KINNEY, Nancy T <br/><br/>
Toppling Jefferson's wall or tiptoeing around it? Evaluating the implementation of faith-friendly welfare policy 

 - Thousand Oaks :  SAGE,  March 2006 
<br/><br/> Through interviews with coordinators of faith-based mentoring programs, a statewide study examined publicly funded efforts to widen the involvement of religious groups in welfare service provision. Analysis focused on front-line implementers' ability to function as boundary spanners in a complex, unsettled environment. The study identified three salient factors affecting implementation in this new faith-friendly arena: the employment background of the programcoordinators, the rural or urban setting of the program, and the limitations of a constrained state welfare apparatus. The experiences of these so-called early adopters of charitable choice indicate the scope, strength, and surmountability of institutional barriers confronting implementers 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Aspecto Histórico<br/>Reforma Administrativa<br/>Implementação<br/>Política