Block Grants and Funding Decisions
The Case for Social Indicators
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10536309 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nancy Gumprecht (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 57 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 137-148 |
| Publication date | 1983-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Service Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0037-7961 • E-ISSN: 1537-5404 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/644077 |
| OpenAlex | W1972365486 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
This study examines the response of county public welfare departments to requests for child protective services in different environments. The findings suggest that departments receive more requests from regions with poor populations and attempt to respond to such requests with increased expenditures. Because funds are distributed on the basis of proportion of population, children in economically depressed environments do not appear to receive the same services as children in richer environments. With block grant funding assuming a greater role, states can use social indicators of the environment to assist in service planning and to correct this problem
Actuarial science · Block (permutation group theory · Block grant · Business · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Human services · Political science · Population · Public economics · Service (business · Social Welfare · Welfare · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Homelessness and Social Issues · Marketing · Medicine · Social Work
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |