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The Future of Community-Based Services and Education
- 1. Ryan Guzman AET/508 31 August 2015 Professor Cynthia Loeffler
- 2. In the very near future, Community-Based service and education organizations are going to face some challenges. These challenges are due to the changing landscape of our society. Community- Based Organizations (CBO’s) will face challenges with leadership, finances and sustainability, among other things.
- 3. Leadership • Investing in quality leadership • Responsibility to train next generation of leaders Current shortage of leaders, 67% of top-level non-profit executives retiring by 2016 *projection (Sevilla, 2014)
- 4. Blending of skills • Community-Based leaders will need to have both: Private sector business skills Traditional non-profit attributes
- 5. Sustainability • Great Recession Impact Stats on community-organizations since the great Recession (Out of 600 organizations since 2006) 20% could not be found 15% disbanded 20% severely understaffed (Sevilla, 2014)
- 6. Sustainability • Public Funding Many communities cutting funding to CBO’s for other programs Example: The State of West Virginia has drastically cut public funds for CBO’s in favor of increased funding for Medicaid funding. (Stottlemyer, 2006) CBO’s having to find funding in other places
- 7. Sustainability • Staffing With cuts in public funding, many organizations cannot afford COLA (Cost of Living Adjustment) for their staff Employees are leaving their organizations for better pay
- 8. Diversity • Demographics White Americans will go from comprising 85% of the to 43% of the population by 2060 Half of all immigrants are Hispanic (20 million since 1965) Hispanic and Black Americans will makeup 45% of the population by 2060 (Restuccia, 2014) CBO’s will begin to reflect these numbers
- 9. Diversity • Language 2012 study notes that Spanish is primary language in 38.3 million American homes (U.S. Census Bureau) To meet needs of the community, Spanish speaking will have to be addressed
- 10. Needs of the elderly • Better Services in: Respite Care Adult Day Care Personal Care Services Home-Based Healthcare Services (Casado et. al., 2011)
- 11. As our society continues to change and evolve, community-based service and education organizations are going to have to continue to evolve along with society in order to continue to meet the needs of their respective communities. The challenges are many, but the goals are achievable and the rewards are numerous.
- 12. Casado, B. L., Van Vulpen, K. S., & Davis, S. L. (2011). Unmet needs for home and community-based services among frail older Americans and their caregivers. Journal of Aging and Health, 23(3), 529-553. Sage Journals. Restuccia, D. (2014). Huffington Post. Retrieved from http:// www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/13/changing-racial- makeup-_n_5142462.html Sevilla, O. (2014). Essential leadership characteristics, skills, and knowledge of future social work community-based, nonprofit human service leaders: A delphi study Retrieved from http:// search.proquest.Com/docview/1625748727?Accountid=458 Stottlemyer, A. M. (2006). MAKING CHANGES IN THE MOUNTAIN STATE. Behavioral Healthcare, 26(6), 10-1. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/227944091? accountid=458
Editor's Notes
- In her dissertation study, Olivia Sevilla found that the most successful non profits were the ones who had successful executives at the top. However, she also found that by 2016, 67% of these executives were going to be leaving their organizations for retirement. Organizations will have to invest in quality leadership and at the forefront of that is a responsibility to train the next generation of leaders, In fact, organizations that wish to thrive and be successful in the future need to be doing this now being that 2016 is next year.
- Olivia Sevilla continues by noting that the future executives will be called upon to have skills that were once thought to be in contrast to each other. They will need to be savvy in both private sector business skills and traditional non-profit skills. With more and more public funding being cut from community-based organizations, executives will have challenges that will benefit from having these two blended skills. The private sector skills will allow them to navigate the business side of the organization while the non-profit skills will help them execute the mission of the organization.
- The great recession that began around 2006 (with its apex in 2009) has affected community-based organizations. In Los Angeles county alone, many organizations felt the effects of this recession. In 2014, a study was done to understand the impact of the great recession on CBO’s. From CBO’s registered in 2006, 205 could not be found in 2014. In addition from 2006 to 2014, 15% of CBO’s disbanded while 20% were severely understaffed.
- Funding is being cut nation wide for many community organizations. Communities are being forced to decide where to allocate the limited funds and unfortunately, CBO’s are being found on the wrong end of this funding. For example, in West Virginia, the state has cut funding from community-based services to their Medicaid program. While Medicaid is a worthwhile cause, CBO’s are being forced to find funding in a difficult financial climate.
- Communities are being forced to cut funding to CBO’s which, in turn, is making CBO’s make drastic choices for their organizations. One of the choices they are making is in regards to staffing. While private sector businesses are maintaining decent wages for their employees, CBO’s are not able to afford the same luxuries. CBO’s cannot afford COLA’s which makes it difficult for staff to remain employed by these organizations. Employees, in turn, are turning to jobs in the private sector.
- A big change in community-based services/organizations will be in their demographic makeup. In the United States, the White American population will decrease from 85% today to 43% by the year 2060. The largest population group (by 2060) will be Hispanics. Today, half of all immigrants to the United States are from Hispanic background. Since 1965, 20 million Hispanics have immigrated to the U.S. By 2060, 45% of Americans will be of black or Hispanic descent.
- As CBO’s continue to decide how to best serve their communities, one of the issues they will need to address is the issue of language; specifically the Spanish speaking population. In the United States, 38.3 million homes identify as Spanish speaking. CBO’s will have to address this as more and more of their clientele will come from a Spanish speaking background.
- As the older population continues to age, several surveys have showed that communities are in need of better services in four areas. Those four areas are respite care, adult day care, personal care services and home-based healthcare services. These services are not so readily available in many communities.