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How To Partner Effectively With Faith-based Organizations

How To Partner Effectively With Faith-based Organizations. National Crime Prevention Council 2006. GOALS. Review the history of faith-based community initiatives Outline the legal guidelines for engaging faith-based organizations Survey helpful resources. DEFINITIONS.

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How To Partner Effectively With Faith-based Organizations

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  1. How To Partner Effectively With Faith-based Organizations National Crime Prevention Council 2006 National Crime Prevention Council

  2. GOALS • Review the history of faith-based community initiatives • Outline the legal guidelinesfor engaging faith-based organizations • Survey helpful resources National Crime Prevention Council

  3. DEFINITIONS What is the difference between a community-based organization and a faith-based organization? National Crime Prevention Council

  4. Community-based Organizations • Most people refer to community organizations as those whose governing structure involves members of the community. • Some even use the zip codes of board members to determine if an organization is community-based. National Crime Prevention Council

  5. Faith-based Organizations • Religious congregations (church, mosque, synagogue, temple, etc.) • Organizations, programs, or projects operated or sponsored by religious congregations • Nonprofit organizations that clearly show by their mission statements, policies and/or practices that they are religiously motivated or religiously guided institutions National Crime Prevention Council

  6. Overview of Faith-based Community Initiatives • Work of faith-based organizations not new • Executive orders • White House Office for Faith-Based Community Initiatives (FBCI) • Cabinet-level Faith-based Centers • Purpose: Level the playing field National Crime Prevention Council

  7. FBCI: National Overview • The FBCI’s intent is to level the playing field for community organizations (secular and faith-based) to partner with the federal government. • In January 2001, President George W. Bush signed executive orders requiring five agencies to set up offices to respond to this initiative. In December 2002, he added two more agencies. The agencies are Labor, Education, Health and Human Services, Justice, Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture, and the Agency for International Development. National Crime Prevention Council

  8. FBCI: National Overview The administration asked agencies to achieve progress in the following five areas by July 1, 2005. • Barrier removal (state level) • Outreach and technical assistance • Metrics • Pilots and demonstrations • Evaluation National Crime Prevention Council

  9. Looking at the Legal Guidelines National Crime Prevention Council

  10. LEGAL DOSAND DON’TSQUIZ National Crime Prevention Council

  11. Legal Dos: What’s Okay?Summary of Legal Analysis • Direct financial support from federal agencies to faith-based organizations is permitted for secular activity. • Indirect support (vouchers, beneficiary choice) is allowed as long as there is a genuine, independent choice among religious and secular options. • Faith-based organizations are permitted to retain their religious identities. National Crime Prevention Council

  12. Legal Dos: What’s Okay?Summary of Legal Analysis • Faith-based organizations are generally exempt from employment discrimination based on religion. • Federal funds can pay for staff time as long as that time is not being used for religious instruction, worship, or proselytizing. • The services provided must be available to everyone regardless of religion. National Crime Prevention Council

  13. Legal Dos: What’s Okay?Helpful Hints for FBOs • Separate religious and secular (federally funded) activities by space and/or time. • Create separate bank accounts for secular activities that have federal or government funding. • Anticipate how to handle potential conflicts or issues. National Crime Prevention Council

  14. Legal Dos and Don’ts: Resources Where to go for more help... • White House guidelines • The Roundtable for Religion and Social Welfare Policy • The Corporation for National and Community Service • Program director/state commission • Your own legal counsel National Crime Prevention Council

  15. Contributions of FBOs • Social capital • Pro-social impacts • Role of faith-based organizations in addressing community health and safety problems • Continuum of focus for services • Members/congregation • Community/program services • Humanitarian/national/international National Crime Prevention Council

  16. Assets of FBOs • Membership and youth groups • Property and meeting space • Presence in the community • Volunteer mobilization • Information dissemination mechanism • Community leadership • Social justice/public health/safety advocacy National Crime Prevention Council

  17. Five ResilienciesBased on National Longitudinal Survey • Significant Adults • Altruism—Service • Hope—Faith • Skills—Positive alternatives • Locus of Control—Voice/ownership National Crime Prevention Council

  18. Ways FBOs Can Help • Meeting space • Communication/Education • Can be a coalition member • Sponsor alcohol-free activities for youth • Volunteers • Consistent messages from pulpit • Parent training • Accountability/expectations National Crime Prevention Council

  19. Examples of FBO Partnerships • Mount Moriah Baptist Church, Brocton, Massachusetts • Prisoner Reentry National Crime Prevention Council

  20. Examples of FBO Partnerships • Hope Now For Youth, Fresno, California • Vocational Placement for Gang-Involved Youth National Crime Prevention Council

  21. Resources National Crime Prevention Council

  22. Resources • White House www.whitehouse.gov • The Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare Policy www.religionandsocialpolicy.org • The Corporation for National and Community Service www.nationalservice.org • National Criminal Justice Reference Service www.ncjrs.gov National Crime Prevention Council

  23. Resources • Faith and Service Technical Education Network www.fastennetwork.org • Center for Public Justice www.cpjustice.org/charitablechoice • Administration for Children and Families www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ccf National Crime Prevention Council

  24. Resources • List of intermediaries • Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches (National Council of Churches) • Federal Funds for Organizations that Help Those in Need (White House) • Changing Communities through Faith in Action (NCPC) • Community Service Block Grants National Crime Prevention Council

  25. National Crime Prevention Council 1000 Connecticut Avenue, NW Thirteenth Floor Washington, DC 20036 202-466-6272 www.ncpc.org www.mcgruff.org National Crime Prevention Council

  26. Presenter Contact Information National Crime Prevention Council

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