Hard hit impact of the economic downturn on nonprofit community social services in Ontario

Earle, Ben. (Author). Wilson, Beth, 1968- (Added Author). Canadian Electronic Library (Firm) (Added Author). Coherent Digital (Firm) (Added Author). Social Planning Network of Ontario (Added Author).

Summary: The vital role of the nonprofit community social service sector is never more apparent than during harsh economic times. When communities are reeling from mounting job losses and growing insecurity, organizations on the front lines are called upon to respond. In turn, the capacity of the sector to respond is critical to individual and family well-being and the cohesion of communities. In Ontario, decades of government underfunding and cutbacks have left agencies under-resourced and overextended at the best of economic times. While governments have increased their reliance on the nonprofit community service sector to deliver vital programs, they haven't been willing to foot the full bill (Clutterbuck & Howarth, 2007). Based on an analysis of 155 discretely funded programs, researchers calculated that programs, on average, are underfunded by 14% (Lynn Eakin & Associates, 2004).

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Physical Description: 1 electronic text (32 p.) : digital file.
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Publisher: Toronto, Ont. : Social Planning Network of Ontario, 2009

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General Note:	"October 2009." CatMonthString:january.23 Issued as part of the desLibris documents collection. Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 28).
Formatted Contents Note:	Executive summary -- Introduction -- Objectives -- Methodology -- Background -- Canadian reports -- American reports -- International reports -- Survey results -- Summary of respondents -- Geographic distribution -- Area of service -- Annual budget -- Change in service demand -- Reasons for change in service demand -- Impact of change in service demand -- Response to change in service demand -- Change in budgets -- Impact of change in budget -- Recommendations -- References -- Appendix A. Additional charts.
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