Abstract
The family has been the focus of social work practice for at least 100 years, and family service agencies have evolved as one of the major providers of social services to the family. One legacy of the conservative mood of the Reagan administration has been a general impetus to look to the private sector for provision of necessary services. A nationwide survey of Family Service America member agencies was undertaken in an effort to assess the impact of this impetus on one segment of the private sector. Results of this survey indicate that family service agencies experienced tremendous growth in the 1980s in both client caseloads and areas of service provision. Today's family service agency client is increasingly likely to be a minority person seeking counseling within the framework of services provided through the workplace. The demand for services appears to be the greatest in the areas of domestic violence, alcoholism, drug abuse, and eldercare. Family service agencies in the 1980s have offered an increasing number of programs in direct response to the greater demands of families in their communities.
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