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Social Work With Groups describes continuity and change in group work. It revisits the theoretical ideas of group work and group work topics of the past decade, focusing on the continuity of group work theory and practice. At the same time it emphasizes the need for change to more effectively work with deal with people in new groups in need--people with AIDS, gangs, persons in grief, and minorities, as well as groups always in need but now with new and additional needs--families, children, adolescents. This book deals with how to meet the needs of existing and emerging populations. It shows a

This paper will report the findings of an empirical study of 218 large, urban based United Way organizations (United Funds, United Community Services, Community Chests, and Community Councils) undertaken in 1972. The immediate aim of the study was to explore and identify those environmental conditions associated with United Way responsiveness to the emerging needs of poor and minority citizens and their indigenous service and action organizations. Its broader purpose was an attempt to contribute to the revitalization of the voluntary sector of social welfare through illuminating the process of institutional change and the development of flexible organization forms. For by the end of the 1960s the viability of voluntary organizations dependent on private philanthropy had been seriously jeopardized. During the 1960s United Way organizations functioned in a turbulent climate that severely threatened its traditional and hallowed voluntary sector roles. Surrounded by an intense atmosphere of sturm und drang, the voluntary sector was faced with a tremendous expansion of public sector social planning and services, innovative quasi non-governmental organizations, increased dependency of private agencies on public dollars, and resurgence of interest in market mechanism solutions to service provision.