Richard Buery on the Huffington Post: When Bureaucracy Strains Government/Non-Profit Relationships
In Richard Buery's latest Huffington Post piece, he examines problematic partnerships between governments and non-profits, especially when the former is more concerned with how a program is operated rather than if it produces the desired results. An excerpt is posted below.
"Providing a safety net for our most vulnerable citizens is a core function of government. And whatever one thinks of the appropriate scope of that function, we would all agree that whatever services government provides should be efficient and effective. A foster care system should provide a permanent home for children as quickly as possible. A workforce development program should help its' participants find jobs. All of this work should be done at a reasonable cost. Yet governments often act in ways that undermine these common sense principles."