For the purposes of this subchapter:
- (1) “Outcome payment” means the money paid when a pay for success contract performance measure is met.
- (2) “Pay for success contract” means a written agreement to provide a program, service, or economic development initiative, under which an investor provides funding that a state agency agrees to repay to the investor if the service, program, or economic development initiative meets the performance measures and outcomes in the agreement.
(3) “Program intermediary” means a firm that contracts with a state agency to establish and deliver a service, program, or economic development initiative by doing any of the following:
- a. Delivering or contracting for relevant services or outcomes.
- b. Raising capital to finance the delivery of services or outcomes.
- c. Providing ongoing project management and investor relations for the social impact funding instrument.
- d. Raising capital to create jobs in scalable, high-growth startups.
81 Del. Laws, c. 366, § 1