Interorganizational Measurement in the Social Services Sector: Differences by Hierarchical Level

Klonglan, Gerald E.

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“…Rather, multiple ties across hierarchical levels should be developed among agencies. Elements that can be coordinated include information, resources, clients, and programs (Klonglan, Warren, Winkelpleck, & Paulson, 1976). Thus, the strategies for the interagency activities between child welfare and mental health service providers include exchange of children's maltreatment, medical reports, and other relevant information, resource exchanges of funds and materials (i.e., joint budgeting and resource allocation), cross-training of staff, working with agency on individual cases, written agreements to share activities between organizations, and joint programs to plan and implement service delivery.…”

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Coordination between child welfare agencies and mental health service providers, children's service use, and outcomes

Wells

Hillemeier

2009

Child Abuse & Neglect

131

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Objective-Interorganizational relationships (IORs) between child welfare agencies and mental health service providers may facilitate mental health treatment access for vulnerable children. This study investigates whether IORs are associated with greater use of mental health services and improvement in mental health status for children served by the child welfare system.Methods-This was a longitudinal analysis of data from a 36 month period in the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW). The sample consisted of 1,613 children within 75 child welfare agencies who were 2 years or older and had mental health problems at baseline. IOR intensity was measured as the number of coordination approaches between each child welfare agency and mental health service providers. Separate weighted multilevel logistic regression models tested associations between IORs and service use and outcomes, respectively.Results-Agency level factors accounted for 9% of the variance in the probability of service use and 12% of mental health improvement. Greater intensity of IORs was associated with higher likelihood of both service use and mental health improvement.Conclusions-Having greater numbers of ties with mental health providers may help child welfare agencies improve children's mental health service access and outcomes.Practice Implications-Policymakers should develop policies and initiatives to encourage a combination of different types of organizational ties between child welfare and mental health systems. For instance, information sharing at the agency level in addition to coordination at the case level may improve the coordination necessary to serve these vulnerable children.The insufficient provision of mental health services to emotionally disturbed children in the child welfare system has been well documented (Burns et al., 2004;Glisson, 1996;Hurlburt et al., 2004;Trupin, Tarico, Benson, Jemelka, & McClellan, 1993 Publisher's Disclaimer: This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final citable form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. NIH Public Access Author ManuscriptChild Abuse Negl. Author manuscript; available in PMC 2010 June 1. system, for instance, one recent study found 42.4% of children to have mental health problems; however, only 28.3% received outpatient specialty mental health services (Hurlburt et al., 2004). Although many child welfare agencies provide mental health services, other agencies often provide at least some of the treatment children need. Inadequate interorganizational relationships (IORs) between child welfare and mental health providers thus may partly account for the substantial gap between needs and use ...

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Coordination between child welfare agencies and mental health service providers, children's service use, and outcomes

Wells

Hillemeier

2009

Child Abuse & Neglect

131

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“…Items on the questionnaire were organized according to the research questions (see Benson et al, 1973;Klonglan et at., 1976;Hall et al, 1977;Stumpf and Terrell, 1979;Van de Ven and Ferry, 1980;Roberts, 1983;Roberts-DeGennaro, 1986b, 1987a. Overall, 30 of the 36 organizations participated in the study.…”

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A Study of Youth Services Networks from a Political-Economy Perspective

Roberts-DeGennaro

1988

Journal of Social Service Research

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Using the political-economy perspective, an analysis of three youth services networks was conducted. The internal political economies of the nehvorks were investigated. The dimensions of domain, ideology, coordinalion and evaluation were examined. The findings suggested the networks were vehicles for sharing new ideas and technologies. Advocacy activities were important in improving interagency cooperation and in obtaining community support for youth services. The resource exchanges among the member organizations in the networks were self-help efforts that enabled the organizations to survive and grow.

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“…Generally, the organization's centralization is meaning hierarchy in decision making process among organization [5]. As team leader exists in the project, there is one more steps to decision making process, therefore project being harder for the normal working level officials to have decision making authority.…”

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“…The organizational characteristics explaining inter-organizational linkages have explained in variety of categories depending on researcher. Reference [5] stated centralization, formalization, innovation, communication, and complexity, while [6] understanding of cooperating organization, and supply of necessary resources to cooperating organization. Reference [7] argued a size of organization, stated purposes, organization principles, shape of structure, finance, management, and management structure, program and service scope of activity as organizational characteristic affecting inter-organizational linkages.…”

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“…Although such importance of cooperation between organizations participating in "Elderly Employment Project" is increasing, the discussion related to this project is focusing on effectivity of project itself or satisfaction of participating elders, with almost no research on cooperation between organizations. For that purpose, this study is to find out the effect of centralization, formalization, communication, and complexity, which is four of five concepts proposed by [5], on inter-organizational linkages.…”

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The Effect of Organizational Characteristics on Inter-organizational Linkages – On the Basis of Elderly Employment Project Executing Organizations

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Sejeong²

2016

IJSSH

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Interorganizational Measurement in the Social Services Sector: Differences by Hierarchical Level

Cited by 32 publications

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Coordination between child welfare agencies and mental health service providers, children's service use, and outcomes

Coordination between child welfare agencies and mental health service providers, children's service use, and outcomes

A Study of Youth Services Networks from a Political-Economy Perspective

The Effect of Organizational Characteristics on Inter-organizational Linkages – On the Basis of Elderly Employment Project Executing Organizations

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