Indy Star article entitled: Daniels appoints community service leader reports that Gov. Daniels “selected Indianapolis community service leader as his first director for the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. Paula Parker-Sawyers, a former deputy mayor, will lead the state’s effort to strengthen volunteerism and community service and to increase partnerships with faith-based organizations.”
The Devil, as always, is in the details. It’s probably a good idea to enlist those organizations with boots already on the ground to help the poor and otherwise help take care of the state’s volunteer needs. This will hopefully be more effective and cheaper. But, such programs should not be taxpayer subsidized religious proselytization nor should it be used to mask state abandonment of the poor.
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