Download or read book Human Services Contracting written by Robert A. Shick and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-12-10 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last 35 years, governments around the globe have increasingly contracted with nonprofit and for-profit entities designed to provide a portion of the public sector’s portfolio of goods and services. This trend can be traced to a variety of factors, including perceived or actual economic efficiencies in outsourcing goods and services, values concerning the role and size of government in society, and the financial and organizational constraints of many government entities. In the United States, child welfare services adopted a pro-contracting approach early, and a variety of other human services have followed suit, including mental health care, job training, homeless services and others. Although there is strong evidence to suggest that human service contracting is growing over time, scholarship continues to lag on topics related to human service contract management, policy implementation and innovation, performance-based contracting and evaluation. This new volume in the Public Solutions Handbook series is the first volume-length treatment of human services contracting issues, integrating both policy and practice, and exploring a broad range of issues that includes the fields of history, growth, innovations, results and outcomes, best practices and the future of government human service contracting. Chapters in this book examine specific human service contracts, both in the U.S. and abroad, geared to practitioners in the public sector—from local government service contractors to municipal employees—as well as MPA students and those enrolled in courses on intergovernmental relations and nonprofit management.
Download or read book Contracting out Welfare Services written by Siobhan O'Sullivan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2015-02-23 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contracting-out Welfare Services focuses on the design and overhaul of welfare-to-work systems around the world in the light of the radical re-design of the welfare system; internationally based authors utilise a national/program case study, considering employment services policy and activation practices. International contributors bring a global comparative perspective to the subject Contributors are all experts in their field, who also draw on a much longer intellectual legacy Uses employment services as a case study to advance understanding in relation to a host of broader principles and concepts Each paper included within the text uses a national/program case study, and each considers employment services policy in general, and activation practices in particular
Download or read book Contracting Out for Human Services written by Ruth H. De Hoog and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 1985-06-30 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contracting out for services has become a popular technique in government's perennial quest to cut spending. Yet seldom has the practice been examined from any but the public choice approach. This book explores contracting out in the important area of human services, covering the critical conditions of contracting and the vital points of politics, procedures, service quality, and effectiveness. In doing so, DeHoog uses three theoretical perspectives drawn from social science traditions: the economic perspective of market imperfections, the political perspective of cooptation, and the interdisciplinary perspective of organizational decision-making. To evaluate the perspectives and their predictions in the human services, DeHoog has examined contracting in social services (Title XX) and employment and training programs, (CETA), primarily through in-depth interviews with participants.
Download or read book Political and Economic Approaches to Government contracting Out a Study of Human Service Contracting in the State of Michigan written by Ruth Hoogland DeHoog and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Welfare Reform written by Mark E. Ward and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2003-06 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Personal Responsibility & Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 dramatically changed the nation's cash assistance program for needy families with children. It replaced the former program, Aid to Families with Dependent Children, with the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant, which provides states with $16.5 bill. each year through 2002 to serve this pop'n. TANF's goals include ending the dependence of needy families on gov't. benefits by promoting job preparation, work, & marriage; preventing & reducing the incidence of non-marital pregnancies; & encouraging 2-parent families. This report reviewed the procedures in place to manage TANF contracting & the problems with regard to for-profit org. Tables.
Download or read book China s Social Welfare Revolution written by Jie Lei and published by Comparative Development and Policy in Asia. This book was released on 2020-12-18 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chinese government has recently adopted a radical welfare approach by contracting out social services to non-governmental organisations (NGOs). This is a big departure from its traditional welfare model, whereby all public services were directly delivered by government agencies. This book examines this new welfare approach. It analyses the implementation of various types of services for individuals, families and communities - including medical social services, care of the elderly, probation services and much more. It discusses important issues arising from contracting out, considers the nature of the contracted NGOs and their services, and explores major problems encountered by both government agencies and NGOs. This book also compares the similarities and differences of contracting policies in different cities. Overall, the book provides an overview of one of the most important welfare policy changes in contemporary China.
Download or read book Contracting Out Welfare to Work in the USA written by Dan Finn and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "There has been no comprehensive evaluation of the impacts of contracting out welfare to work in the USA. This literature review explores survey and case study evidence published by various policy institutes and academics and from the reports of various audit, oversight and regulatory authorities. A number of key lessons can be drawn from this research regarding contracting out welfare to work provision."--DWP website.
Download or read book Contracting Welfare to work Services written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book China s Social Welfare Revolution written by Jie Lei and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Chinese government has recently adopted a radical welfare approach by contracting out social services to non-governmental organisations (NGOs). This is a big departure from its traditional welfare model, whereby all public services were directly delivered by government agencies. This book examines this new welfare approach. It analyses the implementation of various types of services for individuals, families and communities – including medical social services, care of the elderly, probation services and much more. It discusses important issues arising from contracting out, considers the nature of the contracted NGOs and their services, and explores major problems encountered by both government agencies and NGOs. This book also compares the similarities and differences of contracting policies in different cities. Overall, the book provides an overview of one of the most important welfare policy changes in contemporary China.
