Resources
Fact Sheets
Privatization
- 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.
sector news and updates
Human services updates from the AFSCME Information Highway
Latest updates
- Impacts of Public Health Insurance on Occupational Upgrading
- State Actor Orchestration for Achieving Workforce Development at Scale: Evidence from Four US States
- Macroeconomic Feedback Effects of Medicaid Expansion: Evidence from Michigan
- States can improve supports for infants and toddlers who are in or at risk of entering foster care
- Does Administrative Burden Influence Public Support for Government Programs? Evidence from a Survey Experiment
