Faith and Facts: Measuring and Improving the Effectiveness of Social Services Delivery by Faith-Based Organizations
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Introduction Should faith-based organizations delivering social services be held to the same standards of accountability as other government and non-profit providers in measuring their effectiveness? Believing the answer to this question is yes, Volunteers of America, one of the country's largest faith-based social service providers, recently embarked on an ambitious effort to collect outcome data on its diverse range of programs across the country. In this paper, the major characteristics of and lessons from this effort are shared.
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