Exam 5: Service Sectors

Which of the following operate like businesses and use market-oriented strategies to generate their own revenue,usually through the sale of goods or services?

Significant changes have occurred within voluntary social agencies.Which of the following describes a radical change that must now be done?

In 2002,the federal government introduced the "10 percent rule" under the Income Tax Act.What component of a registered charity's activities is now limited to 10 percent of their resources?

All of the following explain why the boundaries between the public,commercial,and voluntary sectors are considered to be ill-defined or "fuzzy" EXCEPT which?

Voluntary social agencies rely on diverse funding sources.Approximately what percentage of voluntary social agency funding comes from agency-generated earnings?

Which of the following describes the Edleun Group Inc.?

Describe the term advocacy "chill."

Following the Voluntary Sector Initiative,the government's new business approach transformed the voluntary social agencies.Which of the following describes what voluntary social agencies used to do,but what they have to do now?

Raising funds from non-government sources is a challenge.Which of the following describes the percentage of voluntary agency funding in Canada that comes from individual donations?

Pat is a family support worker at a local voluntary social agency.Pat recently discovered there are discriminating policies at the government welfare office.Pat wants to speak out on behalf of welfare clients,but she's afraid that doing so may jeopardize the funding her employer receives from the government.In the end,Pat decides to say nothing.What term refers to Pat's reluctance to speak out?

Canada is said to have a mixed economy of welfare.What does this mean?

With respect to services,which of the following groups of citizens would NOT fall under the mandate of the federal government?

Which of the following describes the way in which governments and voluntary organizations form their working relationship?

Studies indicate that voluntary social agencies are generally faring poorly.One common problem experienced by these agencies is lack of finances or unstable financing.Identify three other problems that are common among voluntary social agencies.

While government is generally concerned with the administrative and decision-making functions of running a country or region,what does governance focus on?

The introduction of alternative service delivery (ASD)is significant for the delivery of Canada's social services in three main ways.One way is that the new approach promotes the privatization of social welfare programs.Identify two other ways that ASD is significant for social welfare service delivery.

Which type of economy is likely to invest its profits back into the organization or toward a local cause?

Which political party dubbed the public,commercial,and voluntary sectors as the "three pillars" of Canadian society?

Raising funds from non-government sources is a challenge.Which of the following describes the percentage of voluntary agency funding in Canada that comes from corporate donations?

Your text describes an Agency Profile: Women in Need Society (WINS).Identify the six services that focus primarily on women with low-income.