JOhn DiIulio saw the problem in fairly short order, and resigned his post, after sticking it out for a time , thinking he may be able to achive something. Wallis expresses a similar disappointment after being initially encouraged by what seemed be to be an earnestly inquisitive president after he took office.

High Stakes For Church and State, Sojourners Magazine/November 2004

Without the resources and policies to seriously reduce poverty, the faith-based initiative became words without backing, “faith without works.” A faith-based initiative could have been done differently, with the resources and policies to back it up; but this one has turned out to be a big disappointment, with policy failures such as the denial of child tax credits to low-income families that would have brought the biblical prophets to the White House lawn.