Posted by Sarah Burrows, Legislative Assistant

The Washington Post published an interesting story last week about where federal grant money has been going since President Bush took office in 2000, including a significant amount of money that is now funding anti-abortion and pregnancy crisis centers. According to the article, the administration’s Faith and Community Based Initiative have been working to widen the “pool” of applicants for federal grants. For example, faith-based organizations are now being encouraged to apply for funding to house programs such as Head State and subsidized housing programs. Interestingly, there is currently pressure in Congress to allow for religious discrimination in federally funded programs housed in religious institutions. A faith-based organization that receives federal funding to run Head Start would be allowed to hire only people of the same faith if this legislation is passed.

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