1. Mismatches and Unmet Needs:Connecting Help to High Need Communities Scott W. Allard Associate Professor School of Social Service Administration University of Chicago Author – Out of Reach: Place, Poverty, and the New American Welfare State Yale University Press, 2009 www.scottwallard.com sallard@uchicago.edu

2. Four key questions How do we help? Where do we help? Why does it matter? What do we do?

3. How do we help low-income families? Welfare and Food Stamps $70 billion / year Source: Allard (2009)

4. How do we help low-income families? Welfare and Food Stamps $70 billion / year Social Service Programs +$150 billion / year Source: Allard (2009)

5. Why does it matter? Government Nonprofit Organizations Program funds Capacity

6. Critical role of nonprofits State of Illinois - 2006 Nonprofit Social Services +$6 billion / year Welfare and Food Stamps ≈$2.5 billion / year Sources: Internal Revenue Service, Illinois Department of Human Services

7. Critical role of nonprofits Secular nonprofits Accountability Advocacy Link communities to resources Reaching hardest-to-serve Autonomy Social capital Faith-based organizations

9. Why does it matter? Place Matters No Access = No Help

10. Mismatches by Place Source: Allard (2009) Access to Emergency Assistance Access to Employment Assistance

11. Mismatches by Race Predominately African- American and Hispanic neighborhoods have much less access to social service programs than white neighborhoods ≈50% less ≈35% less Black Neighborhood Hispanic Neighborhood White Neighborhood Source: Allard (2009)

12. Why do mismatches exist? Demand > Supply Difficult to find office space Location preferences of providers

13. Why does it matter? Instability $ and programs

14. Instability Among Nonprofits In 2005-06 – percentage of nonprofit providers reporting: Reports of instability occurred during a good economy 45% 42% 34% 28% Offering Fewer Services Serving Fewer Clients Employing Fewer Staff % Losing Program Funding Source: Allard (2009)

15. Why does it matter? Safety net Core values How we help the poor Public support for programs

16. Helping American-style Work Activity Families Support Services Self-sufficiency Community-based Private Children Education Opportunity

17. What do we do? Improve Links to Existing Help FBOs and churches Outreach Immigrants Food Banks & Pantries Information Technology

18. What do we do? Urban Suburban Regional

19. What do we do? Strengthen Community-based Nonprofits Strengthen Networks Reach Private Donors New Revenue Models Funding for Facilities Technical Assistance

20. What do we do? Maintain Public Commitments Funding Effective Programs Subtraction Ripple Effect Economic Impact Seeking New Solutions

21. Thank you For more information: www.scottwallard.com sallard@uchicago.edu