Reply #23: Not AFAIK

[MountainLaurel]

In the 4 years prior to the Bush selection, I worked as a contractor in a federal office that dealt with social sciences research grants. I can tell you that when I left in June 2000, our agency had no such faith-based division or focus on faith-based grant funding. I'm sure some faith groups applied for funding under the old programs, but they would have been held to the same standards as any other grantee applicant. That was not the case a few years later when I was checking out their Web site looking for an old colleague, when I found that they had created a Task Force For Faith-Based and Community Initiatives specifically to funnel grants to FB organizations.