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| Faith-based Child Care Resources and Organizations |
The following are a sample of resources related to faith-based child care initiatives, funding streams, and program start-up information to support the faith-based community. Additional resources are available via the National Child Care Information and Technical Assistance Center (NCCIC) Online Library, which can be accessed at http://oll.nccic.acf.hhs.gov/nccic-OLL/searchnccic.cgi. NCCIC does not endorse any organization, publication, or resource.
The FBCI Web site features information about FBCI, highlights links to funding opportunities, offers descriptions of featured programs, and describes resources for faith-based and community organizations. The site also provides links to key Web sites, such as the HHS CFBCI, the White House OFBCI, and the Compassion Capital Fund National Resource Center. To submit a question to the FBCI, access the ACF Questions and Answers Support Page at http://faq.acf.hhs.gov/cgi-bin/acfrightnow.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php.
OFA is the Federal office responsible for the administration of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant. The OFA Web site contains a variety of current and historical information about TANF in general and about reauthorization in particular, including TANF work participation rates, TANF Annual Reports to Congress, a summary chart of selected characteristics of State TANF plans, TANF policy documents, and public comments on reauthorization. HHS has regulations for ensuring that faith-based programs are treated as equally as other organizations in competing for funds under the TANF program. The regulations are available on the Web at www.dhhs.gov/fbci/finalTANF_ccregs.pdf.
The mission of the CFBCI is to create an environment within HHS that welcomes the participation of faith-based and community-based organizations as valued and essential partners with the Department to assist Americans in need. CFBCI’s mission is part of HHS’s focus on improving human services for the country’s neediest. CFBCI is the leader of HHS’s efforts to better utilize faith-based and community-based organizations in providing effective human services.
The Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (CFBCI) at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was established on March 27, 2006. The CFBCI will coordinate DHS efforts to eliminate regulatory, contracting, and other programmatic obstacles to the participation of faith-based and community organizations in the Department’s social and community service programs. CFBCI responsibilities include developing and coordinating departmental outreach efforts to disseminate information more effectively to faith-based and other community organizations with respect to programming changes, contracting opportunities, and other agency initiatives.
In January 2001, the President established a White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (White House OFBCI), which will expand the work of faith-based and other community organizations to the extent permitted by law. This office was created to develop, lead, and coordinate the Administration’s policy agenda affecting faith-based and other community programs and initiatives; expand the role of such efforts in communities; and increase their capacity through executive action, legislation, Federal and private funding, and regulatory relief. More information on the Administration’s initiative is available on the Web at www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/01/20010129-2.html.
In 1978, ACSI began as the result of a collaboration of several Christian school associations throughout the United States and Canada. ACSI has 16 regional offices in North America and around the globe. ACSI’s membership is currently made up of more than 5,440 member schools in 105 countries worldwide, representing approximately 1,180,000 students. Programs and services are designed to assist Christian schools at every grade level, including early and higher education.
CDF works in partnership with the religious community to respond to the needs of children through worship, direct service, education, community outreach, and advocacy. Additional information about CDF’s Religious Action Division is available on the Web at www.childrensdefense.org/site/PageServer?pagename=religious_action.
NLSA is a process of self-evaluation followed by a visit by objective observers to help Lutheran schools improve the quality of their programs. This ongoing process of self-evaluation, improvement, and recognition is based on national standards for child care centers, and early childhood, elementary, and secondary schools. All schools that are recognized by the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and The Lutheran Church of Canada—may apply. This resource is available on the Web at
www.lcms.org/graphics/assets/media/DCS/ECStandardsManualNEW.doc
Updated January 2008
| The document is for informational purposes only. No official endorsement of any practice, publication, program, or individual by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Administration for Children and Families, the Child Care Bureau, or the National Child Care Information Center is intended or is to be inferred. For additional information on this or related topics, please contact the National Child Care Information Center at (800) 616-2242 or info@nccic.org. |
