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CCUSA comments on proposed rule for SNAP standard utility allowance
News - December 3, 2019 - Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), the National Council of the United States Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVdP USA), and the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA) appreciate the opportunity to provide comments to the United States Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service’s above-referenced…
The American Dream, unraveled
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Story - July 2, 2019 - Marie and Bob worked all their lives to become homeowners. They lived comfortably on their two stable incomes. But six years ago, their hard-earned American Dream started to unravel before their eyes. They found out they had been victims of predatory lending, and they were forced to foreclose, declare bankruptcy, and move out of their…
Trump administration drops refugee cap to historic low
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Story - October 5, 2020 - The steep slope, appearing almost as a vertical line, is a stunning mark by the Trump administration on what was once a refugee program recognized around the world as a model to welcome the tyrannized and persecuted masses. Late Sept. 30, the administration announced it would bring the refugee cap — the maximum number of…
Hope takes root: One company’s generous response to Laudato si’ Challenge
Story - January 19, 2021 - By Daria Earley, Family Strengthening Associate, AmeriCorps VISTA 50,000 refugee clients set to benefit from generous seed donation Five years ago, in his encyclical letter, Laudato si’: On Care for Our Common Home, His Holiness Pope Francis entreated all humans to become better stewards of both one another and our burdened planet. In response to this…
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…
HUD secretary tours archdiocesan senior complex, announces housing plans
Story - September 13, 2021 - A new archdiocesan senior apartment complex hosted a major announcement yesterday from the Biden-Harris Administration in regard to the nation’s “severe shortage of affordable housing.” On Wednesday, Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge toured St. Rita Place, which will provide 46 one-bedroom apartments for income-eligible adults aged 62 and older. The $18.3 million…
Relief for COVID-19 food insecurity (video)
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Story - July 23, 2020 - The coronavirus pandemic has created an economy where more people are unable to provide food for their families, and the workers at Catholic Charities in Washington are making it their mission to feed as many people as they can. Copyright ©2020 Catholic News Service/United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. The CNS news services may not…
CCUSA announces agencies for social enterprise accelerator program
News - July 13, 2017 - Alexandria, Va. — Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), in collaboration with FareStart’s Catalyst Kitchens program, announced that it has selected Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada, Louisville, Diocese of Rochester and the Archdiocese of Washington to participate in the Food Service Social Enterprise (FSSE) Accelerator program, a year-long intensive program to help CCUSA’s member agencies begin or…
At migration summit, bishops work toward ‘church without borders’
Story - June 3, 2021 - After hearing the story of a Salvadoran immigrant and her plight to leave her home country, bishops from the U.S., Central America and Mexico meeting in Mundelein June 2 turned to a camera facing a woman identified as Maria Antonia. Even though she was who thousands of miles away, in Irving, Texas, they gave her…
An online solution to help people in real life
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Story - January 6, 2021 - Catholic Charities Diocese of San Diego developed the Client Onboarding Management Processing And Servicing System, also known as COMPASS. The program is an online system designed to process and track clients from intake to outcomes. It manages client onboarding, internal and external referrals, and captures data analytics on services provided and total clients served. It…
CCUSA budget reconciliation priorities
https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/2021/08/30/26456/
News - August 30, 2021 - The Honorable Chuck Schumer Majority Leader of the Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 The Honorable Nancy Pelosi Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Washington, D.C. 20515 Dear Speaker Pelosi and Leader Schumer, Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), and its 167 member-agencies operating 3,000 sites across 50 states and territories, has a long history of serving local…
The power of water, in both its presence and absence
Story - June 1, 2021 - Faith has taught that water can be powerful, from a baby’s baptism to Noah’s Ark and the Great Flood. To millions in the West, a flood is the last thing on their minds right now. The region is experiencing its second drought in a decade, and the severity of the current drought’s second year resembles…