Appendix A to Part 38 - Notice or Announcement of Award Opportunities
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Appendix A to Part 38 - Notice or Announcement of Award
Opportunities
(a) Faith-based organizations may apply for this award on the
same basis as any other organization, as set forth at, and subject
to the protections and requirements of this part and 42 U.S.C.
2000bb et seq. The Department of Justice will not, in the
selection of recipients, discriminate against an organization on
the basis of the organization's religious character, exercise or
affiliation.
(b) A faith-based organization that participates in this program
will retain its independence from the Government and may continue
to carry out its mission consistent with religious freedom and
conscience protections in Federal law, including the Free Speech
and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment, 42 U.S.C. 2000bb
et seq., 42 U.S.C. 238n, 42 U.S.C. 18113, 42 U.S.C.
2000e-1(a) and 2000e-2(e), 42 U.S.C. 12113(d), and the Weldon
Amendment, among others. Religious accommodations may also be
sought under many of these religious freedom and conscience
protection laws.
(c) A faith-based organization may not use direct Federal
financial assistance from the Department of Justice to support or
engage in any explicitly religious activities except where
consistent with the Establishment Clause and any other applicable
requirements. An organization receiving direct Federal financial
assistance also may not, in providing services funded by the
Department of Justice, discriminate against a program beneficiary
or prospective program beneficiary on the basis of religion, a
religious belief, a refusal to hold a religious belief, or a
refusal to attend or participate in a religious practice.