I’ve been noticing that with social problems we tend to try to cure the symptoms of the problem rather than the cause of the problem. For example, in respect to domestic abuse, we provide services for the victims of abuse: counseling, shelter, help finding a job, etc.; but we don’t really focus on tackling the [...]
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Helping or Hurting?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged agencies, domestic violence, grants, money, non-profit, shelters, VAWA on February 26, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Non-profit organizations are created to provide aid for social services. However, they often lose sight of their goals and focus too much on maintaining the organization instead. In domestic violence shelters, the organizations have lost sight of their purpose, focusing too much on abiding by state and federal regulations in order to receive grants. It [...]
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