Building Social Capital: The communityworks, inc. experience.

This article explores the changing expectations, practices and policies supporting Social Capital for people with disabilities living in the community. It introduces relevant developments in how communityworks, inc. operates in two arenas to support community membership. First, in the arena of people who buy services from the agency, philosophical principles that support community membership are delineated, including a personal story that illuminates these principles. Second, in the arena of people paid to work through the agency, a discussion of standards developed by staff that give them ownership in the process and create consistency in developing Social Capital across the agency. In conclusion, the article addresses ongoing challenges we face as an agency that is always pushing the edge to further enhance Social Capital. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]