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CCUSA sees PROMESA as important step forward for people of Puerto Rico
News - June 9, 2016 - Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), deeply concerned about the crisis in Puerto Rico, especially its effects on children and those in poverty, sent letters to the House of Representatives urging them not only to pass legislation to allow Puerto Rico to restructure its debt but also to support an amendment to strengthen the bill that directly…
CCUSA submits congressional testimony to affect poverty reduction
News - May 25, 2016 - Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) submitted testimony before the House of Representatives Committee on Ways and Means for its hearing entitled “Moving America’s Families Forward: Setting Priorities for Reducing Poverty and Expanding Opportunity.” In its testimony, CCUSA outlines the efforts being undertaken by Catholic Charities agencies across the country to alleviate poverty in the United States…
CCUSA urges Congress to help people of Puerto Rico
News - May 2, 2016 - Sister Donna Markham, OP, PhD wrote a letter to Congress urging members to find a workable solution that prioritizes the needs of people affected by the ongoing financial and humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico. A solution should promote budget transparency, reduce child poverty and ensure strong provisions to restructure the debt in a manner that…
CCUSA writes DHS appropriations subcommittees in support of EFSP, DRF, NFIP
News - April 25, 2016 - CCUSA urges Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittees to maintain funding at $120 million for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) and to keep EFSP’s administration at FEMA; to fund federal assistance programs under the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF); and to direct FEMA to provide a mechanism that would bring flood insurance to low income populations.…
CCUSA urges funding of Youth Mentoring Grant Program, Second Chance Act Program
News - April 8, 2016 - CCUSA urged both the House and Senate leadership of their respective Appropriations Subcommittees on Commerce, Justice, and Science to support the funding in fiscal year 2017 of the Youth Mentoring Grant program and the Second Chance Act program. Read the full letters.
CCUSA urges Senate to reauthorize Older Americans Act
News - April 5, 2016 - For fifty years the Older Americans Act (OAA) has provided critical services for vulnerable senior citizens. The Act expired four years ago, but in the meantime the needs of seniors and their population have only increased. According to US Census Bureau data from 2014, over 4 million seniors live below the poverty line and 11…
CCUSA urges passage of Housing Opportunities through Modernization Act
News - March 21, 2016 - CCUSA joins a broad cross-section of stakeholders in the housing affordability realm in urging the Senate to pass “The Housing Opportunities through Modernization Act” (H.R. 3700), without delay. The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 3700 unanimously on February 2, 2016. This legislation represents the best of bipartisan work and compromise.Our nation faces tremendous housing…
CCUSA, USCCB, CRS, CRL letters to agriculture appropriations subcommittees
News - March 17, 2016 - Catholic Charities USA, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committees on Domestic Justice and Human Development and International Justice and Peace, Catholic Relief Services and Catholic Rural Life address the moral and human dimensions of FY 2017 Agriculture Appropriations in letters to the corresponding subcommittees of both the House and the Senate. The letters…
CCUSA, USCCB urge THUD subcommittees to provide adequate funding for poor families
News - March 7, 2016 - In joint letters to the Senate and House Subcommittees on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, as they begin work on their appropriations bills, CCUSA and USCCB urge the members to provide adequate funding for programs that serve poor and vulnerable households. Read the full letters: Senate, House.
CCUSA, USCCB letter to House in support of Second Chance Act
News - January 11, 2016 - In a joint letter to the House Committee on the Judiciary, CCUSA and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops call on the leadership to support the passage of the Second Chance Act. The legislation is an important step forward in addressing some of the many issues facing more that 650,000 men, women and juveniles…
CCUSA, USCCB, CHS, CRS support Abortion Non-Discrimination Act
News - December 4, 2015 - CCUSA, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Catholic Health Association and Catholic Relief Services sent a joint letter to the Senate and House leadership in support of provisions known as The Abortion Non-Discrimination Act (ANDA) included in the House Labor, HHS Appropriations bill, which would permanently codify protections for individual and institutional health…
CCUSA sends letters to appropriations committees on funding priorities
News - November 30, 2015 - Catholic Charities USA has written letters to the Appropriations Committees of both the House and the Senate urging them to refrain from funding cuts to major social and anti-poverty programs as Congress determines where to allocate monies based on the Budget Act PL 113-235. Read the full letters: House and Senate.