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PEPFAR Articles

Toward Shalom: PEPFAR and Faith-Based Partnerships
Toward Shalom: PEPFAR and Faith-Based Partnerships
The Future of PEPFAR: A Faith-Based Perspective on Global Health Policy Changes
The Future of PEPFAR: A Faith-Based Perspective on Global Health Policy Changes
Justice, Mercy, and Global Health: PEPFAR’s Partnership with Hope Worldwide
Justice, Mercy, and Global Health: PEPFAR’s Partnership with Hope Worldwide
Entering Into Suffering: How the Story of the Good Samaritan Models the Importance of PEPFAR
Entering Into Suffering: How the Story of the Good Samaritan Models the Importance of PEPFAR
Understanding the Implications of Halting PEPFAR: A Perspective from an HIV Researcher
Understanding the Implications of Halting PEPFAR: A Perspective from an HIV Researcher
PEPFAR’s Impact Beyond HIV/AIDS: The Story of Ethiopia ACT
PEPFAR’s Impact Beyond HIV/AIDS: The Story of Ethiopia ACT

Better Together

Protests, Potlucks, and Partnerships
Protests, Potlucks, and Partnerships
Will You All Step In? Telling the story of DC127
Will You All Step In? Telling the story of DC127
Can We Do This Better? Project Belong's Mission
Can We Do This Better? Project Belong's Mission
At 9th & Alabama: Sharing Kathy Pointer's Story
At 9th & Alabama: Sharing Kathy Pointer's Story
Bridges In a World of Blockades: Scott Seaton & Arlington Bridge Builders
Bridges In a World of Blockades: Scott Seaton & Arlington Bridge Builders
Government Partnership Readiness Checklist
10 Ways of Wisdom for Faith-Based Organizations
10 Ways of Wisdom for Faith-Based Organizations
10 Ways of Wisdom for Public Officials | The Center for Public Justice
The ABC's of Government Partnerships | Better Together
The ABC's of Government Partnerships | Better Together
Three Misconceptions about Faith-Based Organizations & Government Partnerships

