Center for Faith and Opportunity Initiatives

'''Centers for Faith and Opportunity Initiatives''' are bodies within [[U.S. Federal government|U.S. federal government]] agencies giving religious groups more voice in government programs. The executive order on the "Establishment of a White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative" issued in May 2018 during the [[presidency of Donald Trump]] requires all executive departments to designate a Liaison for Faith and Opportunity Initiatives to coordinate with a new Advisor to the White House.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential-actions/executive-order-establishment-white-house-faith-opportunity-initiative/|title=Executive Order on the Establishment of a White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative |access-date=2018-11-28|date=May 3, 2018|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2018/05/08/2018-09895/establishment-of-a-white-house-faith-and-opportunity-initiative | title = Establishment of a White House Faith and Opportunity Initiative | access-date = 2021-01-25 }}</ref>

In November 2018, [[Scott Lloyd (lawyer)|Scott Lloyd]] was appointed to the Center for Faith and Opportunity Initiatives of the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services]] (HHS). Lloyd, who had previously headed the [[Office of Refugee Resettlement]] at the HHS, is a noted opponent of [[abortion]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://thinkprogress.org/scott-lloyd-hhs-refugee-director-transfer-faith-and-opportunity-initiatives-e197001eff9f/|title=Scott Lloyd, ardent abortion foe, gets transferred to new faith-based role at Health Department|access-date=2018-11-28|language=en-US}}</ref>

On October 31, 2019, the White House confirmed that [[Paula White]], a televangelist, pastor, and author, would join the [[White House Office]] to advise Trump's Faith and Opportunity Initiative. She supported Trump during his 2016 campaign.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/02/us/politics/paula-white-trump.html|title=Paula White, Newest White House Aide, Is a Uniquely Trumpian Pastor|last=Peters|first=Jeremy W.|date=2019-11-02|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-11-06|last2=Dias|first2=Elizabeth|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

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