Fiscal austerity and human services

Descripción

...documents the impact of the fiscal crisis on human services focusing on community based services provided by private provider organizations; provides a description of the system that delivers human services at the community level; discusses how the fiscal crisis has affected funding for human services, the changes in agency operations and service delivery caused by funding changes, the effects on agency clients and caseloads and on the community as a whole, the effect of funding cuts on the system of care and the policy implications of the cuts...