Study Finds Some Religious Organizations Not as Effective as Secular forSocial Services

June 9, 2003 Study Finds Some Religious Organizations Not as Effective as Secular for Social Services The debate on faith-based services continues. Weighing in, Indiana University researchers released findings on May 15, 2003, suggesting that government-funded faith-based organizations providing job training and placement services to welfare recipients don’t necessarily perform as well as non-religious organizations. “Charitable Choice: First Results from Three States,” interim findings of “Faith-Based Social Service Provision Under Charitable Choice: A Study of Implementation in Three States,” comes on the heels of heated debate over whether smaller, grassroots, faith-based organizations should . . .