Fact Sheet: Faith-Based and Community Initiatives National Conference

Conference Will Explore Initiative's Impact Aiding Millions In Partnership With Nonprofit Sector

On June 26 and 27, President George W. Bush will deliver remarks at the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (OFBCI) "Innovations in Effective Compassion" National Conference in Washington, D.C. Attended by members of the President's Cabinet, OFBCI Director Jay Hein, and more than 1,000 public and private-sector leaders, the Conference will explore and expand the ways the Faith-Based and Community Initiative is transforming government's approach to human need, in partnership with faith-based and community organizations, to solve problems from addiction and homelessness to malaria and HIV/AIDS.

Conference Agenda: Thursday, June 26, 2008

8:30 – 8:55 Welcome and Introduction

The Honorable Jedd Medefind, Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

The Honorable Jay Hein, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

8:55 – 9:10 Victory of the Level Playing Field

The Honorable Michael B. Mukasey, Attorney General of the United States

9:10 – 9:25 Access to Recovery

The Honorable John P. Walters, Director

White House Office of National Drug Control Policy

9:25 – 9:40 Administration Homelessness Efforts Through Faith-Based and Community Organizations

The Honorable Steve Preston, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

9:40 – 9:55 Prisoner Reentry Initiative

The Honorable Elaine L. Chao, Secretary of Labor

12:00 – 1:00 Luncheon: The Faith-Based and Community Initiative Vision Applied Internationally

The Honorable Ed Schafer, Secretary of Agriculture

Ambassador Mark R. Dybul, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator

1:00 – 1:45 Keynote Remarks

President George W. Bush

Conference Agenda: Friday, June 27, 2008

8:30 – 8:50 Welcome and Introduction

The Honorable Jay Hein, Deputy Assistant to the President and Director

White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

The Honorable Joseph Lieberman, United States Senator (Connecticut)

8:50 – 9:10 Social Entrepreneurism and the Future of American Compassion

The Honorable Stephen Goldsmith

Chairman, Corporation for National and Community Service, and Former Mayor, Indianapolis, Indiana

David Eisner, CEO, Corporation for National and Community Service

1:00 – 1:45 Luncheon Keynote

The Honorable Felix P. Camacho, Governor of Guam

Innovations In Effective Compassion Panels (Friday Morning)

The Faith-Based and Community Initiative has championed the same kinds of innovation within government that are modeled by the social entrepreneurs it supports outside of government. New partnership models, technologies, and other tools invented to expand collaboration between government and front-line service organizations represent both major progress and ongoing experimentation.

9:10 – 9:50 Panel I: Enlisting Social Entrepreneurship for Service Delivery

• Participants: Brent Orrell, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, U.S. Department of Labor, Moderator
• • Lisa Johnson, Skill Development Manager, Missouri Department of Economic Development
  • Bruce Wilkinson, Senior Vice President, International Programs, World Vision

9:50 – 10:30 Panel II: Extending the Work of Social Entrepreneurs

• Participants: Brent Orrell, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, U.S. Department of Labor, Moderator
• • Reverend Danny Cortés, Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff, Esperanza
  • Governor Scott McCallum, President and CEO, Aidmatrix Foundation
  • Fred Davie, President, Public/Private Ventures

10:40 – 11:20 Panel III: Engaging Social Entrepreneurs through Vouchers and other Choice Mechanisms

• Participants: Jedd Medefind, Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director
  
  White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, Moderator

The Future Of Innovation Panels (Friday Afternoon)

Research indicates that since its launch in 2001, the Faith-Based and Community Initiative has made tremendous progress. The years ahead carry rich opportunities for those ready to build upon this work – particularly in efforts to identify, partner with, and extend the reach of frontline social entrepreneurs working in faith-based charities, community groups, and other settings. Today, these innovations are happening in States through bipartisan efforts to create multi-sector partnerships that draw upon the unique strengths of faith-based and other community organizations.

1:45 – 2:30 Panel I: The Future of Innovation & Research Regarding America's Social Entrepreneurs

• Participants: The Honorable Karl Zinsmeister, Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, Moderator
• Byron Johnson, Professor of Sociology, and Director, Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University
• Richard Nathan, Co-Director, Rockefeller Institute of Government
• Bill Galston, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution

2:30 – 3:25 Panel II: The Future of Innovation in Community Partnerships

• Participants: Jedd Medefind, Special Assistant to the President and Deputy Director
  
  White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, Moderator
• Jannah Scott, Policy Advisor for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives for the Office of Governor Janet Napolitano
• Steve Wing, Director, Workforce Initiatives, CVS Corporation
• Hal Roark, Executive Director, The Broadmoor Development Corporation
• Scott Merriner, Co-Chair, Governor's Advisory Council on Faith-Based & Community Initiatives, Alaska