The Corporate Role in the Not-So-Great Society

1983 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 151-159
Author(s):  
Catherine A. Rivlin
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Corporate Philanthropy ◽  
Great Society ◽  
Social Programs ◽  
Social Service Delivery ◽  
The Social ◽  
Partial List ◽  
The Many ◽  
The U.S

Direct federal support and corporate philanthropy are two of the many mechanisms of social service delivery in the U.S. The ongoing federal retrenchment reflects both a public decision to reduce the overall level of spending and a pressure to reallocate responsibility for providing some social services from one source to another. The success of this reallocation depends on the match between provider abilities and incentives and the characteristics of the social programs demanded from that provider. The author draws from theory and recent history a partial list of criteria for policymakers to consider in deciding who should be responsible for providing various public services.

scholarly journals Fiscal Decentralization and Social Service Delivery: An empirical Analysis of Balochistan

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chakar Khan ◽  
Muhammad Akram ◽  
Imran Farooq
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Fiscal Decentralization ◽  
Social Service Delivery ◽  
Services Delivery ◽  
Ardl Approach ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

Purpose: This study has been initiated to measure the impact of fiscal decentralization in case of Balochistan province by using both revenue decentralization and expenditure decentralization to measure the impact of fiscal decentralization on provision of health, education, employment and poverty reduction. Design/Methodology/Approach: In measure, we have applied ARDL approach on the data spanning from 1975 to 2016. Findings: Our results point out that fiscal decentralization improves the social services delivery in case of Balochistan province. Moreover, it improves the provision of health and education facilities in Balochistan. Further, our findings indicate that fiscal decentralization leads to reduction in the poverty and unemployment. In addition, we found that expenditure decentralization is relatively effective in the provision of social services as compared to the revenue decentralization in case of Balochistan. Implications/Originality/Value: Our study findings suggest that to improve the social services delivery; we may opt for fiscal decentralization particularly expenditure decentralization in case of Balochistan.

Social Administration in a Changing Society1

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Richard M. Titmuss
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Human Relations ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Many ◽  
The Individual

This chapter argues that the future of social administration depends, to some extent, on the future of the great experiments in social service which have been launched in Britain in recent years. To this uncertainty must be added, in the teaching of social administration, the awareness of intellectual uncertainty which attends on those concerned with the study of human relations, for only now are people beginning to grope their way towards some scientific understanding of society. Uncertainty, then, is part of the price that has to be paid for being interested in the many-sidedness of human needs and behaviour. The chapter also presents some generalizations about the nature of social change which, by their effect on the individual and the family, affect also the structure and roles of the social services.

Dissemination and Implementation in Social Service Settings

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Curtis McMillen ◽  
Danielle R. Adams
Keyword(s):  
Health Disparities ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Careful Consideration ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Health Interventions ◽  
Dissemination And Implementation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Implementation Models ◽  
Complex Settings

Social service settings offer numerous complexities in their staffing, consumers, and payer mix that require careful consideration in designing dissemination and implementation efforts. However, social services’ unique access to vulnerable populations with health problems may prove vital in efforts to improve the health status of many of our citizens and reduce health disparities. While a number of well-developed, blended dissemination and implementation models are being used in social service settings, they all require additional documentation, research, and field experience. Nonetheless, the lessons learned in the social services may help organizations in other sectors better implement health interventions with complex consumers in complex settings.

scholarly journals Social Service Centers as Agents of Digital Socialization of Elderly People: on the Example of Organizing Computer Literacy Courses

2020 ◽  
pp. 15-19
Author(s):  
Olga Vasilyevna Zayats ◽  
Nadezhda Vladimirovna Osmachko
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Computer Literacy ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Municipal Services ◽  
Sociological Study ◽  
The Social ◽  
Older Citizens

The paper reveals the essence and significance of digital socialization of older people, the importance of overcoming social exclusion by older citizens in terms of access to digital technologies. The purpose of the paper is to reveal the role of social service centers for the population, which act as agents of digital socialization of older people (based on the materials of a sociological study). The objects of the study were elderly people receiving social services in the Primorsky Center for Social Services of the Population, and senior citizens who were trained in computer literacy courses. The authors set the fol-lowing tasks: to determine elderly people’s interest in mastering computer literacy and how effective the “Internet ABC” program is. In addition, it was sup-posed to establish the importance of integrated cen-ters of social services for the population in ensuring computer literacy of pensioners. As a result of a sociological study, it was found that older people show a significant interest in modern information technologies. Computer courses organized on the basis of the center for social services help elderly people to get information about state and municipal services, work with the websites of the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation, the Social Insur-ance Fund, Public Services and Multifunctional Cen-ter.

