### Question
What does pay for outcomes initiative mean?


### Answer
**Pay for outcomes initiative** has the following meaning in *42 U.S.C. § 711*:

> a performance-based grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or other agreement awarded by a public entity in which a commitment is made to pay for improved outcomes achieved as a result of the intervention that result in social benefit and direct cost savings or cost avoidance to the public sector

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 711*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 7-SOCIAL SECURITY > SUBCHAPTER V-MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES BLOCK GRANT**

