in residential care in the Birmingham area. Core Assets Residential Migration model is a structured intensive foster placement specifically designed for young people transitioning from residential care to a family placement. Skilled and experienced foster carers are supported with a wrap-around team of professionals and the intervention is delivered through a structured phased approach that lasts for one year and can be tailored to fit the needs of each individual child. |
| Purpose and classifications - Policy sector - (Value) | Child and family welfare |
| Purpose and classifications - (Source ID's) | source6,source1 |
| Service and beneficiaries - Target population - (Value) | Young people aged 11-15 currently in residential care in the Birmingham area. |
| Service and beneficiaries - Actual number of unique service users or beneficiaries engaged (total) - (Value) | 31 |
| Service and beneficiaries - Unit type of actual service users or beneficiaries engaged - (Value) | Individual |
| Service and beneficiaries - (Source ID's) | source7 |
| Notes - (Value) | (To monitor wellbeing outcomes) In the early stages of the child's foster placement, they were assesssed on the Ofsted Happiness Scale (this was dropped in the second year of the project), using the Pupil Assessment of Self & School psychonometric assessment, and with the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire. These data provided a baseline, and they were assessed every four months over the course of the placement to track progress. |
| Outcome Funds 1: Id | INDIGO-FUND-0003 |
| Delivery Locations 1: Service Provision ID - (Value) | deliverylocation1 |
| Delivery Locations 1: Location - Name - (Value) | Birmingham, West Midlands |
| Delivery Locations 1: Location - Country - (Value) | GB |
| Delivery Locations 1: Lat/Lng - Lat - (Value) | 52.448868 |
| Delivery Locations 1: Lat/Lng - Lng - (Value) | -1.404985 |
| Sources 1: Id | source1 |
| Sources 1: Name - (Value) | Gillian Plumridge, Judy Sebba, 'Evaluation of Birmingham City Council's Step Down Programme - Report of the Findings September 2018' (Rees Centre, University of Oxford, 2018), page 4 |
| Sources 2: Id | source2 |
| Sources 2: Name - (Value) | (Core Assets Group, accessed 05/07/2019) https://www.corechildrensservices.co.uk/project/outcomes-for-children/ |
| Sources 3: Id | source3 |
| Sources 3: Name - (Value) | (Bridges, accessed 05/07/2019) https://www.bridgesfundmanagement.com/bridges-ventures-backs-foster-placement-service-commissioned-birmingham-city-council/ |
| Sources 4: Id | source4 |
| Sources 4: Name - (Value) | Gillian Plumridge, Judy Sebba, 'Evaluation of Birmingham City Council's Step Down Programme - Report of the Findings September 2018' (Rees Centre, University of Oxford, 2018), page 4 and (Social Finance Impact Bond Global Database, accessed 05/07/2019) https://sibdatabase.socialfinance.org.uk/?project_id=34 |
| Sources 5: Id | source5 |
| Sources 5: Name - (Value) | (Social Finance Impact Bond Global Database, accessed 05/07/2019) https://sibdatabase.socialfinance.org.uk/?project_id=34 |
| Sources 6: Id | source6 |
| Sources 6: Name - (Value) | (Bridges, accessed 05/07/2019) https://www.bridgesfundmanagement.com/portfolio/core-assets/ |
| Sources 7: Id | source7 |
| Sources 7: Name - (Value) | (Bridges, accessed 05/07/2019) https://www.bridgesfundmanagement.com/bridges-ventures-backs-foster-placement-service-commissioned-birmingham-city-council/ and (Social Finance Impact Bond Global Database, accessed 05/07/2019) https://sibdatabase.socialfinance.org.uk/?project_id=34 |
| Sources 8: Id | source8 |
