Mark Chaves (see the cite below) shows that government funding for faith base organizations is likely to benefit liberal congregations.
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TI: Religious Congregations and Welfare Reform: Who Will Take Advantage of "Charitable Choice"?
AU: Chaves,-Mark
IN: Dept Sociology, U Arizona, Tucson [e-mail: mchaves at u.arizona.edu]
SO: American-Sociological-Review; 1999, 64, 6, Dec, 836-846..
JN: American-Sociological-Review;
IS: 0003-1224
CO: ASREAL
DT: aja Abstract-of-Journal-Article
LA: English
CP: United-States
PY: 1999
AB: The "Charitable Choice" provision of the 1996 welfare reform legislation altered the conditions under which religious organizations can
provide publicly funded social services. Here, interview data from the 1998 National Congregations Study (N = 1,236 religious congregations)
are used to address to what extent congregations seek government support for social service activity & which congregation subsets are most
likely to take advantage of these new opportunities. Univariate statistics show that 33+% of congregations are potentially open to pursuing
government funds to support social service activities. Multivariate analyses show that liberal & moderate congregations are much more likely than
conservative congregations to pursue charitable-choice opportunities, & predominately African American congregations are particularly likely to
move in this direction. Results are consistent with sociological theory & research, but are surprising in the context of the national politics of
charitable choice. 2 Tables, 28 References. Adapted from the source document