Public Welfare Administration Research Articles

Promoting racial equity and antiracist practice in child welfare: perceptions of public child welfare administrators

ABSTRACT There is much discussion in the literature regarding the role public child welfare has played in disproportionately intervening with children and families of color, and debate regarding how this has impacted their wellbeing and the role systemic racism has played. The voice of individuals serving as regional and state-level administrators of public child welfare agencies regarding this topic and how to address existing inequities has been missing in this dialogue. This paper reports on semi-structured interviews conducted with sixteen such administrators regarding where they have observed these issues in their agencies and a wide array of strategies they believe have the best likelihood of promoting racial equity and antiracist practice in the child welfare system, with some describing approaches currently being implemented. Participants discussed what they need from community and university partners to support this work.

A Cost Analysis of Trauma and Well-being Screening for Children in Custody

ABSTRACT According to SAMHSA (2014), 1 of the 10 domains of a trauma-informed approach to child welfare relates to universal screening; however, costs of installation and implementation models are often unclear. This paper provides administrators of human service organizations with a fiscal example of the estimated cost of implementing screening with children in the custody of a public child welfare system. Findings show that the cost of installation and start-up are estimated at 208 USD per child while ongoing implementation/sustainability costs are 130 USD per child when implementation is universal to all children in custody. Discussion includes implications for practice and future research.Practice Points There are challenges and successful practices associated with developing trauma-informed child welfare systems (Akin et al., 2018), and public child welfare administrators benefit when they can understand potential costs of implementing new trauma-informed practices, such as screening. Understanding cost analysis is important for leaders across multiple levels of non-profit and human service organizations in order to make informed choices about policies and practices that balance input, output, and outcomes. Human service leadership teams should consider utilizing justice-enhanced cost findings to prioritize and select policies and practices that incorporate fiscal data with intervention data to address individual and structural challenges that maintain disadvantage, inequity, and marginalization. Investing in a trauma/mental health screening tool with their child welfare population is a minimal cost…substantially less than the cost of out-of-home care.

The precarious inclusion of homeless EU migrants in Norwegian public social welfare: Moral bordering and social workers’ dilemmas

This article discusses public social welfare provision to homeless EU migrants in Norway. Most of these migrants have no or weak affiliations with the formal labour market, resulting in restricted rights to public social assistance. Drawing on the concept of precarious inclusion, I suggest that rather than being simply excluded from public social welfare, homeless EU migrants are included in the welfare state but in fragile and insecure ways through provisions directed at safeguarding bodily survival. I understand these limited inclusionary policies and practices as forming part of the Norwegian state’s management of ‘undesired’ migrants. Building on interviews with social workers in the public social welfare administration, I reflect on how assessments of cases involving homeless EU migrants signal hierarchical conceptions and differentiation of human worth within Norway’s borders and how territorial belonging emerges as a prerequisite for ‘deservingness’ in social workers’ accounts.

The Rights of Controlling State in Indonesia Against Land Tenure of Customary Law Community

In order to achieve public welfare as tasks and responsibilities delegated to the government in the administration of public welfare (bestuurzorg) including the land sector which includes, among others, regulation, implementation of authority to enforcement of land law. Implementation of bestuurzorg by the government is more oriented towards economic democracy so that ignoring the principle of justice for indigenous peoples in controlling land parcels. The method used in this paper is juridical normative by applying an approach to legal principles and a legal synchronization approach both vertically and horizontally to the State's right to control over land tenure by customary law communities. The results show that land tenure for customary law communities in the UUPA emphasizes as long as it still exists and does not conflict with national interests. This implies that there has been legal pluralism. The occurrence of weak legal pluralism in national land law is indicated by the enactment of UUPA and its various implementing regulations as positive law in the form of written state/national law, on the one hand and on the other hand customary law which is generally unwritten and applies specifically to each other. The applicable customary law in each region. Weak legal pluralism is one of the factors causing legal disputes in substantive settings, especially in land disputes over customary rights which affect their implementation in the field and cause injustice. legal pluralism and making UUPA the center of various land regulations (legal centralism), and is the only land rule that applies nationally (legal unification).

