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FAITH BASED GRANTS FOR CHURCHES
From
www.whitehouse.gov
One of President Bush's first official acts as
President was to create the White House Office of Faith-Based and
Community Initiatives. The Office was tasked at its inception with
leading a "determined attack on need" by strengthening and
expanding the role of faith-based and community organizations in
addressing the nation's social problems. The President envisions a
faith-friendly public square where faith-based organizations can
compete equally with other groups to provide government or
privately-funded services.
President Bush also created Centers for
Faith-Based and Community Initiatives in seven cabinet departments -
the United States Departments of Justice, Agriculture, Labor, Health
and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and Education and
the Agency for International Development - to promote the
Initiative.
The mission of the White
House Office and the ten Centers is to empower faith-based and other
community organizations to apply for Federal social service grants.
The White House does not administer any grant programs or
participate in funding decisions. Likewise, the Centers supply
information and training to faith-based and community organizations,
but they do not make the decisions about which groups will be
funded. The agencies make those decisions through procedures
established by each grant program, generally involving a competitive
process. No grant funding is set aside for faith-based
organizations. Instead, the Faith-Based and Community Initiative
creates a level-playing field for faith-based as well as other
community organizations so that they can work with the government to
meet the needs of America's communities.
Activities of the White House Office
- Working legislatively to encourage the good works of
faith-based and community organizations and give them the
fullest opportunity permitted by law to compete for Federal
funding
- Identifying and eliminating improper Federal barriers to the
full participation of faith-based and community-serving programs
in the provision of social services
- Encouraging greater corporate and philanthropic support for
faith-based and community organizations through public education
and outreach activities
Priority Areas
The White House Office strives to support organizations that serve
people in need, particularly those that serve the following
populations:
- At-risk youth
- Ex-offenders
- Homeless and hungry
- Substance abusers
- Those with HIV/AIDS
- Welfare-to-work families
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Proverbs
13: 22
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A
good man leaveth an inheritance to
his children's children: and the
wealth of the sinner is laid up for
the just.
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