Getting out of government contracts has become a trend among other Catholic Charities across the country, but also among nonreligious nonprofits, too, said David Thompson, vice president of public policy at the National Council of Nonprofits.

“It’s just become an expensive hassle for nonprofits to partner with the government,” he said. “Research has shown that the government can fail to pay the full cost of the contracted services or can change the contracts midstream.”