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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790726503321

Titolo

Human services integration / / Michael J. Austin, editor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-138-97212-6

1-317-94880-7

1-315-86247-6

1-317-94881-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (187 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

AustinMichael J

Disciplina

361.973

Soggetti

Human services - United States

Social service - United States

Community organization - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

". has also been published as Administration in social work, Volume 21, Numbers 3/4 1997."

First published by the Haworth Press, 1997.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Service Integration: Introduction; Service Integration: Something Old and Something New; Marking Progress Toward Service Integration: Learning to Use Evaluation to Overcome Barriers; Reclaiming Community: An Integrative Approach to Human Services; Collaboration: A Study of a Children's Initiative; Launching a Family-Centered, Neighborhood-Based Human Services System: Lessons from Working the Hallways and Street Corners; Assessing a Family-Centered Neighborhood Service Agency: The Del Paso Heights Model

Applications of Boundary Theory to the Concept of Service Integration in the Human ServicesIndex

Sommario/riassunto

Addressing the multiple meanings of service integration, Human Services Integration analyzes how motivations and expectations for social service integration differ significantly among different players in the service system. In a period of major budget cutbacks and welfare reform, however, it is important that service providers collaborate to reduce or eliminate boundaries between categorically defined and



provided services. This book tells you about the efforts being made to provide existing services more efficiently while avoiding duplication and waste. As you will quickly see, developing co