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- 2. Group Discussion Activity Use your Social Welfare History Timeline discuss the following with your group: 1) Choose the top 2 or 3 policies for each of the last 4 decades of the 20th century (ie. 1960’s 1970’s, 1980’s, 1990’s). 2) Discuss thecurrent direction of social welfare policy. 3) Given the historical progression of social welfare policy, what do you think will likely be the next piece of history written about social welfare policy?
- 3. Social Forum • What did you bring to share today? • Article Title • Source • Date • Stakeholders/Actors • Relation to Social Welfare Policy
- 6. Structural Interests within Social Welfare • Traditional Providers – See social welfare as tightly interwoven with other community institutions • Welfare Bureaucrats – Public functionaries • Maintain the welfare state in much the same form in which it was conceived during the New Deal
- 7. Structural Interests within Social Welfare • Clinical Entrepreneurs – Professional service providers, chiefly social workers, psychologists, and physicians; • Who work for themselves instead of being salaried employees
- 8. Structural Interests within Social Welfare • Human Service Executives – Salaried employees of for-profit firms and, as such, have less autonomy • Marginal Interests – Usually represent special populations that have been: • Ignored, excluded, or oppressed by mainstream society
- 10. What is a non-profit? The IRS identifies the different types of nonprofit organizations by the tax code by which they qualify for exempt status. One of the most common forms is 501(c)(3), which is set up to do charitable, educational, scientific, religious and literary work. • An exempt organization with $1,000 or more of gross income from an unrelated business must file Form 990- T and pay tax on the income. • A section 50l(c)(3) organization cannot intervene in political campaigns. http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2014/02/06/good-question-what-does-it-take-to-be-a-nonprofit/
- 11. The Independent Sector • The vast majority of nonprofit organizations are small – Reporting less than $25,000 per year • Generally, the expansion of the voluntary sector has paralleled economic growth • Public support for nonprofit organizations has suffered somewhat
- 13. Advancing Social Justice • The voluntary sector takes on many concerns not addressed by legislation, governmental programs, or businesses. • The United Way – Perhaps the best recognized of voluntary sector organizations – United Way contributions have oscillated over time
- 14. Advancing Social Justice • Elite Philanthropy – Much grander expectations – Critics questioned their generosity
- 16. The Future of the Voluntary Sector • Commercialization – Particularly important for nonprofit agencies desiring to enhance their incomes – Unfair competition issue
- 17. The Future of the Voluntary Sector Faith-Based Social Services – Conservative think tanks have sought an alternative to federal social programs – Captured the imagination of international development advocates
- 18. The Future of the Voluntary Sector • Social Entrepreneurship - Proposes social capital as a vehicle for revitalization - Pursues innovations through capital and technology - Uses capitalism and business principles as a means of measuring effectiveness
- 19. Social entrepreneurship is the attempt to draw upon business techniques to find solutions to social problems. This concept may be applied to a variety of organizations with different sizes, aims, and beliefs.
- 21. Issues Facing the Voluntary Sector – Issues Facing the Voluntary Sector – Frivolity – Politicization – Property tax exemptions – Salaries
- 24. Group Discussion • Choose a social issue as a group. – First consider how you would create a nonprofit to address the issue. • Would your organization provide direct service or social advocacy? • Who would you recruit to be on your board? • Where would you solicit resources? - Second consider how you would apply a business ethic to the same social issue. • How does this change what your organization provides? • Who would you recruit to be a partner? • How would you solicit resources differently?
- 25. Extra Credit: 5 points for attending all day event and submitting 3 page paper 1 additional point for attending the pre-advocacy day event Illinois NASW Advocacy Day Tuesday, April 14th in Springfield, IL • The day will encompass a half day of educational seminars on lobbying in Illinois followed by advocating at the Capitol. • The cost of attending the event is $13 if you register prior to February 28th. After February 28th, the cost goes up to $18. You need to register individually, online at: https://naswil.wufoo.com/forms/advocacy-day-041415/ • The School of Social Work will be arranging for transportation for all students to Springfield and back on Advocacy Day. The event begins in Springfield at 8:15am and will wrap up at 3:30pm. Please plan to be at the School of Social Work to leave for Springfield at 6:15am. The bus will be leaving promptly at 6:30am, so please keep in mind if you are late, you will need to arrange for your own transportation to Springfield. • Once you register, please also send an email to ksharmon@illinois.edu to let me know you are registered so I can keep a head count of how many people are attending. • More information about Advocacy Day can be found at http://www.naswil.org/advocacy/advocacy-day/.
- 26. Next Class • Read Karger & Stoesz Chapter 7 • Turn in your summary of on-line reading. Check COMPASS. • 1st Exam is March 3. It will be administered on COMPASS.