Health Care

Faith-Based Organizations

Organizations such as (1) congregations; (2) national networks, which include national denominations, their social service arms (for example, Catholic Charities, Lutheran Social Services), and networks of related organizations (such as YMCA and YWCA); and (3) freestanding religious organizations, which are incorporated separately from congregations and national networks. http://www.huduser.gov/portal/publications/faithbased.pdf

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Organizations such as (1) congregations; (2) national networks, which include national denominations, their social service arms (for example, Catholic Charities, Lutheran Social Services), and networks of related organizations (such as YMCA and YWCA); and (3) freestanding religious organizations, which are incorporated separately from congregations and national networks. http://www.huduser.gov/portal/publications/faithbased.pdf

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  • Faith Based Organizations
  • Faith-Based Organization
  • Organization, Faith-Based
  • Organizations, Faith-Based

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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2018

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  • Charities (1966-2017)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Faith-Based Organizations. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000073576. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000073576
  2. Faith-Based Organizations. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith-based_organization
  3. Faith-Based Organizations. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q24906286