scholarly journals Pakiwaitara - social work sense for supervision

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 25-31
Author(s):  
Jacquelyn Elkington
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Dominant Culture ◽  
Social Service Delivery ◽  
Values And Beliefs ◽  
Definition Of

Pakiwaitara (Elkington, 2001) came about as a gap identified in social service delivery between western, middle class, dominant culture and the healing of Māori whānau in crisis. While education has responded to this gap by offering bicultural training, ensuring more Māori components within degree programmes, etc, social services statistics are still high for Māori and indigenous peoples. It has helped to shift the definition of cultural supervision to inside the definition of specialised professional supervision (Elkington, 2014), but now continued invisibility of values and beliefs, particularly that of Tauiwi, exacerbate the problem. The challenge must still be asserted so that same-culture practitioners are strengthened in same-culture social work practice (eg, by Māori, for Māori), and to avoid when possible, or otherwise by choice, white dominant-culture practice, for all-and-every-culture social work practice (eg, by Pākehā, for everyone).

Cognitive Mapping and GIS for Community-Based Resource Identification

2013 ◽  
pp. 685-702 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyn Kathlene
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Communication Networks ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Geographical Information Systems ◽  
Cognitive Mapping ◽  
Systems Of Care ◽  
Jefferson County ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Social Service Delivery ◽  
Distribution Of Resources

This chapter describes and analyzes the effectiveness of two methodological techniques, cognitive mapping and geographical information systems (GIS), for identifying social service resources. It also examines the processes used to integrate hand-drawn map information into geocoded data points and provides recommendations for improving efficiency and precision. As a first step to integrate Jefferson County social service delivery into community-based child welfare “systems of care” (SOC), both formal and informal services had to be identified. Cognitive mapping, a process by which participants draw visual representations of geographical areas, was conducted with 247 participants in Jefferson County, Colorado. Over 3,500 resources were identified and entered into a GIS to analyze the availability, capacity, and distribution of social services in the county and within communities. Identification of community resources via cognitive mapping and GIS analysis provide: (1) a comprehensive database of existing services; (2) a basis to build communication networks and cooperation among government and community providers; (3) the ability to create an efficient system that avoids duplication of efforts; (4) an understanding of the geographical distribution of resources; (5) the identification of resources lacking in the county and specific communities; and (6) knowledge differences among diverse participant groups.

scholarly journals Social Services Administration in Gwagwalada Area Council: Militating Factors

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 159 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irechukwu Eugenia Nkechi ◽  
Chima Paul
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Social Services ◽  
Social Service ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Personal Observation ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Rural Residents ◽  
Design And Implementation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Rural Dwellers

This study attempted to determine the factors militating against effective social services administration and its unfolding empirical manifestations on the well-being of the rural dwellers in Gwagwalada Area Council in Abuja, Nigeria as well as its attendant effects on rural development. Based on the data generated from 200 respondents (rural residents and staff of the area council) using questionnaire, interview and personal observation, it was discovered that lack of involvement of the rural dwellers in decisions regarding the design and implementation of the social service programmes by the Council is one of the key factors. The paper recommends accordingly among others, that effective social services administration should reflect the wishes and aspirations of beneficiaries. 

A trial of telecare for supporting care to the elderly in Liverpool

2007 ◽  
Vol 13 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 48-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew A Reeves ◽  
Nigel M Barnes ◽  
Tom Mizutani ◽  
Steve J Brown
Keyword(s):  
Social Services ◽  
Social Service ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Great Success ◽  
Home Gateway ◽  
Social Service Delivery ◽  
The People ◽  
Provision Of Care ◽  
The City ◽  
Possible Cause

A pilot telecare system was trialled in Liverpool. It was used to support the provision of care to 21 of the city council's elderly and frail social services clients. A typical installation consisted of about 20 wireless, ambient sensors in the client's home. A home gateway device ran alerting algorithms designed to learn the normal patterns of user behaviour and to identify deviations from this in real-time. When deviations were detected, social service delivery teams were alerted to a possible cause for concern. The pilot service ran for about 30 months and included a period of examination by independent evaluators. The evaluation found that overall the people who used the service – both users and carers – were overwhelmingly pleased with it and viewed it as a great success.

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