El Papel del Euro a Diez Años de su Creación y la Crisis de la Política Económica -Política Fiscal- de la Eurozona: Un Análisis a través de la Envolvente de Datos (DEA)

Ten years after the creation of the euro have been several doubts about the efficiency of the administration of public resources and welfare of the population derived from this. Therefore the aim of this study is to determine the efficiency levels of fiscal policy of the seventeen countries in the Euro Zone to ten years after its creation, through the analysis of Data Envelopment (DEA). The results show that fiscal policy has handled most of the countries of the Eurozone has not been efficient. Can be observe different areas where it is important to implement improvements looking for social welfare that will address the challenges of a monetary union such as the euro area and the problems to be faced with the arrival of the current economic crisis. Key words: Fiscal policy, Efficiency, DEA, Euro Zone.

Collaboration, competition, and co-opetition: Interorganizational dynamics between private child welfare agencies and child serving sectors

Human service agencies are encouraged to collaborate with other public and private agencies in providing services to children and families. However, they also often compete with these same partners for funding, qualified staff, and clientele. Although little is known about complex interagency dynamics of competition and collaboration in the child-serving sector, evidence suggests that competition can undermine collaboration unless managed strategically. This study explores the interrelationship between competition and collaboration, sometimes referred to as “co-opetition.” Using a national dataset of private child and family serving agencies, we examine their relationships with other child serving sectors (N=4460 pair-wise relationships), and explore how variations in patterns of collaboration and competition are associated with several organizational, environmental and relational factors. Results suggest that most relationships between private child welfare agencies and other child serving agencies are characterized by both competition and collaboration (i.e. “co-opetition”), and is most frequently reported with other local private child welfare agencies. Logistic regression analyses indicate that co-opetition is likely to occur when private child welfare agencies have a good perceived relationship or a sub-contract with their partner. Findings have implications for how agency leaders manage partner relationships, and how public child welfare administrators structure contracts.

Perceptions of Administrative and Supervisory Support in Public Child Welfare

Using the Child Welfare Organizational Culture Inventory (CWOCI) in a public child welfare agency, perceptions of administrative and supervisory support held by employees with social work degrees (BSW and MSW) were compared to perceptions of administrative and supervisory support held by employees without social work degrees. Child welfare employees with social work degrees reported lower administrative and supervisory support than employees without social work degrees. Implications for social work educators, public child welfare administrators and supervisors, and future research are presented.

Organizational Challenges to Implementing Attachment-Based Practices in Public Child Welfare Agencies: An Example Using the Circle of Security® Model

Attachment theory has attracted the attention of public child welfare administrators hoping to implement evidence-based practices that promote positive parent–child relationships. Moving from a theoretical approach to an implemented practice is challenging. This article outlines diffusion of innovation theory as a framework to understand internal and external organizational structures that promote and impede the adoption of new ideas. Implementation of a pilot treatment model based on attachment theory and research will be discussed. It is anticipated that this synthesis of attachment practice with diffusion of innovation theory will be useful to practitioners and managers seeking to address issues of maltreatment, loss, and trauma prevalent among families in the child welfare system. Recommendations are offered for diffusing an attachment-based model into public child welfare agencies.

Role Conflict: Cause of Burnout or Energizer?

A year-long study of public child welfare administrators examined the effects of role conflict on their attitudes and performance. Popular belief and some of the literature have suggested that burnout is inevitable for those confronted with role conflict. Other literature has proposed that it may instead be energizing to individuals and lead to greater personal and organizational effectiveness. This qualitative study found that individuals in the study had developed specific, effective skills for responding to role conflict. Although there was a public presentation of self that indicated they were under stress and in "impossible" situations, there was in fact an energizing effect resulting from the ongoing challenge of dealing with conflict.

