Listing of New Faith-Based Regulations - Faith-based Initiative

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Published: 10/05/2003

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Listing of New Faith-Based Regulations

In late September the Bush administration announced a series of new and proposed regulations that implement its “charitable choice” policies for six agencies. A summary and links are provided below:

Final Rules: Effective October 30, 2003

Agency	Programs
Health and Human Services	Community Services Block Grant Training, Technical Assistancd and Capacity Building Program Community Food and Nutrition Program National Youth Sports Porgarm Discretionary Grants for economic development, rural community development and neighborhod innovation
Health and Human Services	Temporary Assistance for Needy Families
Health and Human Services	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment (SAPT) Block Grant Program Project for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness (PATH) *SAMHSA discretionary grants for subtance abuse treatment or prevention services
Housing and Urban Development	Community Services Block Grant HOME Investment Partnerships Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) Hope for Homeownership of Single Family Homes (HOPE 3) Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) Emergency Shelter Grants (ESG) Shelter Plus Care Supportive Housing Youthbuild
Dept. Labor	Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, re employment rules for federally assisted construction contractors and subcontractors

Proposed Rules

Agency	Programs	Comments Due
Dept. Education	Amends Education Department General Administrative Regulations	December 1, 2003
Dept. Justice	Charitable Choice Rules for Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Bureau of Prisons (BOP) National Institute of Corrections (NIC) Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) Office for Violence Against Women (OVW) United States Marshall Service Civil Rights Division Amends Asset Forfeiture Rules* for property turned over to religious groups	December 1, 2003
Dept. Labor	Programs under Workforce Investment Act of 1998, including One Stop Career Centers	December 1, 2003
Dept. Veterans Affairs	VA Homeless Providers Grant and Per Diem Program	October 30, 2003

Links to Federal Register
Final Rule, Community Services Block Grant Programs, Dept. Health and Human Services, Federal Register, September 30, 2003 Volume 68 No.189,Pages 56466-56470

Final Rule, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Dept. Health and Human Services. September 30, 2003 Federal Register, Volume 68 No.189, Pages 56429-56449

Final Rule, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, Dept. Health and Human Services, Federal Register, September 30, 2003 Volume 68 No.189, Pages 56449-56466

Final Rule, Dept. Housing and Urban Development, Federal Register, September 30, 2003 Volume 68 No.189, Pages 56395-56408

Proposed Rule, Dept. of Education, Federal Register, September 30, 2003 Volume 68, Number 189, Pages 56417-56423

Proposed Rule, Dept. Justice, Federal Register, September 30, 2003 Volume 68, Number 189, Pages 56409-56415

Proposed Rule, Dept. Labor, Federal Register, September 30, 2003 Volume 68, Number 189, Pages 56385-56390

Proposed Rule, Dept. Veterans Affairs, Federal Register, September 30, 2003 Volume 68, Number 189, Pages 56425-56428