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Grants & Funding
  Faith-Based & Community Organizations
  Date Updated  
09/23/2004 08:25 AM

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  Can a staff member provide part-time grant-funded activities and part-time religious activities?
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  What if we have someone on our staff who works for a government-sponsored program only part-time? Can they be funded with Federal grant funds?
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  It is fine for a faith-based organization to employ someone on their staff to perform religious duties while also having that person administer part of a Federally-funded program. There are, however, rules that must be followed. The part-time worker must not engage in inherently religious activities while working on the Federally-funded portion of his or her job. And that part-time worker must also document that he met his time commitment to the government-sponsored program by keeping careful time records of his activities. This will make sure that government funds are spent only on non-religious activities.

Source: Guidance to Faith-Based and Community Organizations on Partnering with the Federal Government (published by the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives 2002)
http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/fbci/guidance_document.pdf
 
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