Meeting Goals and Objectives in a Human Services Organization

University of Phoenix

HSM 240 Public Policy Development in Human Services

Meeting Goals and Objectives in a Human Services Organization

With any human services organization it is necessary to produce results that can be measured, due to the fact that many are funded in part or wholly by public funding. "In effect, to express goals and objectives as services rather than outcomes makes it impossible to evaluate a program against its outcomes, rendering such a program essentially nonaccountable. If a social program cannot produce results that meet human needs, the welfare system must direct funding elsewhere" (Chambers & Wedel, 2005, ). Goodwill Industries has a track record of producing results that are favorable in...