The Social Service Delivery System

10/8/98


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Table of Contents

The Social Service Delivery System

Topics to Be Covered

Topics to Be Covered

The Social Service Delivery System

Service Delivery System Defined

Agencies Providing Social Services

Public Agencies

Private Not-For-Profit Agencies/Voluntary Agencies

Private Profit Making/Proprietary Agencies

Self-Help Agencies

Types of Self-Help Agencies (Powell, 1987)

Habit Disturbance Organizations

General Purpose Organizations

Life-Style Organizations

Significant Other Organizations

Physical Handicap Organizations

Independent Practice/Individual Professionals

Independent Practice Maybe:

Similarities and Differences

Role of the Federal Government in Service Delivery

Choices in Designing Delivery Systems

Types of Services Delivered

United Way Funding to Service Areas:1992

United Way Contributors

Computers and Technology in Service Delivery

Issues in Using Computers in Service Delivery

Privatization of Social Services

Case For Privatization

Problems/Drawbacks

Problems With the Service Delivery System

Dealing with the Problems

Last Slide

Author: Dr. Osei Kofi Darkwa

Email: Darkwa@uic.edu