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Building a profile of Missouri CSBG community action agencies: capacities, coping strategies, and the new public management
Abstract
Given the current environment of devolution, welfare reform, and
fiscal retrenchment, this study examines the role of local nonprofit
entities, called Community Action Agencies, operating under the
auspices of the Community Services Block Grant program. Survey results
indicate that despite an increase in working poor requiring CSBG
services, staffs have been able to cope with increased demands.
Community Action Agencies have been able to keep pace with increasing
client demands by means of a variety of measures, including fund
leveraging, resource competition, and relationship building.
Accountability concerns and business-oriented practices also were
found to be a high priority of these agencies.
Journal
(2004)
vol15
no1
pages71-94
Categories
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Community Development Nonprofits
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Community Development
