Describe the shift in providing social services
The shift in providing social services started in the 1960s and 1970s, when most of the nonprofit agencies became agents of the government with the expansion of the American welfare state (Daly, 2009). Although this was a well-kept secret this shift in government contracting of social services moved it from the outer margins to the center of the welfare policy and federal welfare spending (Daly, 2009). This caused a clear structural pattern in policy history, which is recognizable in two basic phases (Daly, 2009). The first one being that the modern American social safety net was founded on “ant subsidy” principles, which separated public and private functions in such a way that it largely insulted faith-based social services from church-state requirements attached to the public purse (Daly, 2009). When welfare spending was restructured beginning in the mid-1960s it created a larger public role for social services, causing faith-based providers to be thrust into church-state conflict by the new political economy of welfare spending (Daly, 2009). It was in the 1980s that the movement away from the strict separation of church and state began with the development of “equal access” principles (Daly, 2009). All of this along with many court cases led to an increase in church-state cooperation in social welfare, which was followed by a clear structural pattern in policy history (Daly, 2009).
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Why or why not?
I do believe that there is a place for faith-based social services, because without the churches and other religious organizations helping people many would go without. So many people do not have the ability to be able to get to government offices to get assistance and due to this they go to the closest place to them which is more than likely a church or faith-based nonprofit
The shift in providing social services started in the 1960s and 1970s, when most of the nonprofit agencies became agents of the government with the expansion of the American welfare state (Daly, 2009). Although this was a well-kept secret this shift in government contracting of social services moved it from the outer margins to the center of the welfare policy and federal welfare spending (Daly, 2009). This caused a clear structural pattern in policy history, which is recognizable in two basic phases (Daly, 2009). The first one being that the modern American social safety net was founded on “ant subsidy” principles, which separated public and private functions in such a way that it largely insulted faith-based social services from church-state requirements attached to the public purse (Daly, 2009). When welfare spending was restructured beginning in the mid-1960s it created a larger public role for social services, causing faith-based providers to be thrust into church-state conflict by the new political economy of welfare spending (Daly, 2009). It was in the 1980s that the movement away from the strict separation of church and state began with the development of “equal access” principles (Daly, 2009). All of this along with many court cases led to an increase in church-state cooperation in social welfare, which was followed by a clear structural pattern in policy history (Daly, 2009).
Explain the drive and direction of the different political …show more content…
Why or why not?
I do believe that there is a place for faith-based social services, because without the churches and other religious organizations helping people many would go without. So many people do not have the ability to be able to get to government offices to get assistance and due to this they go to the closest place to them which is more than likely a church or faith-based nonprofit