The Hatfield Prize 2025

Hospice Helps Us Die Well. Barriers and Misconceptions Prevent Access to Services.
Hospice Helps Us Die Well. Barriers and Misconceptions Prevent Access to Services.
The Pivotal Role of Churches in Addressing Homelessness in Santa Barbara
The Pivotal Role of Churches in Addressing Homelessness in Santa Barbara
Protecting LGBTQ Foster Youth Does Not Require Excluding Religious Parents
Protecting LGBTQ Foster Youth Does Not Require Excluding Religious Parents
The Hatfield Prize 2025 | The Center for Public Justice
The Hatfield Prize 2025 | The Center for Public Justice
"The Afternoon of Democracy" 2025 Kuyper Lecture with Gert-Jan Segers
"The Afternoon of Democracy" 2025 Kuyper Lecture with Gert-Jan Segers
6th Annual Juvenile Justice Convening: Engaging Communities for Juvenile Reentry
6th Annual Juvenile Justice Convening: Engaging Communities for Juvenile Reentry
Understanding the Mental Health of Teachers and Students in Juvenile Detention Centers
Understanding the Mental Health of Teachers and Students in Juvenile Detention Centers
Catastrophe Transcends Partnership: A Vision for Public Justice in Disaster Relief
Catastrophe Transcends Partnership: A Vision for Public Justice in Disaster Relief
28th Annual Kuyper Lecture: The Afternoon of Democracy | The Center for Public Justice
Crossover and Collaboration: The Intersection Between the Juvenile Justice System and the Welfare System | The Center for Public Justice
Crossover and Collaboration: The Intersection Between the Juvenile Justice System and the Welfare System | The Center for Public Justice
Newsletter Signup
Newsletter Signup
The Center for Public Justice - Internships
The Center for Public Justice - Internships
A Lenten Reflection on Faith-Based Institutions and the Vanishing
Civitas Fellowship for Congressional Staff
Civitas Fellowship for Congressional Staff
President Trump’s New White House Faith Office: Change and Continuity by Stanley Carlson-Thies
President Trump’s New White House Faith Office: Change and Continuity by Stanley Carlson-Thies
Trump, Faith-Based Partnerships, and Public Life by Chelsea Langston Bombino
Trump, Faith-Based Partnerships, and Public Life by Chelsea Langston Bombino
At a Glance - The White House Faith Office by Girien R. Salazar
At a Glance - The White House Faith Office by Girien R. Salazar
Seeking Shalom in a Parking Lot: Reimagining Urban Spaces for People and the Planet
Seeking Shalom in a Parking Lot: Reimagining Urban Spaces for People and the Planet
Lighting the Flame: How Jewish Social Services Support The Social Safety Net
Lighting the Flame: How Jewish Social Services Support The Social Safety Net
2025 Hatfield Prize Recipients
2025 Hatfield Prize Recipients
Paid Family Leave: State-Level Access and Innovation
Paid Family Leave: State-Level Access and Innovation
Religious Freedom and Faith-Based Organizations: Neither Privileged nor Privatized in American Public Life
Addressing the Root of Youth Dysfunction by Caring for Parents: A Conversation with Richard Ramos
Addressing the Root of Youth Dysfunction by Caring for Parents: A Conversation with Richard Ramos
CPJ's Political Discipleship Guide
CPJ's Political Discipleship Guide
Be Their Village: Family Involvement in Youth Diversion and the Juvenile Justice System
Be Their Village: Family Involvement in Youth Diversion and the Juvenile Justice System
How Do We Honor Christ in Our Citizenship? A Conversation with David Koyzis
How Do We Honor Christ in Our Citizenship? A Conversation with David Koyzis
Citizenship Without Illusions by David Koyzis
Meet The Non-Profit Transforming How Churches Show Up For Foster Kids
Meet The Non-Profit Transforming How Churches Show Up For Foster Kids
How Churches and After School Programs Can Partner with Students
How Churches and After School Programs Can Partner with Students
The Importance of the Community Involvement in the Juvenile Justice System
The Importance of the Community Involvement in the Juvenile Justice System
Partnering with Parents: The Power of Teachers to Support Families Involved in the Justice System
Partnering with Parents: The Power of Teachers to Support Families Involved in the Justice System
Innovation and Empathy: The Local Organizations that Will Solve California’s Homelessness Crisis
Innovation and Empathy: The Local Organizations that Will Solve California’s Homelessness Crisis
Guidelines and Principles
Guidelines and Principles
Collaborative Care: Involving Families in Restorative and Holistic Case Planning
Collaborative Care: Involving Families in Restorative and Holistic Case Planning
Policy Brief: Secure Paid Leave for Family and Medical Care
Policy Brief: Secure Paid Leave for Family and Medical Care
Advocacy Training: God's Purpose for Families
Advocacy Training: God's Purpose for Families
Advocacy Training: Creating a Pro Family Public Policy Agenda
Advocacy Training: Creating a Pro Family Public Policy Agenda
Paid Family Leave Advocacy Toolkit
Paid Family Leave Advocacy Toolkit
New Research: Faith in Child Care Settings
New Research: Faith in Child Care Settings
A Better Path: Juvenile Justice Mental Health Courts
A Better Path: Juvenile Justice Mental Health Courts
Room to Grow: Achieving Better Mental Health for Youth in the Justice System
Room to Grow: Achieving Better Mental Health for Youth in the Justice System
Communal Care and Family Well-Being with Kat Armas
Communal Care and Family Well-Being with Kat Armas
Gen Z, Before You Opt Out of 2024’s Election, Consider This
Gen Z, Before You Opt Out of 2024’s Election, Consider This
From the Garden to Government with Dr. Vincent Bacote
Paid Family Leave Advocacy Toolkit
Juvenile Justice and Learning: How Education Impacts Youth Recidivism
Juvenile Justice and Learning: How Education Impacts Youth Recidivism
Living Life Abundantly with Kendall Vanderslice
Living Life Abundantly with Kendall Vanderslice
Rest and Resiliency: Helping Indigenous Youth Stay Out of the Justice System Through Arts-Based Programs
Rest and Resiliency: Helping Indigenous Youth Stay Out of the Justice System Through Arts-Based Programs
Proactive Pluralism: Imagining How the Government Can Support the Flourishing of Faith Communities
Proactive Pluralism: Imagining How the Government Can Support the Flourishing of Faith Communities
Faith in Child Care Settings: Findings from Georgia and Massachusetts
Faith in Child Care Settings: Findings from Georgia and Massachusetts
"Who's Caring for Children?" 2023 Kuyper Lecture with Rachel Anderson
"Who's Caring for Children?" 2023 Kuyper Lecture with Rachel Anderson
From the Garden to Government
From the Garden to Government
Dr. Emilie Cunningham: Health Access for Texas Moms Briefing
Dr. Emilie Cunningham: Health Access for Texas Moms Briefing
Cessilye Smith: Health Access for Texas Moms Briefing
Cessilye Smith: Health Access for Texas Moms Briefing
Donate to the Center for Public Justice
Donate to the Center for Public Justice
The Whole of Life: The Case for Extending Medicaid Benefits for Maternal Health
The Whole of Life: The Case for Extending Medicaid Benefits for Maternal Health
CPJ Prayer Guide
Families Valued Newsletter Signup
Families Valued Newsletter Signup
Neglecting the Most Vulnerable: The Systemic Medication of Foster Youth
Neglecting the Most Vulnerable: The Systemic Medication of Foster Youth
Honoring Families, Loving Our Neighbors: A Common Ground Proposal for Paid Family Leave
Courage in the Face of Hopelessness with Toni Collier
Courage in the Face of Hopelessness with Toni Collier
Policy Brief: Secure Paid Leave for Family and Medical Care
Policy Brief: Secure Paid Leave for Family and Medical Care
Learning to Disagree: A Conversation with Dr. John Inazu
Learning to Disagree: A Conversation with Dr. John Inazu
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I Love, Therefore I Am: A Conversation About Love And Gender With Dr. Fellipe Do Vale
The Emerging Public Intellectual Award | Redeemer University
The Emerging Public Intellectual Award | Redeemer University
Read Action Plan: Convergence Collaborative on Supports for Working Families
Read Action Plan: Convergence Collaborative on Supports for Working Families
2024 Hatfield Prize Recipients
2024 Hatfield Prize Recipients

