Showing posts with label Federal grants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Federal grants. Show all posts
Monday, March 11, 2024

Federal Agencies Finalize Rule Amendments on Grants to Faith-Based Organizations

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On March 4, nine federal agencies published a 52-page joint release titled  Partnerships With Faith-Based and Neighborhood Organizations ( f...
Monday, January 23, 2023

Federal Agencies Propose Rule Changes to Protect Beneficiaries of Federal Grants from Religious Discrimination

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On January 13, nine federal agencies published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ( full text ) in the Federal Register eliminating certain cha...
Tuesday, October 05, 2021

HHS Reverses Trump Administration Rules For Family Planning Grantees

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The Department of Health and Human Services yesterday revoked the Trump Administration rules that prohibit family planning clinics receiving...
Saturday, January 23, 2021

Suit Challenges DOE's Conditioning of Federal Grants To Colleges On Free Exercise For Student Religious Groups

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Suit was filed earlier this week in the D.C. federal district court challenging recent changes to Department of Education rules (see prior p...
Thursday, January 21, 2021

Suit Challenges Trump Administration's Loosening of Limits On Faith-Based Federally Funded Programs

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Suit was filed this week in a New York federal district court by seven advocacy groups challenging the Trump Administration's loosening ...
Wednesday, December 16, 2020

Federal Agencies Loosen Requirements For Faith-Based Grantees

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 Yesterday nine federal departments jointly issued a 381-page release ( full text ) titled Equal Participation of Faith-Based Organizations ...
Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Labor Department Issues New Guidance On Religious Liberty Protections

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The U.S. Department of Labor announced last week (May 15) that it has issued a directive and a guidance to advance religious liberty protec...
Friday, January 17, 2020

New Federal Proposals On Grants To Religious Entities, Campus Speech and Guidance on School Prayer

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The White House ( Fact Sheet , President's Remarks ), the Department of Justice and the Department of Education each yesterday announce...
Tuesday, March 12, 2019

DOE Will Not Enforce Ban On Religious Organizations As Contractors For "Equitable Services" Under Federal Grants

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The Elementary and Secondary Education Act  requires local educational agencies to include private schools in their federally funded program...
Sunday, October 14, 2018

HHS Grants to Catholic Bishops Conference Upheld

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In ACLU of Northern California v. Azar ,  (ND CA, Oct. 11, 2018), a California federal district court granted summary judgment to the govern...
Saturday, May 05, 2018

Trump's Faith Initiative Executive Order Has Rescinded Protections For Clients Objecting To Religious Provider

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As previously reported , on May 3 President Trump signed an Executive Order on the Establishment of a White House Faith and Opportunity Init...
Thursday, October 26, 2017

HHS Seeks Comments on Faith-Based Participation In Programs

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The Department of Health and Human Services yesterday published a Release ( full text )  in the Federal Register seeking comment on removal ...
Friday, April 01, 2016

Federal Agencies Adopt Final Rules On Partnering With Faith-Based Organization

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Following up Notices of Proposed Rulemaking issued last August (see prior posting ), yesterday, nine federal agencies published their final...
Thursday, August 06, 2015

9 Federal Agencies Propose Rules On Grants To Faith-Based Organizations

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Yesterday nine federal agencies issued Notices of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRMs) to implement many of the recommendations made in 2010 by Presi...
Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Chabad of California Liable For $845K Damages Under False Claims Act

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In United States ex. rel. Kozak v. Chabad-Lubavitch, Inc. ,  (ED CA, Dec. 9. 2014), a California federal district court granted summary judg...