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Mismatches and Unmet Needs:Connecting Help to High Need Communities
Scott W. AllardAssociate Professor
School of Social Service AdministrationUniversity of Chicago
Author – Out of Reach: Place, Poverty, and the New American Welfare State
Yale University Press, 2009
[email protected] www.scottwallard.com
Four key questions
How do we help?
Where do we help?
Why does it matter?
What do we do?
Welfare and Food Stamps$70 billion / year
How do we help low-income families?
Source: Allard (2009)
Welfare and Food Stamps$70 billion / year Social Service Programs
+$150 billion / year
How do we help low-income families?
Source: Allard (2009)
Government
Nonprofit Organizations
Why does it matter?
Program funds Capacity
Welfare and Food Stamps≈$2.5 billion / year
Nonprofit Social Services+$6 billion / year
State of Illinois - 2006
Critical role of nonprofits
Sources: Internal Revenue Service, Illinois Department of Human Services
Critical role of nonprofits
Accountability
Social capital
Link communities to resources
Faith-based organizations
Secular nonprofits
Reaching hardest-to-serve
Advocacy
Autonomy
Why does it matter?
Place Matters
No Access = No Help
Mismatches by Place
Access to Emergency Assistance Access to Employment Assistance
Source: Allard (2009)
Source: Allard (2009)
BlackNeighborhood
HispanicNeighborhood
WhiteNeighborhood
Predominately African- American and Hispanic
neighborhoods have much less access to social
service programs than white neighborhoods
≈50% less
≈ 35% less
Mismatches by Race
Why do mismatches exist?
Demand > Supply
Difficult to find office space
Location preferences of providers
Why does it matter?
Instability
$ and programs
Instability Among Nonprofits
% Losing Program Funding
OfferingFewer
Services
ServingFewer Clients
EmployingFewer Staff
45%
34%28%
42%
Source: Allard (2009)
In 2005-06 – percentage of nonprofit providers reporting:
Reports of instability occurred during a good economy
Safety net
Core values
Why does it matter?
How we helpthe poor
Public support forprograms
Helping American-style
Families
Private
Support Services
Children
Self-sufficiency
Opportunity
Work Activity
Community-based
Education
What do we do?
Improve Links to Existing Help
FBOs and churchesOutreach
Information TechnologyFood Banks & Pantries
Immigrants
What do we do?
Urban Suburban
Regional
What do we do?
Strengthen Community-based Nonprofits
Funding for Facilities
Reach Private Donors
Technical Assistance
Strengthen Networks
New Revenue Models
What do we do?
Maintain Public Commitments
Economic ImpactSubtraction Ripple Effect
Seeking New Solutions
Effective ProgramsFunding
