Deck 6: The Voluntary Sector Today

Question 1

How have members of marginalized groups secured positions within welfare bureaucracies?

Answer 1

no answer

Question 2

You are asked to testify before a federal committee regarding licensing of social workers.If your testimony emphasized the importance of including licensed social workers as professionals qualified to invoiced Medicare and Medicaid for services,you are most likely to be:

A)An executive in a human services corporation.
B)A welfare bureaucrat.
C)A philanthropist.
D)An officer in a nonprofit organization.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

What is the most likely explanation for the contemporary emphasis on providing social welfare services through faith-based organizations?

A)evidence that faith-based services meet client needs more efficiently and effectively.
B)an ideological commitment to smaller government.
C)an increase of compassion among conservatives.
D)evidence that faith-based services create less dependency than public services.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

You become convinced that very little is being done to help a specific marginalized group (for example,ex-offenders).Which structural interest is most likely to respond to this unmet need?

A)Human service corporations.
B)Welfare bureaucrats.
C)Clinical entrepreneurs.
D)Voluntary sector providers.

Question 5

You see an advertisement on television seeking volunteers to support a social service program.The ad emphasizes a concern for community as opposed to personal gain
And the freedom to conform to changes in local priorities.What structural interest is
Most likely represented in the ad?

A)Human service corporations.
B)Welfare bureaucrats.
C)Clinical entrepreneurs.
D)Traditional voluntary sector providers.

Question 6

Which structural interest seems to have been in decline since the mid-1980s due to political opposition?

A)Human service corporations.
B)Welfare bureaucrats.
C)Clinical entrepreneurs.
D)Traditional voluntary sector providers.

Question 7

The phrase "socialization of charity" refers to philanthropic contributions to the voluntary sector like:

A)Private foundations who accept grant requests.
B)Point-of-service contracts to provide government funded social services.
C)Large individual contributions by wealthy individuals seeking to achieve a specific aim.
D)Community-based appeals that routinize contributions like United Way.

Question 8

What difference do you see as being most significant between the ideology of human service executives and social entrepreneurs?

Question 9

What is commercialization,how does it serve nonprofits,and how has it changed nonprofit organizations in recent decades?

Question 10

The shift from a national reliance on public social services to a renewal of the voluntary sector since President Reagan is:

A)an example of improving efficiency by relying on private social services.
B)a movement that has been primarily advanced by Republican presidents.
C)based on rapidly rising charitable contributions for social services.
D)similar to the social welfare systems in Europe.

Question 11

Because of a scandal,local contributions to the community food pantry in your town have declined.People in need are now being referred to the state social service office to apply for supplemental nutritional assistance.How would you describe this change?

A)A shift from public to private responsibility for food assistance.
B)A opportunity for social entrepreneurs to establish profitable programs without government assistance.
C)A shift from the voluntary sector to the federal government.
D)An shift from the voluntary sector to a human services corporation.

Question 12

Today,much social service provision exists in the form of the _________,whose member groups collected over five billion dollars in 2010.

A)the Roman Catholic Church
B)the congregations in the Southern Baptist Convention
C)the United Way
D)public schools

Question 13

Why might one agree with the statement that "reliance on the voluntary sector to address the social problems associated with those who are marginalized is
Problematic?"

A)None of the funding streams that support the voluntary sector have the needs of the marginalized as their primary interest.
B)The voluntary sector is too diverse with too many agencies.
C)The voluntary sector has not historically focused on social problems associated with marginalized people.
D)Marginal interests in American have failed to organize to address their own needs.

Question 14

If you are advocating efficiency,client responsiveness,and aggressive business practices that are suffused with social consciousness,you are most likely to be:

A)An executive in a human services corporation.
B)A welfare bureaucrat.
C)A social entrepreneur.
D)A candidate running for office

Question 15

In American social welfare,the voluntary sector was the first:

A)modern social welfare institution.
B)to create public almshouses.
C)to eliminate character tests before receipt of services.
D)to separate charity from religious impulses.

Question 16

Your job is to plan for the future of the organization for which you work.You determine that your organization is unlikely to be able to hire competent executives with the current salary structure in order to compete effectively with other organizations.Who are you most likely to be?

A)An executive in a human services corporation.
B)A welfare bureaucrat.
C)A social entrepreneur.
D)An officer in a nonprofit organization.

Question 17

How has the voluntary sector been important to U.S.social welfare?

Question 18

You are a consultant for a local nonprofit organization that is concerned about a decline in contributions.This nonprofit provides social services to the poor.What
Would you recommend as the first step to improve fundraising?

A)an increase in the number of grant applications filed with private foundations.
B)hiring a lobbyist to work to obtain state funds through the legislature.
C)improved maintenance of the records for individual contributors,more frequent communication with these contributors to tout your
Accomplishments.
D)an increase in the number of federal and state grant applications.

Question 19

Funding for social services in your state is being challenged,and many in the legislature seem to want to cut funding.If you were to make the argument before a state committee that social welfare services were both legitimate and necessary,but need to be delivered in an efficient and coordinated system,you are most like to be:

A)An executive in a human services corporation.
B)A welfare bureaucrat.
C)A clinical entrepreneur.
D)An officer in a nonprofit organization.

Question 20

What difference do you see as being most significant between the perspectives of social entrepreneurs and clinical entrepreneurs?