The White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

Effective immediately, the Federal Government has adopted the following policies with respect to faith-based and community initiatives: to honor and not restrict faith-based and community initiatives, to accept rather than dismiss such programs, and to empower rather than ignore them.

In welfare and social policy, the Federal Government will play a new role as supporter, enabler, catalyst and collaborator with faith-based and community organizations. The White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives has been established to make Federal programs more friendly to faith-based and community solutions and to make federal funding more accessible.

By Executive Order, effective immediately, each of the following Cabinet agencies will create its own Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives to work in tandem with the White House OFBCI, to make federal grants available to Faith-Based and Community Initiatives nationwide: Department of Health and Human Services; Department of Housing and Urban Development; Department of Labor; Department of Justice; and Department of Education.

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