Welfare and Funding

This week’s focus is on understanding the system and where an organization belongs within the system. The challenge of human services lies in funding and clients who need services do not have the ability to pay for them. So the question becomes who should pay? If the government pays, they fund services through tax revenue, which is collected from individuals and businesses. Private companies rely on clients’ ability to pay for services. Non-profit companies rely on charitable funding that may or may not materialize.

Engage in a conversation with your course community about the following:

• How should human services be provided in the United States?

As always, if you are relying on someone else’s ideas when presenting yours, you should reference their paper, article, et cetera. This includes sharing references to your fellow students’ ideas