Often portrayed as policymakers rather than policytakers, street-level bureaucrats play a key
role in policy implementation. It is now well accepted that the implementation actions of …

Few topics in nonprofit research and practice have received greater attention in recent years
than organizational effectiveness. In spite of this intellectual interest, little consensus has …

This study critically reviews sampling procedures commonly found in social work research.
Through a Monte Carlo study simulating conditions of probability and nonprobability …

Theories of nonprofit density have assumed a variety of dispositions toward the state,
including opposition, suspicion, indifference, and mutual dependence. In this article, we …

BACKGROUND: Government and state policy, irrespective of jurisdiction, increasingly
require and indeed specify the nature of collaboration with regard to the delivery of child …

To understand the impact of collaborative service delivery by nonprofit organizations,
scholars must fully understand why those nonprofits enter into service delivery …

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this paper is to examine some of the factors that facilitate and hinder
interagency collaboration between child protection services and mental health services in …

This study uses a social exchange framework to address child welfare job retention. Data
collected from an in-person survey of child welfare staff (Time 1) and staff retention …

Human service organizations that aim to change behavior inevitably do moral work. As
institutionalized organizations, they enact in their structure and practices dominant moral …

Child welfare policy changes have intensified the need for effective child welfare practice,
yet little is known about the everyday practices of frontline child welfare caseworkers. Based …