Your email address is safe with us. View our Privacy policy.
Bush: Faith-based groups 'have delivered'
Speaking Saturday in his weekly radio address, Bush recounted the formation of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives -- which held a conference this week to showcase what the president called "the work being done by our nation's armies of compassion, with help from the federal government."
"This conference demonstrated the remarkable difference these groups have made over the past eight years," Bush said.
"We held these groups to high standards and insisted on demonstrable results," he said. "And they have delivered on those expectations."
Bush said the faith-based and community organizations "have helped reduce the number of chronically homeless by nearly 12 percent -- getting more than 20,000 Americans off the streets."
"They have helped match nearly 90,000 children of prisoners with adult mentors," he said. "And they have helped provide services such as job placement for thousands of former inmates."
Bush also said such groups have "had a powerful impact overseas," participating in his administration's Malaria Initiative in Africa.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International.
This news arrived on: 06/30/2008
Printer Friendly Version | Send this page to a friend | Post Comment
Rate This Story:
Great - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 - Bad
Posted Comments:
07-01-2008 08:22
ash wrote:
Faith organizations spend more effectively.
This is no surprise. I think we can look at how government spends and how faith organizations spend and see that if the government does it, it will cost the tax payers 2 to 3 times as much as if a private organization does it. We need to cut taxes and rely on good people to help each other. But many of us are limited in how much we can help others because our taxes are so high.
Comment archive | Comment FAQ's
 |
 |
|
View Religious News ezine stories by date or visit the complete archive |
The ArcaMax Politics channel is one of 70 content categories offered by ArcaMax Publishing on this ... |
ArcaMax Dating
