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- Outsourcing Social Services: Eliminating Public Watchdogs
Outsourcing is promoted as a way to save money, improve services, and shake up so-called “unaccountable bureaucracies.” But in reality, it often fails on all counts, especially in attempts to outsource human and social services.
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Human services updates from the AFSCME Information Highway
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- Public Housing Work Requirements: Case Study on the Chicago Housing Authority
- Tracking Federal Funding to Combat the Opioid Crisis
- Corporations and the American Welfare State: Adversaries or Allies?
