U.S. Rep. seeks to make 'faith-based' outreach permanent.A bill introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives would make the White House's "faith-based" office permanent. H.R. 1054, sponsored by U.S. Rep. Mark Green (R-Wisc.), would also make faith-based centers in 10 federal agencies permanent. President George W. Bush used executive orders to establish the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives The White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (OFBCI) is a department under the Office of the President of the United States that was established by President George W. and faith-based outreach Outreach is an effort by an organization or group to connect its ideas or practices to the efforts of other organizations, groups, specific audiences or the general public. offices in the Departments of Education, Labor, Justice, Health and Human Services Noun 1. Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Department of Health and Human Services, HHS , Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture, Commerce, Veterans Affairs Veterans Affairs is a term of the business that deals with the relation between a government and its veteran communities, usually administered by the designated government agency. , the Small Business Administration and the Agency for International Development. Green's press secretary told The Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare Policy that the bill "gives assurance" that the faith-based offices "will stay in place after Bush leaves office. It ensures that under future administrations, the Office will stay." The bill also mandates that a director will be appointed to the office and lays out a long list of "responsibilities," including working "to eliminate improper
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