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- Title
PERFORMANCE-BASED CONTRACTING FOR HUMAN SERVICES: A PROPOSED MODEL.
- Authors
Martin, Lawrence L.
- Abstract
This article presents a proposed model of performance-based contracting for human services. The model uses an expanded systems framework as an organizing theme, is based on the actual practices of a small purposeful sample of state human service agencies, and includes contractor financial risk and contractor data needs components. The purpose of the model is to provide a conceptual framework that can be used by government human service agencies to assess the various approaches to performance-based contracting and their implications. As prologue, a brief history of contracting for human services is presented. The historical review demonstrates that the current interest with performance-based contracting is the result of evolutionary changes in the concept of "accountability" in human service contracting that have occurred over the past 25 years.
- Subjects
HUMAN services; FINANCING of human services; MANAGEMENT of human services; MANAGEMENT of government agencies; INTERPRETATION &; construction of contracts; MANAGEMENT of public contracts; CONTRACTING out
- Publication
Public Administration Quarterly, 2007, Vol 31, Issue 2, p130
- ISSN
0734-9149
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/073491490703100203