Reports:
Can We Make Welfare Reform Work?
Study
Guides:
Creating
a Caring Community
California
Implements Welfare Reform
Proposition 22 and Same-gender Marriage
Reclaiming Our Faith: Overcoming
an Old Heresy
Building Bridges of Understanding
Handbooks:
Congregations
Caring for Children
Newsletters:
Action
Alerts
JusticeSeekers
Reports
Can
We Make Welfare Reform Work?:
The California Religious Community Capacity Study(HTML)
Can
We Make Welfare Reform Work? The California Religious Community
Capacity Study is the culmination of two years of research
spearheaded by the California Council of Churches in partnership
with the University of Southern California Center for Religion
and Civic Culture and the University of San Francisco Institute
for Nonprofit Organization Management.
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Study Guides
Creating
a Caring Community (2nd Edition):
Empowering Youth & Adults in California for Peacemaking
(PDF)*
This
study circle on youth violence, designed for use with adults
and senior high school youth (grades 9 - 12), is a Project
of the California Council of Churches, the American Jewish
Congress and its violence prevention arm, the Jack Berman
Advocacy Center.
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California
Implements Welfare Reform:
A Study Guide for Congregations (PDF)*
A comprehensive
interfaith study resource for congregations who want to
learn more about welfare reform.
The
California Council of Churches' Welfare Reform Initiative
began in 1997 in the aftermath of 1996 federal welfare reform
bill which marked a sea change in the way our nation meets
the needs of low income families and children. The initiative
has three basic goals:
- Provide
study resources to local congregations on the contours
and implications of welfare reform policy from a faith-based
perspective;
- Connect
religious leaders in key counties throughout California
with county-level welfare reform implementation processes;
and
- Encourage
local congregations to consider increasing their direct-service
capacity to meet the needs of recipient families who must
now transition from welfare to work. Such services include
safety net programs (emergency food, shelter, and clothing),
child care, and mentoring programs.
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Proposition
22 and Same-gender Marriage (PDF)*
Proposición 22 y Matrimonios
entre
Personas del Mismo Sexo (en Español) (Rich Text
Format)
The
Proposition 22 Public Education Project is a collaborative
effort of the California Council of Churches and the Northern
California Interreligious Conference. This study resource
was published prior to the March 7, 2000 ballot initiative
and is also available in Spanish.
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Reclaiming
Our Faith: Overcoming an Old Heresy (PDF)*
California's
Religious Community Responds to the Hate Movement
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Building
Bridges of Understanding:
An Interfaith Response to September 11th(PDF)*
The
California Council of Churches invites you to begin a journey
of interfaith understanding with the use of this resource.This
study is an opportunity to explore the six major religious
traditions that coexist in California.
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Handbooks
Congregations
Caring for Children
In Your Neighborhood and Beyond(PDF)*
A Resource
Guide for Potential Child Care Providers
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Newsletters
Action
Alerts
Current
Issue:Legislative News Alert
(HTML)
Archives
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JusticeSeekers
Recent
Issue: JusticeSeekers,December 2001
Archives:
JusticeSeekers
October 2000(PDF)*
JusticeSeekers
August 2000(PDF)*
JusticeSeekers
March 2000(PDF)*
JusticeSeekers
December 1999(PDF)*
JusticeSeekers
July 1999(PDF)*
JusticeSeekers
March 1999(PDF)*
JusticeSeekers
December 1998(PDF)*
JusticeSeekers
August 1998(PDF)*
JusticeSeekers
April 1998(PDF)*
JusticeSeekers
February 1998(PDF)*
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