The Works on Charitable Choice

Second Quarter 2001

The Center for Public Justice has produced the most extensive collection of materials in the country on the public policies that call for government's equal treatment of faith-based organizations (FBO) in the delivery of social services. The chief architect of the programs that produced the following publications is Stanley Carlson-Thies, the Center's former director of social policy studies who is now Associate Director of Law and Policy in the new White House Office on Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. To order materials, call 410-571-6300. 

  • Charitable Choice for Welfare & Community Services: An Implementation Guide for State, Local, and Federal Officials (2001)
  • The Charitable Choice Handbook for Ministry Leaders (2001)
  • A Guide to Charitable Choice: The Rules of Section 104 of the 1996 Federal Welfare Law (1997)
  • Charitable Choice Compliance - A National Report Card (2000)
  • Amy L. Sherman, The Growing Impact of Charitable Choice (2000)
  • Diane Winston, Soup, Soap, and Salvation: The Impact of Charitable Choice on the Salvation Army (2000)
  • Jill Witmer Sinha, Cookman United Methodist Church and The Transitional Journey Program: A Case Study in Charitable Choice (2000)
  • Joe Loconte, The Anxious Samaritan: Charitable Choice and the Mission of Catholic Charities (2000)
  • Randall L. Frame, Project Heritage and Charitable Choice (2000)
  • Harold Dean Trulear, The African-American Church and Welfare Reform (1999)
  • Luis Lugo, Equal Partners: The Welfare Responsibility of Government and Churches (1998)
  • Stephen V. Monsma, Government Cooperation With Religious Social Ministries: Happy or Dysfunctional? (1998)
  • Clarke Cochran, Accountability Guidelines for Government and Social Ministries (1998)
  • William Wubbenhorst, The Pitfalls of Contracts for Funding Social Ministries (1998)
  • William Tobin, Lessons About Vouchers From Federal Child Care Legislation (1998)
  • Amy L. Sherman, Mississippi's "Faith and Families" Congregational Mentoring Program (1998)
  • Amy L. Sherman, Fruitful Collaboration Between Government and Christian Social Ministries (1998)
  • Karen Hosler Kispert, Government Block-Grant Funding of Social Ministries (1998)
  • Carl H. Esbeck, The Regulation of Religious Organizations as Recipients of Governmental Assistance (1996)
  • Stanley Carlson-Thies and James W. Skillen, eds., Welfare in America: Christian Perspectives on a Policy in Crisis (Eerdmans, 1996)

Books Available from Other Publishers

  • Charles L. Glenn, The Ambiguous Embrace: Government and Faith-Based Schools and Social Agencies (Princeton University Press, 2000)
  • Stephen V. Monsma, When Sacred and Secular Mix: Religious Nonprofit Organizations and Public Money (Rowman & Littlefield, 1996)
  • Ryan Streeter, ed., Religion and the Public Square in the 21st Century (Proceedings from the Conference, "The Future of Government Partnerships With the Faith Community") (Hudson Institute, 2001)
  • Arthur E. Farnsley II, Ten Good Questions About Faith-Based Partnerships and Welfare Reform (The Polis Center at Indiana University, 2000)
  • Derek Davis and Barry Hankins, eds., Welfare Reform and Faith-Based Organizations (J.M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies, Baylor University, 1999)