A new report has been released by the Alliance for Children and Families that should warrant some attention.  You can download it here.

Over the next five years, the human services sector will face challenges and new opportunities as clients age, communities become more culturally diverse, and the funding environment changes. Without a significant human services nonprofit-led intervention:

• The number of individuals with the same social ills we face today will increase
• The nation will continue to struggle with the definition of the role of government, and government will significantly reduce its funding of the sector
• Foundations will hone their focus to the few proven, impact-generating organizations

Their analysis reviews six primary forces that are driving change in the human services field:

• Purposeful Experimentation
• Information Liberation
• Integrating Science
• Uncompromising Demand for Impact
• Branding Causes
• Attracting Investors, Not Donors

As the report explains - the team set out with three goals in mind:

1. Identify and assess disruptive forces and issues that will be faced by nonprofit human services organizations during the next three to five years
2. Identify the key goals and philosophical shifts in the human services sector
3. Identify competencies and strategies necessary to position human services organizations so they can thrive

  
It's a great report helping agencies prepare for the changes that will occur over the next 3 to 5 years.  Download it today at:  http://alliance1.org/disruptive-forces-execsumm