Numbers of Non-Profit Organizations Continue to Decline: Is Time to Develop Management Capabilities the Main Factor?

OPEN MINDS The Behavioral Health & Social Service Industry Analyst

Cover Story

An article in the November 30, 2009 issue of The New York Times sparked my thinking, once again, about the high attrition rate of behavioral health and social service organizations. The article, “Less Diversity in Supervisors of Foster Care” by Julie Bosman, cites the statistic that under the watch of John B. Mattingly, appointed in 2004 to head New York City’s Administration for Children’s Services, the number of foster care agencies has dropped from 43 to 33 . . .