Faith-based initiatives
Faith-based initiatives are when the government works with religious organizations to help people who need assistance. So imagine you're at school and you drop your lunchbox, and all of your food falls out. Your teacher sees this happen and decides to help you by asking some of your classmates who have more food than they need if they can give you some of their food. That's similar to what faith-based initiatives do, except instead of your teacher, it's the government, and instead of classmates, it's religious organizations.
For example, a church may have a program that helps feed people who don't have enough to eat. The government might give that church money to buy food to give to those people. Or, a mosque may have a program that helps people learn new skills, like how to sew or how to fix cars. The government might give that mosque money to pay for those programs.
The idea behind faith-based initiatives is that these religious organizations have a lot of experience helping people in need, so the government can work with them to make sure that more people get the help that they need. It's like when you need help with a puzzle, and you ask someone who's really good at puzzles to help you out. The government is asking religious organizations who are good at helping people to help out with important problems.
For example, a church may have a program that helps feed people who don't have enough to eat. The government might give that church money to buy food to give to those people. Or, a mosque may have a program that helps people learn new skills, like how to sew or how to fix cars. The government might give that mosque money to pay for those programs.
The idea behind faith-based initiatives is that these religious organizations have a lot of experience helping people in need, so the government can work with them to make sure that more people get the help that they need. It's like when you need help with a puzzle, and you ask someone who's really good at puzzles to help you out. The government is asking religious organizations who are good at helping people to help out with important problems.