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Philadelphia Census of Congregations and Their Involvement in Social Service Delivery

Author(s) -

Ram A. Cnaan,

Stephanie C. Boddie

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

social service review

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73

H-Index - 58

eISSN - 1537-5404

pISSN - 0037-7961

DOI - 10.1086/323163

Subject(s) - census , social welfare , social work , service delivery framework , welfare , government (linguistics) , sociology , service (business) , public administration , economic growth , demography , business , political science , law , population , economics , marketing , linguistics , philosophy

This census of congregational social services is the first attempt to identify all of the congregations in Philadelphia and their services. This article reports results from 1,376 of an estimated 2,095 congregations. It finds that 1,211 congregations (88 percent) have at least one social program. On average, each congregation provides 2.41 programs and serves 102 people per month. The primary beneficiaries are children (served by 49.2 percent of all programs). According to the census, 571 congregations (41.5 percent) collaborate with secular organizations, and 857 congregations (62.3 percent) are open to collaborating with government welfare programs. Conservatively, the financial replacement value of all congregational social services in Philadelphia is $246,901,440 annually.

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