Resources and Challenges of Charitable Human Service Organizations in New Brunswick By Luc Thériault, Carmen Gill, Heather McTiernan, & Scott Bell In Canada, the parameters of service provision between the nonprofit sector and the state have shifted with the emergence of the post welfare era. While some recent national-level studies have contributed to our knowledge of this largely under-researched sector, less is known about these organizations at the regional and provincial levels. At this level, some basic questions about the nature and capacity of the sector must be answered before one can think about the proper role these agencies can or should play in the current mixed-economy of care. With New Brunswick as the study area, this research examines a specific sub-set of organizations engaged in the provision of services to individuals and populations in need: registered charitable organizations involved in human services (i.e., social services and non-hospital health services). The results are derived from a provincial survey of these organizations which explores key dimensions such as: activities, governance, accountability, location, financial resources, gender representation, and service delivery challenges. The initial results of a socio-geographic analysis of this data are also presented, which begin to provide a better understanding of the context and “landscape” of human service delivery in New Brunswick.

• Un profil du secteur des organismes caritatifs offrant des services à la personne au Nouveau-Brunswick Luc Thériault, Carmen Gill, Heather McTiernan, & Scott Bell CSEHub Occasional Paper 05 - August 2008 French PDF, 4 MB 34 pages

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