faith-based initiatives
Church-run social services
Faith-based initiatives are government programs that fund religious organizations to provide social services—drug rehabilitation, homeless shelters, job training, food banks.
The approach channels public money through churches and religious charities rather than secular agencies, on the theory that faith communities are more effective at reaching people in need.
Critics raise concerns about separation of church and state and potential discrimination in hiring or services.
- food banksDonation-based hunger relief centers
- soup kitchenFacility feeding the poor
- homeless shelterTemporary housing for vagrants
- disaster responseOrganized aid after catastrophe
- welfare reformPolicy changing public assistance
social safety net · charity · job training programs · medical missions · interfaith dialogue · refugee assistance · orphan care · pastoral counseling · human rights advocacy · prayer meetings · literacy campaigns · government funding · vocational schools · after school program · elder care · vouchers · community service · community centers
faith-based initiativesDoctors Without Borders
Humanitarian medical aid group
faith-based initiativesgovernment programs
State-sponsored services for citizens
public welfare · state welfare · municipal services · public assistance · state agencies
faith-based initiativessecular humanism
Nonreligious ethical philosophy