Charitable Choice at Work: Evaluating Faith-Based Job Programs in the States

by Sheila Suess Kennedy

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589011317
• ISBN13: 9781589011311
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 8.6"