Download or read book Social Services by Government Contract written by Kenneth R. Wedel and published by Praeger Publishers. This book was released on 1979 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Welfare Marketplace written by Mary Bryna Sanger and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2004-05-13 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This provocative report examines the trend toward competitive contracting of government functions. By focusing on four jurisdictions that hired private firms to handle welfare-to-work services, The Welfare Marketplace reveals the ways in which increased contracting with the private and nonprofit sectors is changing the role and capacity of government, threatening accountability and responsiveness to groups with special needs. Encouraging improved performance through market mechanisms creates particular challenges for the nonprofits who must balance their missions with the bottom line. The organization of service delivery to welfare clients has undergone significant restructuring as a result of the 1996 Welfare Reform Act, which encouraged states to contract with outside companies and for the first time allowed them to determine eligibility for welfare benefits. Seeking to assess the impact of this development, M. Bryna Sanger studied the competitive contract environment in San Diego, Milwaukee, New York, and Houston. Interviewing contracters, public officials, opinion leaders, and researchers revealed the comparative advantages of a variety of key players in the multi-sector service industry. Sanger's conclusions paint a complex picture of how competitive contracting arrangements have changed the ways vendors and government agencies serve their clients. While performance and innovation have improved in some cases, all the players are finding that adequate accountability and contract monitoring are more difficult and expensive than anticipated. Both for profits and nonprofits are quickly draining talent and capacity as they compete for experienced executives from government and from each other. Sanger argues that competitive contracting is here to stay, but it will require more—not less—government management and oversight. She urges scholars and practitioners to develop a more nuanced and sophisticated set of expectations about the costs and
Download or read book Contracting Out Public Services written by Mirjam Plantinga and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Western welfare states are under reform (Pierson 1996; Gilbert 2002; Taylor-Gooby 2004; Henman and Fenger 2006). An important part of those reforms is the introduction of forms of privatization. Over the last decade, in most Western countries private elements have been introduced in (former) public sectors such as health care, home care, public transport, and social security. One of the components of the welfare state that has been subjected to privatization is the provision of public services. Over the years, many countries have chosen to contract out public service delivery (Domberger and Jensen 1997; Majone 1997; Scott 2000). The contracting out of public services is a specific form of privatization. In the case of contracting out, the production or the provision of public services is commissioned to the market. As a result, the role of the state changes from public provider to buyer of public services. Underlying the notion of contracting out is the belief that the introduction of market elements in the production of public services increases effectiveness and efficiency (Raad voor Werk en Inkomen 2003; Van Berkel and Van der Aa 2005). However, as we will explain in section two, this expectation only holds under specific circumstances. When contracting out public services, the agency that is outsourcing is faced with several challenges, such as opportunistic behavior on the part of the supplier. It may turn out to be difficult and costly to have the contractor supply according to the agency's preferences and policies. More specifically, the question arises whether contracts are sufficient for the safeguarding of public interests or whether supplementary government intervention is required. By analyzing the contracting practices of reintegration services in the Dutch reintegration market, we hope to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms of public private contract relations and the extend to which it is possible to safeguard public interests within the contract relation.
Download or read book Public Law by Contract The Reluctant Creation of Private Markets for Welfare Service written by Ole Hansen and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This article conducts an analysis into long term contractual practices for the outsourcing of social services. Until recently social services in Scandinavia have been provided by public entities on an administrative basis. With the primary aim to increase efficiency and reduce public budgets these tasks are however today to a large extend undertaken by private companies on the basis of long term contracts entered into with local governments (municipalities). This Nordic model for privatization of public welfare is not unconditionally successful. Municipalities seem to hesitate in giving effect to the rising private market for welfare services. They insist on an almost complete control with the performances of the private service providers in the full length of the contracting period. In the legal literature it has been suggested that there are public law limits to privatization. The analysis of contractual strategies and practices for contracting out public welfare in this article shows that there are limits in private law for the “publicization” of contracts and markets as well.
Download or read book An Analysis of Contracting Out of Social Welfare Services in Hong Kong written by Yuen-ngar Mok (Monica) and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book ANALYSIS OF CONTRACTING OUT OF written by 莫婉雅 and published by Open Dissertation Press. This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "An Analysis of Contracting out of Social Welfare Services in HongKong" by 莫婉雅, Yuen-ngar, Monica, Mok, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. DOI: 10.5353/th_b3196694 Subjects: Social service - Contracting out - China - Hong Kong
Download or read book Managed Care in Human Services written by Stephen P. Wernet and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The unique contribution of this book is its exclusive focus on the current impact of managed care on social service organisations and delivery systems, public sector systems, and professional practice. It is one of the only books to address managed care from a social work perspective. And it is the first to address the impact of managed care on services to children.
Download or read book The Church and the Free Market written by Brian Howe and published by ATF Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Politics and religion combine when governments contract out welfare services to church welfare agencies. This practice raises questions of the autonomy of church agencies, maintenance of their distinctively Christian value base, and the extent to which the Church is being co-opted into government policy.
