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History

January 2005 - Governor Mitch Daniels enacts Executive Order 05-16, which creates the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, and as a result the OFBCI assumed the responsibilities of the Indiana Commission on Community Service and Volunteerism and the FaithWorks initiative

2003 - The Faithworks initiative is created to assist faith-based and community-based organizations in applying for state and federal grant dollars to support new or existing self-sufficiency programs.

2002 - The Indiana Department of Workforce Development (DWD) was awarded a $1 million grant by the U.S. Department of Labor to engage in outreach and education activities with faith-based and community-based organizations regarding the WorkOne system program monitoring and compliance.

2001 - The Bush Administration creates the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives to strengthen and expand the role of faith-based and community organizations in addressing the nation's social problems.

2000 - Governor O'Bannon contracts with Indiana's Department of Workforce Development to manage ICCSV financial and administrative functions, including development of financial policies and procedures.

1997 - The Governor's Voluntary Action Program (GVAP) is discontinued. The ICCS re-organizes and changes its name to the Indiana Commission on Community Service and Volunteerism (ICCSV) to highlight the expanded role of volunteers in effective community service.

1996 - The Charitable Choice provision is included in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunities Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) welfare reform legislation. Where non-governmental entities participate in a social service program funded under the PRWORA, FBOs cannot be excluded from participating simply because of their religious character.

During this time, Charitable Choice provisions apply to the following federal programs: Temporary Aid to Needy Families, Welfare-to- Work, Community Services Block Grants, Substance Abuse and Treatment Block Grants, Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness, and other discretionary grant programs for substance abuse prevention and treatment that are administered by SAMHSA.

January 1994 - Governor Evan Bayh establishes the Indiana Commission on Community Service (ICCS) and the Governor's Voluntary Action Program.

1993 - Congress passes the National Community Service Trust Act, effectively overhauling the nation's community service and volunteer programs, which established the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), strengthened existing programs and established new ones.