Executive Orders

• Executive Order 13397 created a new Center for Faith-Based & Community Initiatives at the Department of Homeland Security on March 7, 2006.
• Executive Order 13199 created the White House Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives on January 29, 2001.
• Executive Order 13198 created five Centers for Faith-Based & Community Initiatives on January 29, 2001.
• Executive Order 13280 created two Centers for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives on December 12, 2002.
• Executive Order 13279 requires equal protection for faith-based and community organizations as of December 12, 2002.
• Executive Order 13342 created three new Centers for Faith-Based & Community Initiatives at the Departments of Commerce and Veterans Affairs and the Small Business Administration on June 1, 2004.