Community-based program design: Difference between revisions

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Community practice in social work is linked with the historical roots of the professions beginning in the United States. More specifically, the history of community-based social work evolves from charity organization society (COS), and the settlement house movement. [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_work#History]] However, during earlier half of the 20th century, much of this work focused on institutionalization. Not until the 1960s did a shift from institutions to communities exacerbate the emphasis on community-based program design. This is known as the era of [[deinstitutionalization]]<ref>Tausig, M. Michello, J., & Subedi, S. (2003) A Sociology of Mental Illness. Pearson: New York, NY</ref>. Also, informal community-based programs predate human service applications to this approach.<ref>Delgado, M. (1999). Social work practice in nontraditional urban settings. Oxford University Press. Oxford, New York.</ref>

A boom of [[communityCommunity-based organizations]] and community-based programs occurredburgeoned during the period of [[deinstitutionalization]].. The poor conditions of mental health institutions and an increasing amount of research that illustrated the benefits of maintaining the relationships of the individuals served within the community surfaced to further the growth of community-based programs.

Formally, community based program development has been professionalized by such as city planners, [[urban studies and planning]], [[social work]]...