Articles

Nonpartisan Advocacy for the Vulnerable: An Interview with Dr. Abby Foreman
Nonpartisan Advocacy for the Vulnerable: An Interview with Dr. Abby Foreman
Welcoming The Foreigner: An Interview With Dr. Ruth Melkonian-Hoover
Welcoming The Foreigner: An Interview With Dr. Ruth Melkonian-Hoover
A New Debt Epidemic: The Risky Wager Of Online Sports Betting
A New Debt Epidemic: The Risky Wager Of Online Sports Betting
Kolbe Cole and the DOVE Initiative: Igniting Hope in Beaver County
Kolbe Cole and the DOVE Initiative: Igniting Hope in Beaver County
How Young People Can Reform Juvenile Justice
How Young People Can Reform Juvenile Justice
Remedying Youth Addiction Through Diversion Programs – The Center for Public Justice
Article: A pastor, comma, not a pastor, period
Article: A pastor, comma, not a pastor, period
Classroom Or Courtroom? Problems & Solutions To The School-To-Prison Pipeline
Classroom Or Courtroom? Problems & Solutions To The School-To-Prison Pipeline
The Case for Diversion Programs
The Case for Diversion Programs
How Communities Can Help Address the Unseen Needs of Justice-Involved Emerging Adults
How Communities Can Help Address the Unseen Needs of Justice-Involved Emerging Adults
New Toolkit: Reimagining Youth Justice: How Faith-Based Leaders Can Get Involved
New Toolkit: Reimagining Youth Justice: How Faith-Based Leaders Can Get Involved

Events and Webinars

CPJ Juvenile Justice Convening: Transformative Relationships, November 2023
CPJ Juvenile Justice Convening: Transformative Relationships, November 2023
Recording: "Who's Caring for Children?" 2023 Kuyper Lecture with Rachel Anderson
Recording: "Who's Caring for Children?" 2023 Kuyper Lecture with Rachel Anderson

Internships

Intern for CPJ – The Center for Public Justice

New Research: Hatfield Prize 2023

Reports: Hatfield Prize 2023
Reports: Hatfield Prize 2023
Life after Life in Prison
Life after Life in Prison
Fighting Food Insecurity in Rockwood
Fighting Food Insecurity in Rockwood
Why We Need Better Data On Human Trafficking
Why We Need Better Data On Human Trafficking

Civitas Congressional Fellowship

Learn More About the Civitas Fellowship
Learn More About the Civitas Fellowship
Faith-Based Community Development in America’s Heartland: An Interview with Seven Baskets CEO Jeff Mansel
Faith-Based Community Development in America’s Heartland: An Interview with Seven Baskets CEO Jeff Mansel
Congress Must Save the Child Tax Credit: What You Need to Know and Why You Should Care
Congress Must Save the Child Tax Credit: What You Need to Know and Why You Should Care
Hope After Sentence: How Expungement Offers Emerging Adults a Real Second Chance
Hope After Sentence: How Expungement Offers Emerging Adults a Real Second Chance

Webinars

Communal Care and Family Well-Being with Kat Armas
Communal Care and Family Well-Being with Kat Armas
The Pandemic and Employee Experiences: The Future of the Faith-Shaped Workplace
The Pandemic and Employee Experiences: The Future of the Faith-Shaped Workplace
Article: Grief Work

Support Health Access for New Moms

Sign Petition: Urge Texas State Senators to Protect Health Access for New Moms
The Whole of Life: The Case for Extending Medicaid Benefits for Maternal Health
The Whole of Life: The Case for Extending Medicaid Benefits for Maternal Health

Families Valued Resources

Policy Brief: Secure Paid Leave for Family and Medical Care
Policy Brief: Secure Paid Leave for Family and Medical Care
Common Ground Proposal on Paid Family Leave
Policy Brief: Faith-Based Child Care
Policy Brief: Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Article on the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
Take Action – Child Tax Credit

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Recordings

Living Life Abundantly: Setting A Table Where Families Flourish
Living Life Abundantly: Setting A Table Where Families Flourish
Advocacy Training: God's Purpose for Families
Advocacy Training: God's Purpose for Families
Advocacy Training: Creating a Pro Family Public Policy Agenda
Advocacy Training: Creating a Pro Family Public Policy Agenda

Statements

CPJ Statement on the Senate Passage of the Respect for Marriage Act
CPJ Statement on the Senate Passage of the Respect for Marriage Act
CPJ Statement on the Passage of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
CPJ Statement on the Passage of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
CPJ Statement Faith Leaders Release Research on American Christians’ Views on Payday Loans
CPJ Statement Faith Leaders Release Research on American Christians’ Views on Payday Loans

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