A Prayer for the Blessing of Religious Freedom
Stanley Carlson-Thies, Founder and Senior Director of CPJ’s Institutional Religious Freedom Alliance (IRFA), was recently honored to participate in the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s Religious Freedom Prayer Breakfast by offering a […]
Opportunity to Comment: Proposed Changes to OMB’s Uniform Guidance
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has proposed a sweeping overhaul of its “Uniform Guidance”—rules that apply across federal agencies that describe how grants and cooperative agreements should be […]
Positive Biden Administration Policy on Engaging with Religious Communities
On September 12, 2023, Administrator Samantha Powers of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) unveiled a new Biden administration policy on federal collaboration with faith-based organizations. USAID’s new “strategic […]
Opportunity to Comment on Proposed Regulations on LGBTQ Youth and Foster Care
The federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has published proposed regulations, a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), intended to provide better care for LGBTQ youth in foster care. […]
Proposed Changes to the Equal Treatment Regulations on Funding Faith-Based Organizations; Opportunity to Comment
On January 13, 2023, the Biden administration proposed significant reversals of major changes the Trump administration had made to the federal equal treatment regulations. These regulations date back to the […]