Published online by Cambridge University Press: 29 February 2016
A recent research study of contracting arrangements In children's servtces In Pennsylvania and Massachusetts Is the basts for this article. Key issues In contracting Including the positive and negative aspects of this approach to service provision for contractors and providers are discussed. Questions are also ratsed about the tmpltcattons of contracting for the traditional differentiation between nongovernment not-for-profit and private for-profit organisations