Scanning the Horizons: Top Five Trends
The Alliance for Children and Families regularly publishes a report about trends in the nonprofit human service sector. The report, Scanning the Horizons: Top Five Trends, summarizes five prominent trends and outlines their impact on human service organizations.
The report is designed to be a strategic planning tool for executive leaders and boards of directors.
The top five trends are identified by the Alliance National Trend Advisory Committee.
Alliance members receive access to a password-protected digital copy of the report as a benefit of membership. To request the password, contact the Severson Center. Alternatively, members may access the report through DocuShare.
Nonmembers may purchase a CD containing a PDF version of Scanning the Horizons: Top Five Trends.
Scanning the Horizons: Top Five Trends is part of a family of knowledge products related to trends in the nonprofit human service sector. The family of products also includes a statistical trends overview and a regularly updated trends website.
For more information, contact the Severson Center.
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Alliance members must use their trends website password to access the digital copy of the top five trends report and statistical overview. Contact the Severson Center to request a password. Alternatively, members can access both reports through DocuShare.
Alliance Trends Website
Available to the public as a means to share the Alliance's knowledge with the nonprofit sector.




