You think Trump should FIRE Paula White?
I don't even know the woman.
Ok, Let's begin.
The
White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, formerly known as the
Office of Faith-Based and Community Partnerships, was an office within the
White House Office that was part of the
Executive Office of the President of the United States.
The office was established by the
George W. Bush administration in 2001.
During the
first Trump administration, it was inactive and replaced by an initiative centered around
Centers for Faith and Opportunity Initiatives. It was reinstated by the
Biden administration, but abolished by the
second Trump administration and replaced with the
White House Faith Office.
Whole lotta Faith-Based happening at the WH since 2001.
oh oh, what happened in 2001????
September 11, 2001 was the day the world as we knew it, ended. Aka 9/11.
Ok let's keep going.
George W. Bush administration (2001–2009)
OFBCI was established by
President George W. Bush through an
executive order on January 29, 2001, representing one of the key domestic policies of Bush's campaign promise of "
compassionate conservatism." The initiative sought to strengthen faith-based and community organizations and expand their capacity to provide federally funded
social services, positing that these groups were well-situated to meet the needs of local individuals. As Texas governor, Bush had used the "Charitable Choice" provisions of the
1996 welfare reform (which allowed "faith-based" entities to compete for
government contracts to deliver social services) to support the work of faith-based groups in
Texas. Established religions offer a critical financial contribution to the overall effort and effect of social services (e.g., community services with health care financing) in the US.
How much fraud you think was going through that office?
The office was briefly led by
Don Willett, an aide from Bush's tenure as
governor of Texas who was later appointed a justice of the
Supreme Court of Texas. The first person named as director of the OFBCI was
John DiIulio, a
University of Pennsylvania political science professor. DiIulio later left the office and became a critic of the
Bush administration.
So we have a "faith-based_ office in the WH, led by a Governor of Tx who later became a Judge of TX, and a Political science professor as the Director.
Under Bush Jr.
ok
HOLD ON!!
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For
fiscal year 2005, more than $2.2 billion in competitive social service grants were awarded to faith-based organizations. Between fiscal years 2003 and 2005, the total dollar amount of all grants awarded to FBOs increased by 21 percent (GAO 2006:43
[3]). The majority of these grants were distributed through state agencies to local organizations in the form of formula grants.
And then:
Obama administration (2009–2017)
President
Barack Obama renamed the office to "White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships" and appointed
Joshua DuBois as its head. He also established an advisory council, composed of religious and secular leaders and scholars from different backgrounds. Each member of the council was appointed to a one-year term.
According to
ABC News, the office would seek "to expand the role of this office as it relates to policy issues where religious and local leaders can be effective. DuBois would coordinate with faith-based and community organizations on social service outreach and work to utilize these organizations' efforts to advance the administration's policies, with a primary focus on poverty." Joshua DuBois resigned as director in February 2013 and was succeeded by
Melissa Rogers in March.
Melissa Rogers is an American church-state lawyer and non-resident senior fellow in Governance Studies at the
Brookings Institution. She previously served as special assistant to President Barack Obama and executive director of the
White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. On February 14, 2021, President
Joe Biden designated Rogers as executive director of the reestablished Office under his administration
A Lawyer, A Judge and a Political Science Professor..
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SPARE ME!!
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