NEW HOPE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

SEC. 233. NEW HOPE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. (a) In General.— The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the “Secretary”) shall provide for a demonstration project for a qualified program to be conducted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in accordance with this section. (b) Payments.— For each calendar quarter in which there is a qualified program approved under this subsection, the Secretary shall pay to the operator of the qualified program, for no more than 20 calendar quarters, an amount equal to the aggregate amount that would otherwise have been payable to the State with respect to participants in the program for such calendar quarter, in the absence of the program, for cash assistance and child care under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act, for medical assistance under title XIX of such Act, and for administrative expenses related to such assistance. The amount payable to the operator of the program under this section shall not include the costs of evaluating the effects of the program. (c) Demonstration Project Described.— For purposes of this section, the term “qualified program” means a program operated— (1) by The New Hope Project, Inc., a private, not-for-profit corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Wisconsin (in this section referred to as the “operator”), which offers low-income residents of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, employment, wage supplements, child care, health care, and counseling and training for job retention or advancement; and (2) in accordance with an application submitted by the operator of the program and approved by the Secretary based on the Secretary’s determination that the application satisfies the requirements of subsection (d). (d) Contents of Application.— The operator of the qualified program shall provide, in its application to conduct a demonstration project for the program, that the following terms and conditions will be met: (1) The operator will develop and implement an evaluation plan designed to provide valid and reliable information on the impact and implementation of the program. The evaluation plan will include adequately sized groups of project participants and control groups assigned at random. (2) The operator will develop and implement a plan addressing the services and assistance to be provided by the program, the timing and determination of payments from the Secretary to the operator of the program, and the roles and responsibilities of the Secretary and the operator with respect to meeting the requirements of this paragraph. 108 STAT. 4466 (3) The operator will specify a reliable methodology for determining expenditures to be paid to the operator by the Secretary, with assistance from the Secretary in calculating the amount that would otherwise have been payable to the State in the absence of the program, pursuant to subsection (b). (4) The operator will issue an interim and final report on the results of the evaluation described in paragraph (1) to the Secretary at such times as required by the Secretary. (e) Effective Date.— This section shall take effect on the first day of the first calendar quarter that begins after the date of the enactment of this Act.