From: Ron Cretaro [rcretaro@ctnonprofits.org]
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 10:47 AM
To: Dakers, Robert; peter.debiasi@accessagency.org
Cc: Simmat, Susan
Subject: New study on government contracting - problems and solutions for
CT
Dear Bob and Peter,
I am forwarding you links to
several reports released today by two national organizations. Nonprofits
in
Regards,
Ron
CT
Association of Nonprofits would like to share with you two reports released
earlier today by the Urban Institute and the National Council of Nonprofits
regarding government contracting with nonprofit human services providers. Both
reports highlight significant problems in
The
Urban Institute’s report, Human Service Nonprofits and Government
Collaboration: Findings from the 2010 National Survey of Nonprofit Government
Contracting and Grants (full
report; report
brief; state-specific
data – CT data found on page 21), demonstrates that CT is ranked in the top
10 worst states in three significant areas of government contracting.
Key
CT Nonprofits Calls on Nonprofit Community, Policymakers to Take
Action:
·
Partnering to support CT: Nonprofits and CT
state government must establish a cooperative relationship through which we
both, as partners, work through practical, procedural, and fiscal problems and
together develop solutions that ensure people get the services they need when
they need them, that taxpayers receive full value for the programs they are
funding, and that communities are strengthened. A 2010 CT Nonprofits’ report
discusses several ways in which nonprofits and state government can strengthen
our partnership.
Further
In
conjunction with the release of the Urban Institute's survey results, the
National Council of Nonprofits issued a Special
Report, Costs, Complexification, and Crisis: Government’s Human
Services Contracting “System” Hurts Everyone, that provides additional
context to the Urban Institute findings, including identifying specific
practices that contribute to the problems nonprofit human services providers
have experienced. The National Council’s report also explains how the
contracting problems affect people receiving services and entire communities,
and proposes solutions that nonprofits and government officials can adopt
to improve services for individuals, restore value for taxpayers, and
strengthen communities.
We
hope that you will take time to learn about the challenges facing CT’s
nonprofit human services delivery system and work with us to make meaningful
change that will benefit those we serve.
Please
do not hesitate to contact me with any questions.
Sincerely,
Executive
Director
CT
Association of Nonprofits
(860)
525-5080