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Faith Based Social Programs- White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
Focus Areas:

• At-risk youth
• Ex-offenders
• Homeless and hungry
• Substance abusers
• Those with HIV/AIDS
• Welfare-to-work families
   

For years, faith-based and community groups have been assisting these people and others in need. They have transformed lives with their compassion and are America's unsung heroes - healing our country's ills one heart and one act of kindness at a time.

Unfortunately, the Federal government has often not been a willing partner to these faith-based and community groups. Instead, it has put in place complicated rules and regulations that hinder these groups from competing for Federal funds on an equal footing with other, larger charities. President Bush wants to change this. He believes that all groups - faith-based or secular, large or small - should compete on a level playing field, so long as they obey all legal requirements. That is the reason for the President's Faith-Based and Community Initiative and why it is one of his top domestic priorities.

Read the Executive Order that created the White House Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives on January 29, 2001

Read the Executive Order that created five Centers for Faith-Based & Community Initiatives on January 29, 2001

Read the Executive Order that created two Centers for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives on December 12, 2002

Read the Executive Order from December 12, 2002, that requires equal protection for faith-based and community organizations

Compassion Capital Fund - Assistance may also be available from one of over thirty organizations funded by the Department of Health and Human Services' Compassion Capital Fund. These intermediary organizations have received grants to provide training, technical assistance, and sub-awards to a diverse range of faith-based and community organizations seeking to increase their ability to provide social services to those in need. Technical assistance activities are offered free of charge and focus on strategic planning; financial management; board development; fundraising; and outcome measurement. You can learn more about the Compassion Capital Fund at www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ccf.

Agency Centers for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

Department of Justice
Patrick Purtill, Director
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Room 4413
Washington, DC 20530
(202) 514-2987 (phone)
(202) 616-9627 (fax)
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/fbci

Department of Labor
Brent Orrell, Director
200 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20210
(202) 693-6450 (phone)
(202) 693-6146 (fax)
www.dol.gov/cfbci

Department of Health and Human Services
Bobby Polito, Director
200 Independence Avenue, SW Suite 118-F
Washington, DC 20201
(202) 358-3595 (phone)
(202) 401-3463 (fax)
www.hhs.gov/fbci

Department of Housing and Urban Development
Ryan Streeter, Director
451 7th Street SW, Room 10184
Washington, DC 20410
(202) 708-2404 (phone)
(202) 708-1160 (fax)
www.hud.gov/offices/fbci

Department of Education
John Porter, Director
555 New Jersey Avenue, NW,
Capital Place, Suite 410
Washington, DC 20208-8300
(202) 219-1741 (phone)
(202) 208-1689 (fax)
www.ed.gov/faithandcommunity

Department of Agriculture
Juliet McCarthy, Director
14th and Independence Avenue, SW
Office of the Secretary, Room 200-A
Washington, DC 20250
(202) 720-3631 (phone)
(202) 690-2119 (fax)
www.usda.gov/fbci

Agency for International Development (U.S. AID)
Michael Magan, Director
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20523
(202) 712-4080 (phone)
(202) 216-3351 (fax)
web site not yet available

Corporation for National and Community Service
David Caprara, Director
1201 New York Avenue, NW
Suite 800
Washington, DC 20525
(202) 606-5000 (phone)
(202) 565-2784 (fax)
www.cns.gov

 

State Liaisons
Several states have Liaisons or Offices for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. For more information, click here.