Nurse-Family Partnership, WSIPP cost per participant estimate

WSIPP NFP benefit-cost analysis 2018

"The annual per-participant cost estimate is based on average total cost per family in Washington State, provided by Siobhan Mahorter at the Nurse Family Partnership National Service Office, January 2017."

https://www.givewell.org/united-states/programs/nurse-family-partnership

In our 2010 page on the Nurse-Family Partnership program, we note that the program lasts 2.4 years: "Based on information from the Nurse-Family Partnership National Service Office, we estimate a total cost per family served (for approximately 2.4 years) of about $11,000."

Nurse-Family Partnership, Social Programs that Work cost per participant estimate

Social Programs that Work, Nurse-Family Partnership 2019

We have not seen the full details of Social Programs That Work's calculation. Our best guess is, based on the information provided in the linked report, that Social Programs That Work used cost information reported in papers of randomized controlled trials of NFP's program and adjusted the figures for inflation.“This summary of the evidence on NFP is based on a systematic search of the literature andcorrespondence with leading researchers to identify all well-designed and implemented RCTs of NFP.” Pg 2.“IV. Summary of the Program’s Benefits and Costs… All monetary amounts shown are in 2017 dollars.” Pg 13."

Nurse-Family Partnership, cost per participant estimate, inflation adjustments only

https://www.givewell.org/united-states/programs/nurse-family-partnership#Cost-effectiveness

GiveWell's estimate of Nurse-Family Partnership's cost per participating household, adjusted for inflation (2019 USD)

KIPP, cost per student estimate, inflation adjustments only

https://www.givewell.org/united-states/charities/kipp#footnoteref53_c93u1mp

https://www.givewell.org/united-states/charities/kipp#footnoteref53_c93u1mp

KIPP, Social Programs That Work cost per student estimate

https://evidencebasedprograms.org/programs/kipp-charter-schools/#_ftn2

"As described in the link, an analysis by Western Michigan University Researchers for the 2007-8 school year found that KIPP schools cost about $18,500 per student per year, part of which was funded by government and part by private donors. The KIPP organization disputed this number and estimated KIPP’s cost at around $12,000 per student per year. In our recent email communication with the KIPP organization, they estimated the 2016 cost of KIPP to be $12,665 per student per year." Pg 2.