With the passage of welfare reform in 1996, the United States government instituted the “Charitable Choice” provision, leading to, for the first time, direct funding of religious organizations to provide social services. The USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture is hosting a series of discussions about the 20th anniversary of Charitable Choice, as well as the future of relationship between government and religious communities. As a part of this discussion, CRCC developed an extensive bibliography that can be used as a resource for future research into Charitable Choice.
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Clerkin, Richard M. & Grønbjerg, K. A. (2007). “The Capacities and Challenges of Faith-Based Human Service Organizations,” Public Administration Review, 67(1), 115–126. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.libproxy2.usc.edu/stable/4624545.
Cnaan, R. A., & Boddie, S. C. (2002). “Charitable choice and faith-based welfare: A call for social work,” Social Work, 47(3), 224-235.
Dachner, Naomi, Stephen Gaetz, Blake Poland, and Valerie Tarasuk (2009). “An Ethnographic Study of Meal Programs for Homeless and Under-Housed Individuals in Toronto,” Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, Volume 20, Number 3, August pp. 846-853. http://muse.jhu.edu.libproxy2.usc.edu/article/270024.
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Dibadj, M. (2001). “Legal and Social Consequences of Faith-Based Initiatives and Charitable Choice,” The S. Ill. ULJ, 26, 529.
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Federal Register (2002). Charitable Choice Provisions Applicable to Programs Authorized Under the Community Services Block Grant Act; Proposed Rule. 45 CFR Part 1050. Tuesday, December 17. 77368-77371.
DuBois, Joshua (2009). “A Vision for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships,” speech to the Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/02/18/a-vision-faith-based-and-neighborhood-partnerships (accessed 22 May 2016).
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Glennon, F. (2000). “Blessed Be the Ties That Bind? The Challenge of Charitable Choice to Moral Obligation,” Journal of Church and State, 42(4), 825–843. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.libproxy2.usc.edu/stable/23920197.
Gill, E. R. (2004). “Religious organizations, charitable choice, and the limits of freedom of conscience,” Perspectives on Politics, 2(04), 741-755.
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Goldenziel, J. (2005). “Blaine’s Name in Vain: State Constitutions, School Choice, and Charitable Choice,” Denv. UL Rev., 83, 57.
Good, Josh (2013). “Assessing Four Years of Obama;s Faith-Based Initiatives,” National Review, February 8. http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/340229/assessing-four-years-obamas-faith-based-initiatives-josh-good.
Green, S. K. (2000). “Charitable Choice and Neutrality Theory,” NYU Ann. Surv. Am. L., 57, 33.
Green John C. & Sherman Amy L., “ Fruitful Collaborations: A Survey of Government-Funded Faith-Based Programs in 15 States,” press conference co-sponsored by the Hudson Institute and the Center for Public Justice at the National Press Club (Charlottesville: 2002).
Hill, Jonathan P. Vaidyanathan, Brandon (2011). “Substitution or Symbiosis? Assessing the Relationship between Religious and Secular Giving,” Social Forces, Volume 90, Number 1, September, pp. 157-180. http://muse.jhu.edu.libproxy2.usc.edu/article/464020.
Jakobsen, J. R., & Alpert, R. T. (2002). “Faith Based on What? A Roundtable Discussion,” Journal of the American Academy of Religion, 70(4), 821–832. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.libproxy2.usc.edu/stable/1466402.
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Kennedy, S. S., & Bielefeld, W. (2002). “Government shekels without government shackles? The administrative challenges of Charitable Choice,” Public Administration Review, 62(1), 4-11.
Kennedy, S. S. (2003). “Privatization and prayer the challenge of Charitable Choice,” The American Review of Public Administration, 33(1), 5-19.
Kennedy, S. S., & Bielefeld, W. (2003). Charitable choice: First results from three states. Indianapolis, IN: Center for Urban Policy and the Environment.
Kennedy, S. S., & Bielefeld, W. (2006). Charitable choice at work: Evaluating faith-based job programs in the states. Georgetown University Press.
Kramer, F. D. (2010). “The role for public funding of faith-based organizations delivering behavioral health services: Guideposts for monitoring and evaluation.” American Journal of Community Psychology, 46(3-4), 342-60. doi: http://dx.doi.org.libproxy1.usc.edu/10.1007/s10464-010-9351-8
Lampkin, L., & Raghavan, K. (2008). “Organizational Characteristics, Financial Performance Measures, and Funding Sources Of Faith Based Organizations,” Journal of Health and Human Services Administration, 31(3), 332–355. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.libproxy2.usc.edu/stable/41288093.
Lane, Jodi (2009). “Faith-Based Programming for Offenders,” Victims & Offenders: An International Journal of Evidence-based Research, Policy and Practice, Vol. 4, Issue 4.
Leake, R., Green, S., Marquez, C., Vanderburg, J., Guillaume, S., & Gardner, V. (2007). Evaluating the Capacity of Faith-Based Programs in Colorado. Research on Social Work Practice, 17(2), 216-228.
Levin, Jeff (2014). “Faith-Based Partnerships for Population Health: Challenges, Initiatives, and Prospects,” Public Health Rep. 2014 Mar-Apr; 129(2): 127–131.
Mutterperl, L. B. (2002). “Employment at (God’s) Will: The Constitutionality of Antidiscrimination Exemptions in Charitable Choice Legislation.” Harv. CR-CLL Rev., 37, 389.
Nagel, A.-K. (2006). “Charitable Choice: The Religious Component of the US-Welfare-Reform: Theoretical and Methodological Reflections on ‘Faith-Based-Organizations’ as Social Service Agencies,” Numen, 53(1), 78–111. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.libproxy2.usc.edu/stable/27643200
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Owens, M. L. (2006). “Which Congregations Will Take Advantage of Charitable Choice? Explaining the Pursuit of Public Funding by Congregations,” Social Science Quarterly, 87(1), 55-75.
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Pipes, P. F., & Ebaugh, H. R. (2002). “Faith-Based Coalitions, Social Services, and Government Funding,” Sociology of Religion, 63(1), 49–68. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.libproxy2.usc.edu/stable/3712539
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Roman, Caterina G, Wolff, Ashley, Correa, Vanessa, and Buck, Janeen (2007). “Assessing Intermediate Outcomes of a Faith-Based Residential Prisoner Reentry Program,” Research on Social Work Practice, 17; 199- 215.
Sager, Rebecca (2007). “The Cultural Construction of State Sponsored Religion: Race, Politics, and State Implementation of the Faith-Based Initiative,” Journal of Church and State, 49(3), 467–485. Retrieved from http://www.jstor.org.libproxy2.usc.edu/stable/23921515
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Sinha, Jill Witmer (2012). “Unintended Consequence of the Faith-Based Initiative: Organizational Practices and Religious Identity Within Faith-Based Human Service Organizations,” Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, June, vol. 42 no. 3 563-583.
Sherman, A. L. (2000). “The growing impact of Charitable Choice: A catalogue of new collaborations between government and faith-based organizations in nine states,” Center for Public Justice.
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Terry, J. D., Smith, A. R., Warren, P. R., Miller, M. E., McQuillin, S. D., Wolfer, T. A., & Weist, M. D. (2015). “Incorporating evidence-based practices into faith-based organization service programs,” Journal of Psychology and Theology, 43(3), 212-223. Retrieved from http://libproxy.usc.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com.libproxy1.usc.edu/docview/1735314761?accountid=14749
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Hebah Farrag was the assistant director of research of the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture through 2023.
