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AbstractThis exploratory study of the Texas Community Awareness and Relocation Services (CARS) Project examines organizational networks of collaboration for community‐based living. A high degree of collaboration in these networks is needed to help nursing facility residents negotiate the complex process of moving to community‐based settings. Social network analysis reveals considerable variations in local organizational networks of collaboration among lead nonprofit providers before and after implementation of the CARS Project in five test sites. These variations probably affected their collaborative capacity of each site and, ultimately, the project's outcomes.

AbstractThe Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 created a paradigm shift in the financing,
organization, and delivery of welfare programs in the United States. The act shifted revenue and authority to
states, giving them great discretion to determine the specifics of their programs. First‐order devolution,
combined with time limits and work requirements, set in motion a chain of events that moved Temporary Assistance
to Needy Families (TANF) recipients into the labor force and off state welfare rolls.
Second‐order devolution shifted revenue and authority to community‐based organizations
(CBOs) to help former recipients remain employed, advance to higher paying jobs, and move their families
toward economic self‐sufficiency. Early findings from project innovations in Texas and other states raise
doubts about the capacity of these organizations to achieve these goals. State funders will need to provide
ongoing technical assistance and support to "scale up" the capacity of CBOs to plan, implement, and
manage local innovations in welfare reform.

Considerable attention has been devoted thus far to transnational economic and political enterprises in globalisation. This article focuses on the phenomenon of social globalisation. Specifically, we call attention to the need for research and development on transnational enterprises to support and maintain individuals and families that are members of transnational communities in the USA and Mexico. The social fallout of transmigration on the health and social wellbeing of sending and receiving communities is enormous and costly, and far beyond the capacity of transmigrants to handle merely through self‐help, mutual aid or small voluntary clubs and associations. This article raises questions about whether it is possible, or desirable, for civil society organisations to expand the scope of their vision to include social welfare activities that promote and enhance the health and social wellbeing of host and home communities simultaneously.