Abstract
The purpose of this case study is to reveal that the independence of organization leaders and non -profit organizations and their search for identity can facilitate the formation of a network of welfare organizations.
The Chita area in Aichi prefecture has recently drawn the attention of the social welfare community. Many social welfare non-profit organizations and the networked organizations coordinated by “ Support Chita ” ( a supporting NPO ) have been very successful in their service. Non-profit organizations for welfare in the Chita area have already served as “resident mutual-aid type” welfare organizations. The leaders of “resident mutual-aid type” welfare organizations have been in search for the identity of the organization because they did not have a fixed model for activities like “resident mutual-aid type” welfare organizations and because most of them were not supported by local government and neighboring self-governing bodies. In this way the leaders facilitated the formation of a network of welfare organizations in the Chita Peninsula.
