FEMA To Reimburse Faith Based Groups

[KevinTheOmnivore]

"FEMA officials said religious organizations would be eligible for payments only if they operated emergency shelters, food distribution centers or medical facilities at the request of state or local governments in the three states that have declared emergencies -- Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. In those cases, "a wide range of costs would be available for reimbursement, including labor costs incurred in excess of normal operations, rent for the facility and delivery of essential needs like food and water," FEMA spokesman Eugene Kinerney said in an e-mail."

Again, it sounds like there will be standards. How rigid those may be, I dunno. But these organizations won't simply get blank checks for handing out little pocket-sized copies of the New Testament.