Faith-Based Organizations as Service Providers and Their Relationship to Government

Author:

Bielefeld Wolfgang12,Cleveland William Suhs3

Affiliation:

1. School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA

2. The Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota, New Hope, Minnesota, USA

3. School of Philanthropy, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, USA

Abstract

The welfare reforms initiated in the 1990s prompted increased discussion of the use of faith-based organizations for the provision of social services. This is the second of two articles examining the progress of this debate. The first article provides the scope of inquiry, defines specific characteristics of faith-based organizations, and outlines methods used to study them. This article discusses specific services provided by faith-based organizations and how these organizations are related to the government. Faith-based organizations compared favorably to secular organizations in the services they provided while providing a somewhat narrower range of services. The implementation of Charitable Choice and other faith-based initiatives as policy required consideration of constitutional and practical issues with the implementation of collaborations and partnerships between government and faith-based organizations along with increased government funding and contracting for these organizations.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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