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Contracting for human services: the case of Pennsylvania's subsidized child day care program--policy limitations and prospects.
Abstract
Purchase of service contracting (POSC) reflects a distinct departure from traditional mechanisms of human service delivery. The traditional model emphasizes the merit of hierarchy, control, and accountability, and it has given impetus to direct provision of services by government agencies. It has long assumed that government has both the obligation and capability to provide for and assist society's most vulnerable groups. Purchase of service models presume, on the other hand, that the marketplace is superior to the bureaucracy. Both approaches are ideal types and neither exists in pure form in the real world. A study explores several key issues that government must confront in the process of shifting to service contracting. Focus on resolution of these issues will result in more effective coordination and integration of services. (Journal abstract, edited.)
Journal
(1990)
vol14
no1
pages31-46
Categories
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Managing External Relations
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Public-Private Partnerships
