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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Ferguson, Miguel
• Poole, Dennis
• DiNitto, Diana
• Schwab, A James

Titel

Raising a Flag of Caution in the Race for Community-Based Approaches to Rural Welfare Reform: Early Findings from Texas

Ist Teil von

• Southern rural sociology, 2002-01, Vol.18 (1), p.204-221

Erscheinungsjahr

2002

Quelle

Sociological Abstracts

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• President George W. Bush's executive order establishing the White House Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives heightens expectations that local organizations will provide superior services to support the objectives of welfare reform & address poverty. However, this expectation raises concerns about the capacity of community-based organizations (CBOs) to effectively implement reform projects in nonmetropolitan areas with limited access to important support services. This paper addresses these questions using early findings from an evaluation of four locally-organized welfare reform projects in rural Texas. We find that the reform projects experienced shortcomings in management, funding, & community involvement that appear to limit overall effectiveness & the capacity of CBOs to sustain the provision of services over time. 3 Tables, 30 References. Adapted from the source document.