Few Black Churches Get Funds [View All]

[WestHoustonDem]

I know this is going to come as a shock:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/18/AR2006091801121.html?nav=rss_politics

The Bush administration's faith-based initiative is reaching only a tiny percentage of the nation's black churches, most of which have limited capacity to run social programs, hampering the initiative's promise of empowering those congregations to help the needy, according to a study to be released today.

The national survey of 750 black churches by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies found that fewer than 3 percent are participating in the program, which funnels at least $2 billion a year in federal social services spending to religious organizations.

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