One of the best ways to learn about how various human service organizations meet human needs is to research and study agencies within your city or state.
Resources: Appendixes B, C, & G
Compile a list of the human service agencies in your city or state.
Choose two agencies from your list. Research and study the available information for each agency, obtained from the agency’s Web site or other credible Internet sources. Search for information about how the agency determines needs and the demographic it serves. Refer to Appendix C for tips on where to find this information and Appendix G for other suggested Web sites.
Compare and contrast the information you found for each agency, then answer the following questions in 200 to 300 words:

• What needs do each agency meet and what demographic does each agency serve? What or who may have influenced the agency’s decision to meet the needs of this demographic group?
The two human service agencies in my city I picked would be Irving Cares and The Salvation Army. Irving C.A.R.E.S. (Community Assistance Referral and Emergency Services) was influenced by a group of citizens in Irving who were interested in the social welfare of needy people in their community in 1957. The decisions to meet the needs were based on families that were out of jobs, had no money or food to eat. The program provides help to Families come when they have had an unexpected expense.
The Salvation Army was founded as an evangelical organization dedicated to bringing people into a meaningful relationship with God through Christ. Its doctrinal basis is that of the Wesleyan-Arminian tradition. The Salvation Army overseas sponsorship programs to support individual homes and centers around the world. The salvation works off donation from others that are willing to give.

• What differences have you observed between the ways the two agencies attempt to meet human needs?
The differences I have observed between the two agencies are as follow. Irving cares has services that provides food to families that are in need. There is a pantry located in the back of the building that provides, milk, cereal, bread, butter, rice. It also provided baby formula and diapers. Irving cares has help with prescription and transportation as well as assistant for helping you paying rent and bills. You are also provider employment services which allow you to attend job search seminars. You are provided one-on-one help with a counselor to help with any type of issues you may be facing that is preventing you from getting a job.
The Salvation Army has services that provide elderly services which provide day care, hot-lunches as well as pre-retirement seminars. The Salvation Army also provides housing and homeless services. Which entails overnight lodging, food, counseling and vocational services. Finding missing people would also be another way the Salvation Army helps to meet human needs by, reuniting people in families who wish to find each others. There is a disaster relife service that assists many families in the event of a flood, hurricane and other disaster issues. There are many different services that are different between the two services.

• How successful is each agency in meeting the needs of its demographic group? What challenges may be preventing the agencies from meeting certain needs?

I believe both agencies are very successful in meeting the needs of all groups. Both places have help over thousands of families and homeless people. The Irving cares have help a lot of people pay their rent and bills, as well as placed many in new jobs. The Salvation Army provides many services for the homeless and kept them off the streets. Both services provide comfort for many who are in need. The challenges I think that may prevent both agencies from meeting certain needs would be, for the Salvation Army although they help with paying bills as well, if you have no one to donate there would be no money to pay very many bills. Unlike the Salvation Army, Irving cares do not function on a donating only basic. Irving cares allow you to get your bills, rent and or day care paid once in a life time. Another challenge to me would be the fact that both agencies work on a first come first serve basic, therefore, the families that are not able to make in s timely fashion would not get the help that they are needing. I think money would play a big factor in the down fall of both agencies that would prevent them from meeting certain needs.

Reference
Irvingcares.org
Salvationarmyusa.org