Administration Seeks To Lift Obama Requirements For Faith-Based Orgs

The Trump administration is proposing to remove what it calls regulatory burdens that the Obama administration had placed on religious organizations that provide social services, and issued a memo requiring that agencies ensure their grant-making processes, and those employed by state sub-grantees, do not discriminate against faith-based organization. The Obama administration demanded religious groups that provide social services refer certain services to alternate providers. Faith-based organizations were also required to post information about the referral practice. But HHS says the...