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            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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            <CODE>0970</CODE>
            <NAME>Administration for Children and Families</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>ACF</ACRONYM>
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        <PARENT_AGENCY>
            <CODE>0900</CODE>
            <NAME>Department of Health and Human Services</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>HHS</ACRONYM>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Community Services Block Grant Charitable Choice</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[This rule would implement the Charitable Choice statutory provisions at section 679 of the Community Services Block Grant Act. These provisions apply to programs authorized under the Act, including the Community Services Block grant program, Training, Technical Assistance and Capacity Building program, Community Food and Nutrition Program, National Youth Sports program, and discretionary grants for economic development, rural community development, and neighborhood innovation, which are all administered by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF). It is ACF's policy that, within the framework of constitutional church-State guidelines, faith-based organizations should be able to compete on an equal footing for funding, and ACF supports the participation of faith-based organizations in these programs.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Substantive, Nonsignificant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Completed Actions</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
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        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>45 CFR 1050</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 9901</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>PL 105-285, sec 672</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 9902</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>PL 105-285, sec 673</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
        <LEGAL_DLINE_LIST/>
        <RPLAN_ENTRY>No</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/17/2002</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>67 FR 77364</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM Comment Period End</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>02/18/2003</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>Final Rule</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>09/30/2003</TTBL_DATE>
                <FR_CITATION>68 FR 56466</FR_CITATION>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
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            <GOVT_LEVEL>Federal</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>NA</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>Not Collected</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
        <AGENCY_CONTACT_LIST>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Clarence</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Carter</LAST_NAME>
                <TITLE>Director, Office of Community Services</TITLE>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>0970</CODE>
                    <NAME>Administration for Children and Families</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>ACF</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 401-9333</PHONE>
                <EMAIL>ccarter@acf.hhs.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>5th Floor East, 370 L&apos;Enfant Promenade SW.,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20447</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
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