A National Imperative: Joining Forces to Strengthen Human Services in America (Jan 2018)

FUNDING CHALLENGES

Decreased government funding

Inflexible funding

Decreased private donations

Difficulty reporting outcomes

Difficulty applying for funding and grants

Increase in restricted donations

Percentage human services CBOs indicating

More “pay-for-performance” contracting models

Percentage government agencies indicating

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

0%

COST CHALLENGES

Capacity-building and innovation costs

Staff salaries

Costs to deliver services

Physical infrastructure costs

IT costs

Administrative costs

Percentage human services CBOs indicating

Employee benefits

Percentage government agencies indicating

Waste, fraud, and abuse

0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

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