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South Carolina immigration services gives woman chance to live her dream
Story - April 12, 2018 - Imagine the excitement of being a teenager and preparing to take important steps toward adulthood, such as receiving a driver’s license or being accepted to a college. “Imagine” was all that Maria Garcia Riopedre could do until 2012, when she learned of the federal government’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program through Catholic Charities…
An adoptee’s long search brings the joy of new family
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Story - July 22, 2020 - A few weeks before Christmas, Shari Pasanowic got a holiday surprise: She learned she had an older sister who had been given up for adoption as a baby. Shari was curious but hesitant to hunt for her newfound sibling. “I got nervous, like what if she doesn’t know she’s adopted, or she didn’t know we…
Citizens’ Re-Entry Program helps parolees assimilate into community
Story - July 20, 2020 - Throughout the pages of the New Testament, Jesus talks about forgiveness. He talks about how we all receive forgiveness from God, and he talks about how we must learn to forgive one another. He talks about not judging one another. And he talks about compassion. Catholic Social Services of the Diocese of Scranton, which serves…
Lisa Perkins named 2024 Management Excellence Award winner
News - August 15, 2024 - Alexandria, Va. – Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) has named Lisa Perkins, chief executive officer of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Raleigh, the recipient of the 2024 Management Excellence Award. Each year, the CCUSA Management and Administration Community of Practice confers this honor on an exceptional manager or supervisor in the Catholic Charities network who…
Healthy eating 101: Making good choices for a family on a SNAP budget
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…
CCUSA works with dairy cooperative to provide milk to food pantries
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…
Cryptocurrency
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Donating your cryptocurrency assets is a savvy way to maximize your giving impact and provide hope to vulnerable people.
Positive attitude contributes to success
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Story - March 1, 2018 - “I just love seeing people and socializing,” said Michael. “I learned that the most important thing to wear every day is a smile.” Yet life wasn’t always ‘all smiles’ for Michael. RECOVERY JOURNEY Two decades ago, he ended up hospitalized after a dispute with a neighbor. While in the hospital, a friend recommended that he…
It shouldn’t cost more to be poor: Helping the unbanked with finances
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…
PPP loans have directly benefitted church communities, recipients say
Story - July 15, 2020 - Catholic entities that took part in the Paycheck Protection Program said the federal emergency bridge loans translated into rapid assistance for their communities in the early months of the pandemic’s economic impact. In Nashville, Tennessee, when Mayor John Cooper convened local philanthropic and business leadership to create the city’s COVID-19 Response Fund, one of the…
Issue Brief on Poverty and Racism 2020
https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/publications/issue-brief-on-poverty-and-racism-2020/
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…
Good food can be healthy, tasty and affordable
https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/stories/food-can-be-healthy-tasty-and-affordable/
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…