5 WAYS TO NAVIGATE THE FISCAL CRISIS.

NONPROFIT organizations; NONGOVERNMENTAL organizations; HUMAN services programs; COMMUNITY organization; FEDERAL budgets; BUDGET cuts; PUBLIC finance; UNITED States economy, 2009-2017

The article provides insights on how human services nonprofits can deal with cutbacks in federal budgets amidst the economic crisis in 2011 in the U.S. It advises the human services nonprofits to establish and clarify their mission-critical priorities. It tells those nonprofits whose revenue are from government sources to diversify their funding across programs, contracts, and federal administrative agencies. It also encourages them to improve their productivity, to measure their outcomes, and to go beyond vendorism.