NPI Guide to Managing USG-Funded HIV/AIDS Programs - This invaluable new tool guides the reader through the whole award process for a grant through the New Partners Initiative (NPI). This Guide can help you assess your NGO's readiness to partner with the USG.
USAID's Final Rule for Participation by Religious Organizations
Final Rule on Participation by Religious Organizations in USAID Programs, October 20, 2004
Development and Faith-Based Books and Articles
Cnaan, Ram A. with Robert J. Wineburg and Stephanie C. Boddie, The Newer Deal: Social Work and Religion in Partnership (New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 1999).
Dionne, E. J., Jr. and Ming Hsu Chen, eds., Sacred Places, Civic Purposes: Should Government Help Faith-Based Charity? (Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 2001).
Eberly, Don. The Rise of Global Civil Society: Building Communities and Nations from the Bottom-Up (New York: Encounter Books, 2008).
Johnson, Byron R. Objective Hope: Assessing the Effectiveness of Faith-Based Organizations: A Review of the Literature (Philadelphia: Center for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society, 2002).
Loconte, Joseph. God, Government and the Good Samaritan: The Promise and the Peril of the President's Faith-Based Agenda (Washington, DC: The Heritage Foundation, 2001).
Lugo, Luis E. Equal Partners: The Welfare Responsibility of Governments and Churches (Washington, DC: Center for Public Justice, 1998).
McDonnell, Margaret. "The Role of Faith-Based Groups in the Campaign to End Modern-Day Slavery," Monday Developments (September 2007).
Monsma, Stephen V. When Sacred and Secular Mix: Religious Nonprofit Organizations and Public Money (Lanham,Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield, 1996).
The Nonprofit Sector and Government: Clarifying the Relationship (Washington, DC: The Aspen Institute, 2002).
Olasky, Marvin. Compassionate Conservatism: What It Is, What It Does, And How It Can Transform America (New York: Free Press, 2000).
Religious Organizations and Government (Washington, DC: The Aspen Institute, 2002).
Sider, Ronald J. "The Case for Discrimination," First Things (June/July 2002).
Streeter, Ryan. Transforming Charity: Toward a Results-Oriented Social Sector (Indianapolis: The Hudson Institute, 2001).
Internet Accessible Articles, Studies and Tips
Former CFBCI Director Terri Hasdorff's Congressional Hearing: "Faith-Based Organizations and U.S. Programming in Africa," Before the Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations, U.S. House of Representatives, September 28, 2006.