ABSTRACT

The confluence of the two major challenges has combined to create special challenges for rural nonprofits serving victims of crime: the fluctuation of federal funding, and the Covid-19 pandemic. We discuss the challenges faced by Child Advocacy Centers in northwestern South Carolina in the context of these shifting challenges. From qualitative interviews conducted at 14 centers in this primarily rural region, we explain the challenges they face and the potential effects on the communities they serve interpreted through the lens of Resource Dependence Theory, which predicts that organizations reduce uncertainty of funding through increasing their partnership bonds with cooperative entities.

摘要

两大挑战的结合给为犯罪受害者服务的农村非营利组织带来了特殊挑战：联邦资金的波动和 Covid-19 大流行。我们讨论了南卡罗来纳州西北部的儿童宣传中心在这些不断变化的挑战背景下所面临的挑战。通过在这个主要是农村地区的 14 个中心进行的定性访谈，我们通过资源依赖理论的视角解释了他们面临的挑战以及对他们所服务社区的潜在影响，该理论预测组织会通过增加合作关系来减少资金的不确定性与合作实体。