Story - August 26, 2015 - Understanding the importance of sharing meals in strengthening family bonds, Catholic Charities of North Louisiana (CCNLA) has developed a suite of services that ensures that clients not only have access to adequate food, particularly on a SNAP budget, but that they learn and enjoy the process of preparing and serving food as well. CCNLA helps…

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Story - April 13, 2020 - Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) has been working with the Dairy Pricing Cooperative in Wisconsin for several years accepting cheese donations when available. In late March CCUSA learned that, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, farmers were dumping milk due to disruptions in the supply chain and the inability to get milk processed. CCUSA shared with the…

Publication - August 1, 2020 - Poverty and racism continue to undermine our nation’s most basic promise of liberty and justice for all. Catholic Charities maintains the conviction that both are scandalous affronts to the Christian conscience and endanger the social peace and future prosperity of this nation. Summary This paper is an invitation to others, both in the Catholic Charities…

Story - August 5, 2019 - Early in June 2019, Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) convened staff from nine Catholic Charities agencies at the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Simple Cooking with Heart Kitchen in Baltimore, Maryland, to introduce the staff to Healthy for Life® 20 By 20, made possible by Aramark and AHA. The introduction was meant to help Catholic Charities staff…

Story - August 26, 2015 - There’s a saying: “It costs more to be poor.” And it’s true when it comes to individuals who operate outside of the financial mainstream. They frequently face less secure, less convenient and more expensive alternatives to carrying out their everyday financial transactions. Catholic Charities of Kansas City-St. Joseph is working to change that, helping low-income…

News - June 23, 2016 - Today the Supreme Court, by a 4-4 vote, allowed a lower court decision to stand which blocks the implementation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans (DAPA) executive actions. “While today’s split opinion does not decide the ultimate validity of the DACA and DAPA programs, it does…

Story - November 10, 2020 - Kelly Miller works with people coming out of prison, helping them find housing, jobs and whatever else they need to be successful as they reintegrate back into society. She knows how hard it can be to find affordable housing. And because she works for a social services nonprofit in New Jersey, she can fully empathize…

Story - April 9, 2020 - Americans are pulling together by staying at least 6 feet apart. Armed with their laptops and rolls of toilet paper, many people are able to remain at home to work or study. But some things can’t be done remotely. So in the midst of a global pandemic, many essential workers must leave their homes every…

Story - January 12, 2018 - Chris and Gus have been matched since October of 2014 through T.E.A.M. (Together Engaging Adolescents through Mentoring), a program of Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of Boston. Chris is a Quality Assurance Manager at Sokolove Law, LLC. He became a mentor because he wants to help youth grow and utilize the amazing potential they have through new…

Story - July 26, 2019 - After almost two decades of abuse, two kidnappings, escapes and almost getting killed, human trafficking survivor, Flor Turcio, shared her story of terror and how Catholic Charities of Central Florida helped her through it. When Catholic Charities caseworker, Rosa Alamo, first spoke to Turcio in 2013, she was shocked. “It was something like a movie…

Story - June 24, 2021 - With pandemic restrictions easing as summer approaches, people from Princeton to Palmyra are planning road trips, parties, and more. Tricia Risley is brushing up on motherhood. Tricia lost custody of her daughter eight years ago because of her mental illness. But now 15-years-old, her daughter is coming to live with Tricia for the summer –…