What is the Faith-Based and Community Initiative?
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 other community organizations in addressing the nation’s social problems. The guiding principle behind President Bush’s Faith-Based and Community Initiative is that all social service providers, including faith-based charities, should be able to compete on an equal footing for public dollars to provide public services.
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 other community organizations in addressing the nation’s social problems. The guiding principle behind President Bush’s Faith-Based and Community Initiative is that all social service providers, including faith-based and other community organizations, should be able to compete on an equal footing for Federal dollars to provide public services.
