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18-1059: CPJ is used as an abbreviation for: Center for Public Justice , an independent organization for policy research and civic education based in Washington, D.C. Citizens for Public Justice , a nonprofit organization based in Canada The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal , a medical journal and the official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association Canadian Pharmacists Journal , formerly known as Canadian Pharmaceutical Journal , both abbreviated CPJ Committee to Protect Journalists , an independent nonprofit organization based in New York City, United States Communist Party of Jersey ,

36-704: A political party on the island of Jersey Conservative Party of Japan , a political party in Japan CPJ, the ICAO airline designator for Corpjet , United States Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title CPJ . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CPJ&oldid=1221417428 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

54-562: Is a biblical basis for a positive role for the political process and public officials. The Center for Public Justice has a few different initiatives, including Families Valued, Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance, Shared Justice, and Sacred Sector. The Center for Public Justice has been involved in the promotion of the Charitable choice provisions of the Welfare Reform Act of 1996 since 1994 and, particularly through

72-514: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Center for Public Justice It is rooted in the Christian democratic political tradition of such Dutch figures as Guillaume Groen van Prinsterer , Abraham Kuyper , and Herman Dooyeweerd . James W. Skillen , who served as the organization's first Executive Director (1981–2000) and later President (2000–2008) has had an important influence on

90-624: The American Civil Liberties Union , assert that it violated the Establishment Clause by using tax money to fund religion. They also argued that faith-based initiatives were used as part of electoral strategies to yield more votes for Bush and the GOP. For fiscal year 2005, more than $ 2.2 billion in competitive social service grants were awarded to faith-based organizations. Between fiscal years 2003 and 2005,

108-746: The National Association of Evangelicals , and the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference. They have publicly advocated what they believe is a just model of immigration reform. In response to the 2011 budget crisis, the Center for Public Justice released a "A Call for Intergenerational Justice: A Christian Proposal for the American Debt Crisis" in conjunction with the group Evangelicals for Social Action. Signers of

126-548: The Center for Public Justice has published a weekly online journal, Capital Commentary . White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships The White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships , formerly the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives ( OFBCI ) is an office within the White House Office that is part of the Executive Office of

144-574: The President of the United States . OFBCI was established by President George W. Bush through an executive order on January 29, 2001, representing one of the key domestic policies of Bush's campaign promise of " compassionate conservatism ." The initiative sought to strengthen faith-based and community organizations and expand their capacity to provide federally funded social services , positing that these groups were well-situated to meet

162-685: The US. The office was briefly led by Don Willett , an aide from Bush's tenure as governor of Texas who was later appointed a justice of the Supreme Court of Texas . The first person named as director of the OFBCI was John DiIulio , a University of Pennsylvania political science professor. DiIulio later left the office and became a critic of the Bush administration . Critics of the OFBCI, including Americans United for Separation of Church and State and

180-462: The White House to avoid violations of the Establishment Clause . President Barack Obama renamed the office and appointed Joshua DuBois as its head. He also established an advisory council, composed of religious and secular leaders and scholars from different backgrounds. Each member of the council was appointed to a one-year term. According to ABC News , the office would seek "to expand

198-691: The document included Michael Gerson , Richard Mouw , Ron Sider , and Stephanie Summers. CPJ is a member of the Faith for Just Lending Coalition which "is seeking to increase awareness of predatory lending and to motivate individuals, lenders, churches and the government to help bring an end to the practice." CPJ has supported the Fairness for All act, which supports which both prohibits discrimination because of sex or sexual identity as well as providing religious freedom protections, since its first introduction by Congressman Chris Stewart in 2019. Since 1996,

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216-482: The efforts of former senior fellow Stanley W. Carlson-Thies, was an early advocate for the ideas that eventually led to the creation of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships . In 2010 the Center for Public Justice sponsored a panel series on Immigration Reform in partnership with Nyack College’s Institute for Public Service & Policy Development, the Institute for Global Engagement,

234-541: The election of President Donald Trump , the office remained without a director; the website was no longer available. In May 2018, Trump started the Faith and Opportunity Initiative , a new White House office to help faith-based organizations get equal access to government funding. On February 14, 2021, President Joe Biden reestablished the Office with Melissa Rogers again serving as executive director. I haven't run into

252-508: The needs of local individuals. As Texas governor, Bush had used the "Charitable Choice" provisions of the 1996 welfare reform (which allowed "faith-based" entities to compete for government contracts to deliver social services) to support the work of faith-based groups in Texas . Established religions offer a critical financial contribution to the overall effort and effect of social services (e.g., community services with health care financing) in

270-713: The organization in 1990. It is located in Washington, D.C. Fellows of the Center for Public Justice include Richard A. Baer Jr. (Professor Emeritus, Cornell University), Stanley W. Carlson-Thies (President, Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance), Charles L. Glenn (Professor, Boston University), Stephen Monsma (Research Fellow, Henry Institute for the Study of Christianity and Politics, Calvin College), and Harold Dean Trulear (Associate Professor, Howard University School of Divinity). The Center for Public Justice has argued there

288-544: The organization. Since July 2011 the organization has been headed by CEO Stephanie Summers. Gideon Strauss, a former interpreter with South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission and adviser to the group that drafted the 1996 Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, was CEO prior to Summers and presently is a Senior Fellow. Founded in 1977 as the Association for Public Justice, the board of trustees renamed

306-549: The role of this office as it relates to policy issues where religious and local leaders can be effective. DuBois would coordinate with faith-based and community organizations on social service outreach and work to utilize these organizations' efforts to advance the administration's policies, with a primary focus on poverty." Joshua DuBois resigned as director in February 2013 and was succeeded by Melissa Rogers in March. Following

324-466: The total dollar amount of all grants awarded to FBOs increased by 21 percent (GAO 2006:43 ). The majority of these grants were distributed through state agencies to local organizations in the form of formula grants (GAO 2006:17 ). Faith-based organizations are eligible to participate in federally administered social service programs to the same degree as any other group, although certain restrictions on FBOs that accept government funding have been created by

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