| Sources 8: Name - (Value) | Gillian Plumridge, Judy Sebba, 'Evaluation of Birmingham City Council's Step Down Programme - Report of the Findings September 2018' (Rees Centre, University of Oxford, 2018), page 8 |
| Sources 9: Id | source9 |
| Sources 9: Name - (Value) | Gillian Plumridge, Judy Sebba, 'Evaluation of Birmingham City Council's Step Down Programme - Report of the Preliminary Findings January 2017' (Rees Centre, University of Oxford, 2017), page 8 |
| Sources 10: Id | source10 |
| Sources 10: Name - (Value) | Gillian Plumridge, Judy Sebba, 'Evaluation of Birmingham City Council's Step Down Programme - Report of the Preliminary Findings January 2017' (Rees Centre, University of Oxford, 2017), pages 8-9 |
| Sources 11: Id | source11 |
| Sources 11: Name - (Value) | Commissioning Better Outcomes - Awards from July 2013 to November 2018 (.xcl, n.d.), H3 |
| Sources 12: Id | sourcehackandlearn2021-08 |
| Sources 12: Name - (Value) | Hack and Learn - August 2021 |
| Sources 13: Id | source12 |
| Sources 13: Name - (Value) | Email exchange with Bridges Fund Management on 02/02/2022. |
| Sources 14: Id | source13 |
| Sources 14: Name - (Value) | CBO project updates 2023-10 |
| Service Provisions 1: Id | serviceprovision1 |
| Service Provisions 1: Organisation ID - (Value) | INDIGO-ORG-0690 |
| Outcome Payment Commitments 1: Organisation ID - (Value) | INDIGO-ORG-0691 |
| Outcome Payment Commitments 2: Organisation ID - (Value) | INDIGO-ORG-0306 |
| Outcome Payment Commitments 3: Organisation ID - (Value) | INDIGO-ORG-0115 |
| Investments 1: Id | investment1 |
| Investments 1: Organisation ID - (Value) | INDIGO-ORG-0049 |
| Investments 2: Id | investment2 |
| Investments 2: Organisation ID - (Value) | INDIGO-ORG-0547 |
| Investments 3: Id | investment3 |
| Investments 3: Organisation ID - (Value) | INDIGO-ORG-1222 |
| Investments 4: Id | investment4 |
| Investments 4: Organisation ID - (Value) | INDIGO-ORG-0641 |
| Investments 5: Id | investment5 |
| Investments 5: Organisation ID - (Value) | INDIGO-ORG-0303 |
| Investments 6: Id | investment6 |
| Investments 6: Organisation ID - (Value) | INDIGO-ORG-1307 |
| Investments 7: Id | investment7 |
| Investments 7: Organisation ID - (Value) | INDIGO-ORG-1221 |
| Investments 8: Id | investment8 |
| Investments 8: Organisation ID - (Value) | INDIGO-ORG-1308 |
| Investments 9: Id | investment9 |
| Investments 9: Organisation ID - (Value) | INDIGO-ORG-1309 |
| Investments 10: Id | investment10 |
| Investments 10: Organisation ID - (Value) | INDIGO-ORG-0690 |
| Intermediary services 1: Organisation ID - (Value) | INDIGO-ORG-0121 |
| Intermediary services 1: Organisation Role Category - (Value) | Other |
| Intermediary services 1: Other Role Description - (Value) | Fund Management |
| Intermediary services 2: Organisation ID - (Value) | INDIGO-ORG-0690 |
| Outcome Metrics 1: Id | outcomemetric1 |
| Outcome Metrics 1: Outcome Definition - (Value) | Metric 1: Stability of placement. Young person stays in a foster care placement for 52 weeks. |
| Outcome Metrics 1: Targeted number of service users Or beneficiaries (total) - (Value) | 115 |
| Outcome Metrics 1: Unit type of targeted Service users or beneficiaries - (Value) | Individual |
| Outcome Metrics 1: Primary SDG goal - (Value) | 3 |
| Results 1: Outcome Metric Id - (Value) | outcomemetric1 |
| Results 1: Number engaged In impact bond - (Value) | 31 |
| Documents 1: Title - (Value) | Commissioning Better Outcomes Evaluation (3rd Update Report) |
| Documents 1: URL - (Value) | https://golab.bsg.ox.ac.uk/documents/CBO-3rd-update-report.pdf |