Download or read book Charitable Choice written by U S Government Accountability Office (G and published by BiblioGov. This book was released on 2013-07 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charitable choice provisions require states and localities to allow religious organizations to compete for federal funding on the same basis as other social service providers, without impairing the religious character of such organizations. Congress has been considering legislation to expand charitable choice provisions to other government programs. At least 19 states have contracted with faith-based organizations (FBOs) to provide some welfare services. Moreover, states are using various approaches to implement charitable choice legislation. For example, some states have created state faith-based liaisons to promote greater awareness of charitable choice provisions or removed barriers to contracting with FBOs. Several factors have limited the establishment of collaborations between FBOs and states, including some FBOs' lack of awareness and understanding of charitable choice provisions, their reluctance to partner with government, and the limited financial and administrative capacity of some FBOs. Once collaborations have occurred, some small FBOs have had problems (1) covering ongoing costs while awaiting government reimbursement or (2) managing the performance-based contracts because of limited technological and management systems. GAO found no information with which to assess the effectiveness of FBOs as providers of social services. Although some anecdotal evidence suggests that FBOs have been successful, the research community has not rigorously examined the effectiveness of FBOs as social service providers.
Download or read book Charitable Choice at Work written by Sheila Suess Kennedy and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2006-11-17 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Too often, say its critics, U.S. domestic policy is founded on ideology rather than evidence. Take "Charitable Choice": legislation enacted with the assumption that faith-based organizations can offer the best assistance to the needy at the lowest cost. The Charitable Choice provision of the 1996 Welfare Reform Act—buttressed by President Bush's Faith-Based Initiative of 2000—encouraged religious organizations, including congregations, to bid on government contracts to provide social services. But in neither year was data available to prove or disprove the effectiveness of such an approach. Charitable Choice at Work fills this gap with a comprehensive look at the evidence for and against faith-based initiatives. Sheila Suess Kennedy and Wolfgang Bielefeld review the movement's historical context along with legal analysis of constitutional concerns including privatization, federalism, and separation of church and state. Using both qualitative and, where possible, statistical data, the authors analyze the performance of job placement programs in three states with a representative range of religious, political, and demographic traits—Massachusetts, Indiana, and North Carolina. Throughout, they focus on measurable outcomes as they compare non-faith-based with faith-based organizations, nonprofits with for-profits, and the logistics of contracting before and after Charitable Choice. Among their findings: in states where such information is available, the composition of social service contractor pools has changed very little. Reflecting their varied political cultures, states have funded programs differently. Faith-based organizations have not been eager to seek government contracts, perhaps wary of additional legal restraints and reporting burdens. The authors conclude that faith-based organizations appear no more effective than secular organizations at government-funded social service provision, that there has been no dramatic change in the social welfare landscape since Charitable Choice, and that the constitutional concerns of its detractors may be valid. This empirical study penetrates the fog of the culture wars, moving past controversy over the role of religion in public life to offer pragmatic suggestions for policymakers and organizations who must decide how best to assist the needy.
Download or read book Charitable Choice written by David M. Ackerman and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2001 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Can Charitable Choice Work written by Andrew H. Walsh and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Considering Charitable Choice written by Eileen Lindner and published by . This book was released on 2001-03 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers of the Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches have come to trust it as the best single source of information about the status of religion in North America. Updated and confirmed annually, this accurate and comprehensive resource provides quick-reference access to names, addresses, telephone numbers, and fax numbers for denominational leaders, headquarters, agencies, and regional headquarters, as well as historical and current statistical data.
Download or read book Charitable Choice Faith Based Initiatives and TANF written by Vee Burke and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 107th Congress did not pass tax incentives for private giving or legislation intended to assure equal treatment of religious organizations as providers of social services (provisions in S. 1924, the original CARE bill). The House voted to extend charitable choice rules to numerous new programs (H.R. 7), as the President urged, but the Senate refused. However, in an Executive Order, President Bush on December 12, 2002, directed six cabinet-level departments and the Agency for International Development (AID) to bring policies concerning social service programs into line with charitable choice principles set forth in the Order.
Download or read book Charitable Choice written by Julius Caesar Watts and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Growing Impact of Charitable Choice written by Amy L. Sherman and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book African American Congregations and Charitable Choice written by Alicia Ann Makaye and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores which factors affect willing congregations' participation in the social movement Charitable Choice. This research highlights characteristics of willing congregations' Charitable Choice participation when considering resource mobilization theory using two sets of data from the National Congregations Study (1998 and 2006/07) and case studies. The findings suggest that regardless of a congregation's size that resources and social activism, in part, may increase the probability of willing congregations' participation in Charitable Choice, and resources may play a role in the rise of social movements. Resource mobilization theory, in part, offers evidence as to which are the characteristics is driving congregations' willingness to participate in the Charitable Choice social movement.
Download or read book Charitable Choice written by Linda Beck Abood and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Charitable Choice Faith Based Initiatives and TANF Record No written by Burke and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Federal Charitable Choice and Faith based Initiatives Do Faith based Organizations Pose a Barrier to Services written by Michelle Dianne Garner and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 and the 2001 White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives have allowed any Faith-Based Organization (FBO) to compete alongside secular organizations to offer tax-payer funded social service programs. A dearth of research evaluates FBOs from the client's perspective. The current study analyzed data from chronic public inebriates who have accepted a secular organization's housing and service program and determined that 26% (95% CI: 18-34%) of them would not accept the same program if offered by an FBO; subsequent hypotheses about the importance of religiosity/spirituality and majority/minority status as predicting participant's report of accepting FBO services are partially supported with the current, small dataset. While results derive from a specific, difficult-to-treat population, findings are a milestone in contemplating who might be inhibited from treatment because it is offered through an FBO; study findings have social justice, clinical, pragmatic, and policy implications.
Download or read book Charitable Choice Faith Based Initiatives and TANF written by Vee Burke and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Senate Finance Committee version of H.R. 7, approved on July 16, 2002, does not contain the "charitable choice" title of the House-passed H.R. 7; nor does it include a compromise "faith-based" provision (from S. 1924 as introduced) that sought to assure equal treatment for nongovernmental providers of almost all federally-funded social services. Remaining in the Senate Finance bill are tax incentives to promote private giving. The Charitable Choice Act of 2001 (Title II of the House bill) would apply its rules, which are significantly different from those in four existing charitable choice laws, to nine new program areas.
Download or read book Public Aid to Faith Based Organizations written by Ackerman and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Deductibility of Payments Made to Charities Conducting Fund raising Events written by United States. Internal Revenue Service and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stepping Out on Faith written by JoAnn Leah Rock and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Charitable Choice Handbook for Ministry Leaders written by Amy L. Sherman and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
