We don't want this opportunity to distract churches from their basic mission. On the other hand, churches should not use these federal funds to pay for their worship services or catechesis. The money should be used for some broad social benefit that would serve the whole community. Most important, we don't want this support to occur as a replacement for government's own responsibility for the general welfare. We wouldn't want funding of this initiative to be drawn from some other existing social programs.
Some big questions remain.
While the answers to these questions are still unclear, we should put the most charitable construction on the idea and work to make it consistent with our understanding of the functional interaction of church and state. May God open all our hearts to the needs of our own communities. We have been blessed to be a blessing. God be with you.