Jay Hein

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Jay Hein
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Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
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PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byJim Towey
Succeeded byJedd Medefind
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PartyRepublican
EducationEureka College (BA)
University of Illinois Springfield

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Hein with President George W. Bush in 2008

Jay F. Hein is a former director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives (OFBCI), and Deputy Assistant to U.S President George W. Bush.[1] As director of the OFBCI, he was charged with the mission of expanding and strengthening the influence of faith based organizations in providing social welfare services.[2] Hein resigned from the post in September 2008 to take a position with the Institute for Studies of Religion at Baylor University,[3] and to return to his former job as president of the Sagamore Institute for Policy Research, a non-profit Indianapolis, Indiana based think tank.[4]

While at the OFBCI, Hein viewed one of its purposes as leveling the playing field for small religious groups that wanted to obtain government grants. He also supported the "hiring rights" of religious-based organizations to require membership in their own religion as a condition of employment, regardless of whether the organization received federal funds.[5]

Prior to his appointment to the OFBCI, Hein, as president and founder of the Sagamore Institute, conducted research that concentrated on community-based reforms.[6] Previous to his involvement with Sagamore, Hein was the director of the conservative Hudson Institute's Civil Society programs.[2] While there, Hein conducted research and analysis to support Wisconsin's welfare reform program and he assisted former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson, and the state of Wisconsin in devising welfare replacement alternatives such as welfare to work and post secondary training and education.[6][7]

Education

Hein received a bachelor's degree in social science and business from Eureka College in 1987. He was one of the first recipients of the Ronald Reagan Leadership Program scholarship, a full tuition grant given to just 6 entering freshmen each year.[6] Hein also did graduate work in political science at the University of Illinois Springfield, and is now a distinguished fellow at Baylor University, as well as the Director of its Program for Faith and Service.[7]

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  1. ^ Official biography. "OFBCI Director Jay Hein", "George W. Bush White House Archives", accessed August 15, 2009
  2. ^ a b Alumni news."Rising to the Top" Script error: No such module "webarchive"., Eureka College Alumni Magazine, Fall 2007, page 2.
  3. ^ Institute for Studies of Religion."About Hein" Script error: No such module "webarchive"., "Baylor.edu", accessed August 15, 2009
  4. ^ Sagamore Institute. “Jay Hein, President”[dead link], accessed August 15, 2009.
  5. ^ Roundtable "An Interview with Jay Hein, former director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives"[dead link] Religion And Social Welfare Policy, September 9, 2008.
  6. ^ a b c Welcome to Eureka. "Discover Leadership" Script error: No such module "webarchive"., accessed August 15, 2009.
  7. ^ a b Jay F. Hein. "Distinguished Senior Fellow and Director of the Program for Faith and Service" Script error: No such module "webarchive"., "Baylor.edu", accessed August 15, 2009.