Monday, August 03, 2009

Millions of tax dollars go to Catholic Charities

I hate to be a whiner, but I’m so tired of public funds going to religious organizations, even if they are charities. Is there no organization in the private sector that could provide emergency services? My fellow atheists, it does not get more religious than Catholic Charities. They are the 900 pound gorilla, and the 800 pound gorilla too. Yet they still get my tax dollars to provide emergency services in the event of a disaster.

The expansive contract calls for CCUSA to organize national, regional and local teams and to work in partnership with these teams to help ensure disaster case management preparedness and delivery. Acting as General Contractor, CCUSA will pre-identify local/regional volunteers and sub-contractors, enter into agreement with them, provide training and experience in disaster case management, and be ready to deploy and implement anywhere in the country within 72 hours of a FEMA designated disaster.

So… do they get to pass out bibles too?

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No2Religion 85p · 828 weeks ago

They get the big bucks because they have the organizational structure to carry out the planning. Despite CCUSA being religious based I would rather have them than FEMA. What we need is a secular umbrella organization to start bidding on these contracts.

Oh, and you do get a bible as they come in handy during a disaster. The paper is usually soft enough for blowing your nose and wiping your ass and it also good for fire-starting .
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No2Religion 85p · 828 weeks ago

They get the big bucks because they have the organizational structure to carry out the planning. Despite CCUSA being religious based I would rather have them than FEMA. What we need is a secular umbrella organization to start bidding on these contracts.

Oh, and you do get a bible as they come in handy during a disaster. The paper is usually soft enough for blowing your nose and wiping your ass and it also good for fire-starting .
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No2Religion 85p · 828 weeks ago

They get the big bucks because they have the organizational structure to carry out the planning. Despite CCUSA being religious based I would rather have them than FEMA. What we need is a secular umbrella organization to start bidding on these contracts.

Oh, and you do get a bible as they come in handy during a disaster. The paper is usually soft enough for blowing your nose and wiping your ass and it also good for fire-starting .
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Mims H. Carter · 827 weeks ago

I have to disagree with Martin. I was on the original pilot program that led to this contract. I am a veteran disaster case manager most recently working in my native Gulf Mississippi community post Katrina. The pilot program took a bunch of veteran DCMs from the Southeast in to Louisiana after Hurricane Gustav in September of 2008. CCUSA was the lead organization on this pilot program to bring case managers in to the disaster area along with the rest of the FEMA immediate response groups. CCUSA was not only incompetent, they were criminal. We were left without supplies or support, and the CCUSA director was aloof and uncaring. The only thing that saved us was the fact that we are seasoned DCMS and we were given two brilliant groups of young people - Americorps teams. Americorps, a secular, government program. I have much natural disaster experience, and I value FEMA, Americorps, Hand On USA and other secular groups over the religious relief groups more all the time.

CCUSA did not get this contract because of their organizational or planning expertise. They showed none of this in the pilot program. The only planning they seemed to have done was to plan to keep the money they were supposed to pay their sub-contractors like the non-profit I work for.

If you would rather have them than FEMA, you don't know about disaster response. They will be FEMA sub-contractors.

I agree we need a secular organization to bid on these contracts. In fact, there were several who bid on this one, organizations with proven records in disaster management. They had no chance. The Faith-Based model is already to ingrained in many federal programs dealing with social services.
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Buffy 83p · 827 weeks ago

I detest the idea of religious "charities" getting tax dollars. They want to take public funds but not be subject to the same laws secular charities are. If they're called on their hypocrisy and/or denied funding because they refuse to follow the law they cry "persecution". It's a disgusting racket.
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guest · 827 weeks ago

Just to let all of you know that Catholic Charities helps out anyone who needs help. They take the money to help fund housing for the poor, and hungry. People who need can go to Catholic Charities centers for lunch or the shelters when they need it. They take people form all religions. Hey idiot I hope that you never use this organization when you need the help. I hope you starve and go hungry.
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guest · 827 weeks ago

MoJoey, How come you copy and paste from the new media, and not say where you got your information. Is this not stealing from the media?
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guest · 827 weeks ago

I find it cheating. I am a teacher and I make my kids write where they got their information. Oh, I forgot you are perfect and can't think for yourself. By the way I do some volunteering for Catholice Charities, and I haven't handed out any bibles. What do you have against the Catholic Church?
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guest · 827 weeks ago

Could you start a blog on the Government, I think you would have fun with that one too, or do you have one already?
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AngieAntiTheist 86p · 826 weeks ago

The process of getting help sucks. In order to medicaid for pregnancy (for all those pesky doctors visits and trips to the ER) you need to have Proof of Pregnancy. A stick test from the dollar store (proof enough for me) doesn't count. Instead, you have to have a doctor examine you and give you lab tests and sign a piece of paper. But if you don't have insurance, you can't get the exam in the first place.

Enter CC. I've got as much beef with faith-based tax monies as anybody else, but the OB/GYN there who got me my Medicaid was an awesome guy. Now, I'm pretty sure had I been looking at abortion instead of adoption/parenting then the charity would have put huge pressures on me and tried to use manipulation and scare tactics to keep me from exercising certain reproductive rights and choices.

So, I hate that they get money but of all the charities I've asked for help from since leaving the cult (and family support) Catholic Charities is one of the ones that actually did some good. On subsequent occasions I've gone by their office for a pack of diapers.
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