Title

Change And Continuity In State Human Service Agencies: 1986-2006

Keywords

human services; institutional isomorphism; organization structure; state human service agencies; umbrella agencies

Abstract

How states choose to organize and structure their human service agencies determines to a great extent how state human service systems function and how human services are delivered to clients. Little attention has been paid in the social work administration literature to this obviously important issue. Using data from the American Public Human Services Association (APHSA), the authors look at how states have organized their human service systems at three times (1986, 1997, 2006) over a 20-year period. Specifically, the article looks at change and continuity in: 1) the structures and functions of the 50 designated state human service agencies, and (2) preferences for larger centralized umbrella-type agencies versus multiple smaller more specialized human service agencies. © 2012 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.

Publication Date

1-1-2012

Publication Title

Administration in Social Work

Volume

36

Issue

1

Number of Pages

85-100

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/03643107.2011.562065

Socpus ID

84855921848 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84855921848

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