Charitable Choice Provisions Applicable to Programs Authorized Under the Community Services Block Grant Act

This final rule implements the Charitable Choice statutory provisions in the Community Services Block Grant Act ("CSBG Act"). These provisions apply to programs authorized under the Act, including the Community Services Block Grant Program, Training, Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Program, Community Food and Nutrition Program, National Youth Sports Program, and discretionary grants for economic development, rural community development, and neighborhood innovation, which are all administered by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF). It is ACF's policy that, within the framework of constitutional church-state guidelines, faith-based organizations should be able to compete on an equal footing for funding, and ACF supports the participation of faith-based organizations in these programs.