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Do private agencies fill gaps in public welfare programs?
Abstract
A study examined the hypothesis that private agencies tend to provide more aid in service areas in which the public welfare network is less extensive, that is, that private agencies fill the gaps left by public welfare. Based on data involving county emergency financial assistance programs, the research indicated that the private effort is indeed somewhat larger when the public network is smaller. The best predictor of the private emergency effort, however, was the extensiveness of the private network of agencies, which is linked to the abundance of community resources and not to the lack of public welfare programs. Implications for policy are presented.
Journal
(1984)
vol8
no2
pages13-23
Categories
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Nonprofit Organizations (Theory)
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Organizational Environment
