Management Of Social Programs Research Articles

A System to Support Diverse Social Program Management.

BackgroundSocial programs are services provided by governments, nonprofits, and other organizations to help improve the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities. Social programs aim to deliver services effectively and efficiently, but they are challenged by information silos, limited resources, and the need to deliver frequently changing mandated benefits.ObjectiveWe aim to explore how an information system designed for social programs helps deliver services effectively and efficiently across diverse programs.MethodsThis viewpoint describes the configurable and modular architecture of Social Program Management (SPM), a system to support efficient and effective delivery of services through a wide range of social programs and lessons learned from implementing SPM across diverse settings. We explored usage data to inform the engagement and impact of SPM on the efficient and effective delivery of services.ResultsThe features and functionalities of SPM seem to support the goals of social programs. We found that SPM provides fundamental management processes and configurable program-specific components to support social program administration; has been used by more than 280,000 caseworkers serving more than 30 million people in 13 countries; contains features designed to meet specific user requirements; supports secure information sharing and collaboration through data standardization and aggregation; and offers configurability and flexibility, which are important for digital transformation and organizational change.ConclusionsSPM is a user-centered, configurable, and flexible system for managing social program workflows.

Enfoques novedosos para el diseño de políticas públicas sociales. Aplicación de una metodología de exclusión social en el Departamento Central

En el Paraguay, como en la mayoría de los países latinoamericanos, las políticas públicas destinadas a la atención de poblaciones y territorios vulnerables, han estado guiada históricamente por el criterio de la pobreza medida según ingresos. Actualmente, en varios países de Europa y otras regiones, el enfoque de la pobreza está siendo desplazado por perspectivas más complejas de la exclusión social. Se trata de trascender las limitaciones que resultan del enfoque unidimensional de pobreza el cual restringe las posibilidades de dar respuestas integrales a los problemas de la sociedad. El concepto de exclusión social posee cualidades, que trascienden al de pobreza, por su carácter estructural, relacional, dinámico, multidimensional y politizable. En este artículo realizamos una revisión crítica al abordaje y a la medición de la pobreza y se expone una experiencia novedosa de medición de la exclusión social de los hogares que se encuentran en asentamientos del Departamento Central del Paraguay, con datos e informaciones de los niveles de bienestar de dicha población. El Departamento Central es el más pequeño de los 17 departamentos del Paraguay, pero acumula el 35% de la población total, fruto de la importante migración campo ciudad que ha experimentado el país. El estudio busca contribuir a la mejora del diseño, implementación y gestión de los programas sociales de Paraguay y de la región, a partir de la conceptualización multidimensional de la exclusión social en términos más amplios que el de la simple medición de la pobreza como carencia de ingresos.

SIGS-S: A Web Application and a Mobile Application for Social and Health Care Data Management

In Brazil, information systems have been used to support government activities, such as public social and health care. For instance, SIGS is a web information system for management of social programs. Another example of information system is e-SUS for health care data management. Considering that crossing data from social and health care may be useful in decision-making for both areas, the SIGS-S project was proposed. It consists of a web appli- cation and a mobile application for social and health care data management. SIGS-S Web is a web application composed by two subsystems, SIGS-S Web So- cial, resulting of the reengineering of SIGS, and SIGS-S Web Saúde, inspired by data forms from e-SUS. SIGS-S Mobile Saúde is a mobile application to support health data collection. Processes ProFap and ProFap-R were used during their development. As a result, both web and mobile applications, as well as web services to support cross-application data exchange, were developed. Furthermore, it was prepared the documentation for both applications to help future software maintenance. Both applications were developed and validated with participation of stakeholders (health users and government managers).

New Measures of Economic Security and Development: Savings Goals for Short‐ and Long‐Term Economic Needs

The long‐term economic security and development of a family depend largely upon saving and asset accumulation, yet most measures of economic well‐being focus on short‐term consumption needs. In this study, we take a broader view by specifying four types of savings goals for US families: precautionary, retirement, homeownership, and education goals. This study develops methods of calculating these savings goals for different types of families under various assumptions, using information from various sources. Our calculations also consider investment gains and differences in dollar values over time. We show that families should save between $155 and $572 every month to address all four savings goals. We find that the number of children in a family affects total monthly savings goals considerably but that the number of adults has limited impact. Savings goals can assist families in making financial plans and provide savings targets useful in development of policy.

Lokalne instytucje pomocy społecznej w procesie aktywizacji społeczno-zawodowej bezrobotnych kobiet

Contemporary theories of politics, and social assistance – stress that the effectiveness of social programs in the field of community work with groups at risk of marginalization processes is determined by quality of service provided in this area at the level of local institutions. The financial crisis of the welfare state – has highlighted the weakness of the central management of social programs, at the level of individual regions, and thus the need for a new approach to the problems of the excluded. Long-term unemployment, disability, many children and sex are those factors that promote the processes of exclusion – in Poland, a group particularly at risk are women who live outside large cities. The analysis shows that the appropriate support by local aid institutions – raises the prospect of becoming independent women still excluded from the labor market. However, in order to be successful, must be complied with certain conditions into account the local conditions of socio-economic potential. A chance for the preparation of programs targeted to a specific group, including its characteristics and needs – are carried out from 2008 projects under the Human Capital Operational Programme, funded by the European Union. In this elaboration I present the experience of three municipalities voivodeship with the implementation of programs for the group of unemployed women.

Major Player Distinction in Program Business and its Governance Capability : Social Program Management and Possibility of the New Methodology

Major Player Distinction in Program Business and its Governance Capability : Social Program Management and Possibility of the New Methodology