An Analytical Study of Community Chest for Developing Private Sectors in Social Welfare

공동모금제도와 민간복지부문의 역할정립

The community chest has been known as an effective means for private sectors in social welfare by mobilizing community resources. The purpose of this study is to analyze the process of developing community chest system in Korea and to suggest how Korean community chest system can be changed to develop private sectors in social welfare. To obtain this purpose, the author studied as follows. Firstly, The difference between former Korean community chest law and new Korean community chest law were examined. Secondly, the background of establishment of Korean community chest law and the present condition and state of Korean community chest system for private sectors in social welfare were analyzed. Thirdly, the tasks to be solved about developing Korean community chest system for developing private sectors in social welfare were suggested as follows; 1) activating the demonstration work for influencing the formulation of pragmatic partnership between state and private sectors in social welfare 2) utilizing a variety of communication channels for community participation 3) cooperating and coordinating the relationship between community chest system and the most voluntary social welfare agencies 4) raising as much funds as possible for maintaining autonomy of private sectors in social welfare.