Tight Government Budgets Strain Religious Charities

Religious charities are being forced to eliminate programs, reduce their staffs, or try to borrow in the face of cutbacks in government funds, The Washington Post reports.

Strapped state and local agencies are reducing the amount they provide in contracts or delaying payments to religious charities, which are also being hit with deep cuts in private giving. “It’s only going to continue to get worse,” said Larry Snyder, chief executive of Catholic Charities USA, which gets about 65 percent of its revenue from government contracts.

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