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- Title
What Is the Future Focus for Settlements?
- Authors
Carter, Genevieve W.
- Abstract
This article presents information on the charting of aims of social welfare agencies in the voluntary field which is less certain than for governmental services, because financing is more unpredictable. Availability of money, either public or private, is a strong indication of general interest in and values about welfare services. As concern about reforms in public welfare continues, the general public, as well as government officials, is finding out that the front-line agencies for these clients are the settlements. This has also been true for projects on delinquency, multiproblem families, and similar problems for which the community demands that something be done. A favorable climate exists today for public understanding about the objectives and services of settlement houses. From this new interest, one serious problem to face is whether we can produce the changes that are expected in our neighborhoods of clients. Past experience will help, but the challenge of the next several years will lie heavily on what the settlements are able to do in upgrading staff, specialized training, and keeping up with the new knowledge available.
- Subjects
SOCIAL settlements; PUBLIC welfare personnel; SOCIAL services; SOCIAL workers; SOCIAL work administration; PUBLIC welfare
- Publication
Social Work, 1963, Vol 8, Issue 2, p41
- ISSN
0037-8046
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/sw/8.2.41