Description: Charitable Choice at Work by Sheila Suess Kennedy, Wolfgang Bielefeld Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description The Charitable Choice provision of the 1996 Welfare Reform Act - buttressed by President Bushs Faith-Based Initiative of 2000 - encouraged religious organizations, including congregations, to bid on government contracts to provide social services. This title looks at the evidence for and against faith-based initiatives. Publisher Description 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 Bushs Faith-Based Initiative of 2000 - encouraged religious organizations, including congregations, to bid on government contracts to provide social services. But in neither year was data available to prove or disprove the effectiveness of such an approach. "Charitable Choice at Work" fills this gap with a comprehensive look at the evidence for and against faith-based initiatives. Sheila Suess Kennedy and Wolfgang Bielefeld review the movements historical context along with legal analysis of constitutional concerns including privatization, federalism, and separation of church and state. Using both qualitative and, where possible, statistical data, the authors analyze the performance of job placement programs in three states with a representative range of religious, political, and demographic traits - Massachusetts, Indiana, and North Carolina.Throughout, they focus on measurable outcomes as they compare non-faith-based with faith-based organizations, nonprofits with for-profits, and the logistics of contracting before and after Charitable Choice. Among their findings: in states where such information is available, the composition of social service contractor pools has changed very little. Reflecting their varied political cultures, states have funded programs differently. Faith-based organizations have not been eager to seek government contracts, perhaps wary of additional legal restraints and reporting burdens. The authors conclude that faith-based organizations appear no more effective than secular organizations at government-funded social service provision, that there has been no dramatic change in the social welfare landscape since Charitable Choice, and that the constitutional concerns of its detractors may be valid. This empirical study penetrates the fog of the culture wars, moving past controversy over the role of religion in public life to offer pragmatic suggestions for policymakers and organizations who must decide how best to assist the needy. Author Biography Sheila Suess Kennedy is associate professor of law and public policy in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. She previously served as executive director of the Indiana Civil Liberties Union and is an associate editor of the scholarly journal Policy Sciences, a columnist for the Indianapolis Star, and author of several books including Whats a Nice Republican Girl Like Me Doing at the ACLU?, Free Expression in America, and To Market, To Market: Reinventing Indianapolis (coauthored with Ingrid Ritche). Wolfgang Bielefeld is professor of public affairs in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University. He is the coeditor of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly and coauthor of Nonprofit Organizations in an Age of Uncertainty. Details ISBN 1589011325 ISBN-13 9781589011328 Title Charitable Choice at Work Author Sheila Suess Kennedy, Wolfgang Bielefeld Format Paperback Year 2006 Pages 248 Publisher Georgetown University Press GE_Item_ID:136559372; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! 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ISBN-13: 9781589011328
Book Title: Charitable Choice at Work
Number of Pages: 248 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Charitable Choice at Work : Evaluating Faith-Based Job Programs in the States
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Subject: Public Policy / General, Public Affairs & Administration, Philanthropy & Charity, Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare, Religion, Politics & State
Publication Year: 2006
Item Height: 0.6 in
Item Weight: 10.4 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Sheila Suess Kennedy
Item Length: 8.5 in
Subject Area: Religion, Political Science, Social Science
Series: Public Management and Change Ser.
Item Width: 5.5 in
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