Name:	A Taxonomy of Human Services: A Conceptual Framework with Standardized Terminology and Definitions for the Field
Publisher:	211 LA County
Type:	Taxonomy
Categories:	General Social Sciences
Description:	The taxonomy provides a comprehensive classification system for defining services and indexing and accessing information about human service providers. It has ten basic categories that represent the broadest level of services, plus access via "Target Populations". These categories are then broken down into more specific levels. The taxonomy can be accessed through both and alphabetical and permuted displays. Each term is defined and many entries include "see also" references.
Total Terms:	19300
Top Terms:	11
Preferred Terms:	8100
Non-Preferred Terms:	11200
Relationships:
Levels:	5
Notation Scheme:	Yes
Notation Description:	Alphanumeric code.
Relationship Types:	Associative, Equivalency, Hierarchical
Notes Fields:	Definition
Multilingual:	No
Languages:	English
Additional Information:	This taxonomy offers crosswalks to the United Way of America Services Identification System UWASIS (which is no longer being published) as well as the National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) and the Nonprofit Program Classification System, both maintained by the National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS) at The Urban Institute. The NTEE is crosswalked to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) which is used by the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Revision Cycle:	ongoing
Last Updated:	200707
Formats:	Diskette, Print Publication, Subscriber Online
Informational URL:	www.211taxonomy.org
Online/Download URL:	http://www.211taxonomy.org/updates