Rebuilding the Relationship Between Social Work and Public Welfare Administration

Rebuilding the Relationship Between Social Work and Public Welfare Administration

Counteracting bureaucratic resistance in welfare and mental health?A working agreement approach

In this paper we have reviewed the working agreement and the spectrum of linkage mechanisms as useful administrative tools for mental health and public welfare administrators in assessing the interorganizational environment and in identifying potentially useful linkages between the administrator's respective organization and other interdependent organizations. Planning for the survival of one's mission must depend not only on internal resources, but on external interagency cooperation and mutual support as well. The suggested working-agreement approach and the spectrum of interorganizational linkage mechanisms can assist with such external survival planning.

Administrators' Perceptions of Advisory Boards

Some literature suggests that administrators of public agencies are not receptive to measures designed to enhance public participation in agency policymaking. This article presents evidence which suggests that disciplinary biases exist in the receptivity of professionals to advice. However, in public welfare administration, as opposed to some other fields, the existence of a professional referent group-social workers-seems not to stifle public participation but to encourage it. Other findings of a survey of county welfare directors indicate that more experienced administrators were less receptive to public input, but that those who perceived themselves as having power in policymaking tended to welcome the public's participation.

Frontiers of Control in Public Welfare Administration

Frontiers of Control in Public Welfare Administration

Justice for the Welfare Recipient: Fair Hearings in AFDC: The Wisconsin Experience

Previous articleNext article No AccessJustice for the Welfare Recipient: Fair Hearings in AFDC: The Wisconsin ExperienceJoel F. HandlerJoel F. Handler Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Social Service Review Volume 43, Number 1Mar., 1969 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/642325 Views: 1Total views on this site Citations: 14Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1969 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Vicki Lens In the Fair Hearing Room: Resistance and Confrontation in the Welfare Bureaucracy, Law & Social Inquiry 32, no.22 (Jun 2008): 309–332.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-4469.2007.00061.xVicki Lens Administrative Justice in Public Welfare Bureaucracies, Administration & Society 39, no.33 (May 2007): 382–408.https://doi.org/10.1177/0095399707301006 Vicki Lens and Susan Elizabeth Vorsanger Complaining after Claiming: Fair Hearings after Welfare Reform Lens and Vorsanger, Social Service Review 79, no.33 (Jul 2015): 430–453.https://doi.org/10.1086/430892Janet A. Gilboy Administrative Review in a System of Conflicting Values, Law <html_ent glyph="@amp;" ascii="&"/> Social Inquiry 13, no.33 (Jul 1988): 515–579.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1747-4469.1988.tb00060.xWilliam Austin, Joyce M. Tobiasen Legal Justice and the Psychology of Conflict Resolution, (Jan 1984): 227–274.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2683-0_8Susan Clayton Social Need Revisited, Journal of Social Policy 12, no.0202 (Jan 2009): 215.https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279400012617 References, (Jan 1979): 149–154.https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-322848-2.50014-5 Ronald Randall Social Services in AFDC: Steps toward Evaluation, Social Service Review 49, no.22 (Sep 2015): 191–207.https://doi.org/10.1086/643234 Mark Tushnet The Newer Property: Suggestion for the Revival of Substantive Due Process, The Supreme Court Review 1975 (Sep 2015): 261–288.https://doi.org/10.1086/scr.1975.3108813RICHARD M. TITMUSS WELFARE "RIGHTS", LAW AND DISCRETION, The Political Quarterly 42, no.22 (Apr 1971): 113–132.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-923X.1971.tb00061.xStewart Macaulay, Elaine Walster Legal Structures and Restoring Equity, Journal of Social Issues 27, no.22 (Apr 1971): 173–188.https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-4560.1971.tb00659.xKathleen Bell Administrative Tribunals Since Franks, Social Policy & Administration 4, no.44 (Oct 1970).https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9515.1970.tb00612.x Joel F. Handler , and Ellen Jane Hollingsworth The Administration of Social Services and the Structure of Dependency: The Views of AFDC Recipients, Social Service Review 43, no.44 (Sep 2015): 406–420.https://doi.org/10.1086/642440 Margaret K. Rosenheim Shapiro v. Thompson: "The Beggars Are Coming to Town", The Supreme Court Review 1969 (Sep 2015): 303–346.https://doi.org/10.1086/scr.1969.3108680

