A Guide to Charitable Choice
Published by the Center for Public Justice and the Christian Legal Society's Center for Law and Religious Freedom (1997)
Booklet, 21 pages
The Charitable Choice provision (Section 104) of the federal welfare reform law enacted in the summer of 1996 encourages states to involve community and faith-based organizations in providing federally funded welfare services to the poor and needy.
The Charitable Choice provision is designed to protect the religious character of faith-based organizations that choose to accept federal funds to help the poor. The provision is designed also to protect the religious liberty of beneficiaries of welfare services.
This guide will help faith-based organizations decide whether to participate in welfare services funded by the new federal welfare block grants. It will also assist state and local governmental authorities in deciding how to interpret and implement the Charitable Choice rules that accompany the federal welfare block grants.
This document is not legal advice nor intended to create any attorney-client professional relationship. An attorney should be consulted for specific advice about how this legislation affects a faith-based provider or how a state must implement it.
