Cases

Oklahoma's Milestones Reimbursement System: Paying for What You Get

Publication Date: October 01, 1998

This human services contracting case describes an innovative system launched by the Oklahoma Department of Rehabilitative Services when faced with what it viewed as skyrocketing costs and ineffectual assistance for citizens with severe...

Zoning Restrictions on Social Services for the Poor: The Case of Hartford, Connecticut

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

This case about the regulation of nonprofit social service organizations focuses on the unusual decision of the Hartford (Connecticut) City Council: to impose a moratorium on the establishment of new social service nonprofit organizations--such...

Zoning Restrictions on Social Services for the Poor: The Case of Hartford, Connecticut (Epilogue)

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

This case about the regulation of nonprofit social service organizations focuses on the unusual decision of the Hartford (Connecticut) City Council: to impose a moratorium on the establishment of new social service nonprofit organizations--such...

Treasury and the Mexican Shock

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

The devaluation of the Mexican peso in December, 1994 roiled the world's financial markets. The possibility that the Mexican government might not be able to pay its obligations to bondholders--including international investors--threatened...

The Hit Squad

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

In 1985 Frank Chikane, then deputy president of the United Democratic Front of South Africa, is out on bail under house arrest, awaiting trial for treason. The South African government is waging a last-ditch defense of apartheid, resorting to...

The Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS): Activism and Apathy in Englewood

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

The decision of the Chicago Police Department to employ community policing techniques to reduce crimes on the city's South Side, leads it to focus on the city's Englewood neighborhood. There, the combination of drug dealing and vacant homes and...

Mental Health, Medicaid, and Managed Care: Building a Unified System in Massachusetts (Epilogue)

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

This case describes the policy and management tensions which arise when the managed care approach is applied to patients cared for through the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health and formerly housed in traditional hospital settings--and...

Mental Health, Medicaid, and Managed Care: Building a Unified System in Massachusetts

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

This case describes the policy and management tensions which arise when the managed care approach is applied to patients cared for through the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health and formerly housed in traditional hospital settings--and...

Annie Tallent (B)

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

A school board official in South Dakota is faced with a demand by local Indian tribes to change the name of the Annie Tallent School. Annie Tallent was among the first white pioneers to arrive in the Black Hills and became a leader in education...

Annie Tallent (A)

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

A school board official in South Dakota is faced with a demand by local Indian tribes to change the name of the Annie Tallent School. Annie Tallent was among the first white pioneers to arrive in the Black Hills and became a leader in education...

All in a Family

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

A fire chief taking an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Division shift for one of his firefighters receives a call about a man with a gunshot wound. When he arrives on the scene, the chief recognizes the mother of a childhood friend. Her...

A Duty to Infuriate

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

In 1992 an Associated Press journalist in Amsterdam is assigned to write a feature article on drug policy in the Netherlands. He has been asked to write similar articles in the past, and has always been expected to convey the message that the...