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Charitable Choice: Legal and Constitutional Issues (CRS Report for Congress)

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Release Date Jan. 27, 2006
Report Number RL32195
Report Type Report
Authors Angie A. Welborn, American Law Division
Source Agency Congressional Research Service
Summary:

This report provides analysis of a number of factual, civil rights, and constitutional questions that have been raised regarding charitable choice in general. The analysis is generally focused on those provisions enacted as part of the 1996 welfare reform law. More recent charitable choice rules may give rise to the same or similar concerns. Primarily, this report focuses on civil rights concerns that have arisen in the context of charitable choice and First Amendment issues, as well as recent legal developments related to charitable choice.