Jay F. Hein is a former Director of the

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(OFBCI), and Deputy Assistant to U.S President

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"OFBCI Director Jay Hein"
"George W. Bush White House Archives", accessed August 15, 2009 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.Alumni new
"Rising to the Top"
, Eureka College Alumni Magazine, Fall 2007, page 2. Hein resigned from the post in September 2008 to take a position with the Institute for Studies of Religion at

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"About Hein"
, "Baylor.edu", accessed August 15, 2009 and to return to his former job as president of the Sagamore Institute for Policy Research, a non-profit Indianapolis, Indiana based

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.Sagamore Institute
“Jay Hein, President”
accessed August 15, 2009. 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.Roundtabl
"An Interview with Jay Hein, former director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives"
Religion And Social Welfare Policy, September 9, 2008. Prior to his appointment to the OFBCI, Hein, as president and founder of the Sagamore Institute, conducted research that concentrated on community-based reforms.Welcome to Eureka

, accessed August 15, 2009. Previous to his involvement with Sagamore, Hein was the director of the conservative Hudson Institute's Civil Society programs. While there, Hein conducted research and analysis to support Wisconsin's welfare reform program and he assisted former Wisconsin Governor

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, and the state of Wisconsin in devising welfare replacement alternatives such as welfare to work and post secondary training and education.Jay F. Hein
"Distinguished Senior Fellow and Director of the Program for Faith and Service"
, "Baylor.edu", accessed August 15, 2009.

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. Hein also did graduate work in political science at the

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, and is now a distinguished fellow at Baylor University, as well as the Director of its Program for Faith and Service.

References

External links

*Hein, Ja
"Rethinking Charity"
American Outlook, Fall 2003.
Sagamore Institute Website
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