After Cuts, Trump Administration Gives $2B to Christian Groups for Global Aid
The funding will support 2,500 faith-based hospitals and clinics and train tens of thousands of community health workers, the State Department said.
- On Thursday, the Trump administration announced nearly $2 billion in humanitarian funding for faith-based and community organizations operating across more than a dozen countries.
- The State Department will direct $1.4 billion through the America First Global Health Strategy to support some 2,500 faith-based hospitals and clinics while training community health workers.
- Major recipients include a World Vision-led consortium eligible for up to $850 million over five years and Samaritan's Purse, which will receive $300 million for humanitarian crisis assistance.
- Critics argue the policy may violate the First Amendment's Establishment Clause, while American Jewish World Service CEO Tawanda Mutasah said his organization was not consulted on the funding.
- The State Department claims faith-based organizations deliver aid more efficiently than secular groups, though Freedom From Religion Foundation Copresident Annie Laurie Gaylor stated "taxpayers should not be forced to bankroll an administration's campaign to elevate and subsidize religion.
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After cuts, Trump administration gives $2B to Christian groups for global aid
(RNS) — The largest portion of the funding — $1.4 billion — is expected to support some 2,500 faith-based hospitals and clinics and train and pay tens of thousands of community health workers to provide healthcare services.
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