Participation of Recipients in Public Welfare Planning and Administration

Previous articleNext article No AccessParticipation of Recipients in Public Welfare Planning and AdministrationJerome L. Schwartz and Milton CherninJerome L. Schwartz Search for more articles by this author and Milton Chernin Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Social Service Review Volume 41, Number 1Mar., 1967 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/642028 Views: 1Total views on this site Citations: 2Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1967 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article: Irving Piliavin , and Alan E. Gross The Effects of Separation of Services and Income Maintenance on AFDC Recipients, Social Service Review 51, no.33 (Sep 2015): 389–406.https://doi.org/10.1086/643520John B. Simeone Catalogue of Documents, (Jan 1967): 1–206.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-5235-6_1

The two functions of public welfare: Income maintenance and social services

■ The 1962 amendments te the Social Security Act established, as national policy, broad new goals for public welfare and new responsibilities for social work. To move forward toward these goals, both the administration of public welfare and the social work profession must develop new capabilities. More professional social workers are needed, as well as new and more effective techniques of service to welfare clients and administrative methods appropriate to these new responsibilities. ■

A Guide for Training Local Public Welfare Administrators. Joseph I. Hungate Jr.

Previous articleNext article No AccessReviews of Government Reports and Public DocumentsA Guide for Training Local Public Welfare Administrators. Joseph I. Hungate Jr. John C. KidneighJohn C. Kidneigh Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Social Service Review Volume 40, Number 2Jun., 1966 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/641923 Views: 1Total views on this site PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

Social Welfare in Ontario, 1791-1893: A Study in Public Welfare Administration. Richard B. Splane

Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewsSocial Welfare in Ontario, 1791-1893: A Study in Public Welfare Administration. Richard B. Splane Swithun BowersSwithun Bowers Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Social Service Review Volume 40, Number 1Mar., 1966 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/641877 Views: 4Total views on this site Copyright 1966 University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRY, SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY, AND COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH WORK: SOME INTER-PROFESSIONAL RELATIONSHIPS IN PSYCHIATRY AND SOCIAL WORK.

In community mental health work, the psychiatrist is primarily a clinician with public health responsibilities, that is, a new kind of practitioner with consultative, administrative and research functions. By the same token the psychiatric social worker is potentially, by training and experience, a clinician with public welfare responsibilities in community psychiatry and other mental health work, a practitioner with the available professional skills of a community organization specialist, a public welfare administrator, a groupworker, a supervisor, a consultant-educator, and a researcher. Acceptance of new responsibilities and roles is indicated by the highly motivated trainees from both professions, who are now seeking postgraduate, special training in community psychiatry. At the Center for Training in Community Psychiatry at Berkeley during the past two and a half years, for example, 176 psychiatrists and 124 psychiatric social workers have been enrolled together in 9 different courses. Social workers are likewise members of the faculty. Such inter-professional relationships in teaching and learning have, as a matter of fact, enhanced both the theory and practice of community psychiatry, and promoted the educational process in what must still be considered a pioneering area of psychiatry.

THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE MUNICIPALITY TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC WELFARE*

Canadian Public AdministrationVolume 7, Issue 2 p. 137-149 THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE MUNICIPALITY TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC WELFARE* John S. Morgan, John S. MorganSearch for more papers by this author John S. Morgan, John S. MorganSearch for more papers by this author First published: June 1964 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1754-7121.1964.tb01258.x † *This paper was presented to the Fifteenth Annual Conference, Institute of Public Administration of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, September 4–7, 1963. Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat Volume7, Issue2June 1964Pages 137-149 RelatedInformation