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CCUSA urges prioritization of Military Family Basic Needs Allowance
News - October 20, 2020 - Catholic Charities USA joins other organizations in urging the Senate Armed Services Committee to provide needed assistance to struggling military families by prioritizing the Military Family Basic Needs Allowance in the Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Read the full letter.
CCUSA calls on DHS to stop separating migrant families
News - June 15, 2018 - Sister Donna Markham, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, urged Kirstjen Nielsen, United States Secretary of Homeland Security, in a letter to stop separating migrant families at the border. Read the full letter here.
Catholic Charities of Louisville
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Member - August 13, 2015 - Catholic Charities of Louisville is the social service ministry of the Archdiocese of Louisville, serving 24 counties and 110 parishes in central Kentucky. Our programs include anti-human trafficking, urban farming and refugee resettlement, among others. We serve anyone in need, regardless of race, status or beliefs. And what a need there is! Kentucky has the…
CCUSA president and CEO urges increase in FY2019 refugee admissions to U.S.
News - September 5, 2018 - In a letter to President Trump, Sister Donna Markham OP, PhD, President & CEO of Catholic Charities USA, asked the president to take into consideration the plight of the more than 65 million refugees seeking humanitarian assistance and urged him to increase the number to be admitted into the United States through the Presidential Determination…
Catholic Charities Fort Worth CEO testifies to National Hunger Commission
News - July 30, 2015 - Catholic Charities Fort Worth CEO Heather Reynolds recently submitted written testimony at the invitation of the National Commission on Hunger. Formed by Congress in 2014, the National Commission on Hunger is a group of ten appointed scholars and experts who are tasked with providing a report to Congress by November 2015 that lays out ways…
CCUSA letter urges Congress to support robust funding for DOJ
News - June 23, 2022 - The Honorable Jeanne Shaheen, Chairman Senate Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Jerry Moran, Ranking Member Senate Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Chairwoman Shaheen and Ranking Member Moran: I write on behalf of Catholic Charities…
Child finds safety and stable home in U.S.
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Story - December 11, 2018 - Luz*, 4 years old, was living with her grandmother in El Salvador after her parents abandoned her. Her grandmother did not take good care of her, and she ended up being sexually molested by an older cousin. Her home environment was very unstable, and she was often left alone as a very young child. Her…
CCUSA sends letter to Congress requesting tax code changes
News - October 21, 2019 - Catholic Charities USA urges lawmakers to make changes to the tax code that prioritize people in poverty including expanding Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit, repealing the unrelated business income tax (UBIT) and establishing a 4% minimum housing credit rate for certain housing projects within the Low Income Housing Tax Credit. Read the…
CCUSA letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee on mental health crisis
News - June 13, 2016 - Sister Donna Markham OP, PhD, President & CEO of Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) sends letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee commending the efforts underway to build bipartisan consensus to address the challenges in facing the nation’s mental health crisis.
Celebrating the farmworkers whose labor fills our tables
Story - July 2, 2020 - A Blog Post from Greg Kepferle, CEO Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County “Here they come!” The excited shouts spread through the group of volunteers with cellphone cameras held high. The slow majestic procession of gleaming cars glided by, metal inches from the ground, musical beats pulsing the air. There was something different about these…
CCUSA comments to House Agriculture Committee on Farm Bill
News - April 19, 2018 - CCUSA – with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Rural Life, the Society of St. Vincent de Paul and Catholic Relief Services – sent a letter to the House Committee on Agriculture in order to submit comments about the “Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018” (H.R. 2), also known as the farm bill. Read…
Having faced violence, she’s looking toward a bright future
Story - August 26, 2015 - Thanks to Catholic Charities’ help and support, Esmerelda is working towards permanent legal status and has a full-time job that helps support her and her daughter. Most importantly, she feels safe once again. Esmerelda had been living in a situation that was rapidly deteriorating. When she became a victim of domestic violence, she knew she…