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CCUSA announces first-of-its-kind effort to assist U.S. asylum-seekers
News - November 1, 2021 - Pilot Program to develop national standard of practice in providing comprehensive referral and social services to asylum-seekers Alexandria, Va. โ Catholic Charites USA (CCUSA) announces “The Border is Everywhere” (TBIE) pilot initiative, a first-of-its-kind national effort to ensure asylum-seekers โ individuals and families โ are properly referred from border communities to an interior city destination…
Catholic Charities USA president calls Ryan anti-poverty proposal “Good Faith Effort”
News - July 24, 2014 - Alexandria, Virginia (July 24, 2014) – Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) President Rev. Larry Snyder responded to “Expanding Opportunity in America,” released by House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) this morning, saying it is an opportunity to engage in a robust discussion around supporting innovative ideas while maintaining the organization’s commitment to a strong response…
Recommitting to our service
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Prayer & Reflection - February 17, 2024 - โWhy do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?โ This is certainly something we hear in our work: why are you helping those people? Our responses are important not only for others to hear but for ourselves as well. What brought me to this work? Why do I stay? How do I feel…
God sends the right child for the right family
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Story - November 4, 2019 - Matt Nevins received a call from an unfamiliar Pinellas County number. He usually dismisses such calls, but something in his gut made him check on this one. He searched for Catholic Charities Adoption Services numbers, but none matched. Then there was a voicemail from Melissa Anderson, one of the adoption professionals. “There was some excitement…
Monday of the third week of Advent, 2022
https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/about-us/prayers-reflections/advent-reflection-2022-16/
Prayer & Reflection - December 12, 2022 - Working in social service is hard. There are days when someone comes for help, and weโre unable to help them. Problems exist in systems all around us that we do not have complete control over. The brokenness of the human condition is present at every turn. We are tasked with managing services administered to others…
Advocacy
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Guided by Catholic social teaching and informed by the experiences of local Catholic Charities agencies, CCUSA advocacy urges policymakers to recognize the needs of the most vulnerable and to adopt measures that support them.ย ย
Catholic Charities USA opens 2014 Annual Gathering, welcomes new board members
News - October 3, 2014 - Alexandria, Virginia (October 3, 2014) – Catholic Charities USA, one of the nation’s largest networks of faith-based social service providers, will open its annual conference this weekend and welcome six new members to its board of trustees. The 2014 Annual Gathering, to be held in Charlotte, N.C., will highlight innovative methods of “setting the pace…
Long-time CCUSA leadership development professionals to be recognized
News - October 5, 2014 - Alexandria, Virginia (October 5, 2014) – In thanksgiving for over two decades of helping shape and train the next generation of Catholic Charities leaders, Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), one of the nation’s largest networks of faith-based social service providers, will honor Dr. John Yankey and Dr. Zoe Breen Wood with a Centennial Medal. Drs. Yankey…
CCUSA announces $2.5M Innovation Challenge
News - September 30, 2022 - ALEXANDRIA, Va., September 30, 2022 โ Sister Donna Markham OP, PhD,ย president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), announced a new CCUSA Innovation Challenge this week during CCUSA’s Annual Gathering in Baltimore. With a total award of $2.5 million to nine agencies, the latest Challenge seeks to inspire member agencies within the Catholic Charities…
Lent Reflection: March 12, 2022
https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/about-us/prayers-reflections/lent-reflection-march-12th-2022-2/
Prayer & Reflection - March 12, 2022 - Just when you thought the Lenten practices of praying, fasting, and almsgiving were not challenging enough, the gospel today has Jesus giving his disciples – and us – an even taller order: โBe perfect, just as your heavenly Father is perfect.โ What? Is that even possible? To understand this imperative, we must look at the…
CCUSA reacts to election of Speaker Ryan
https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/2015/10/29/ccusa-reacts-to-election-of-speaker-ryan/
News - October 29, 2015 - Today, Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) was elected as Speaker of the House. Catholic Charities USA and its members have been actively engaged with Congressman Ryan in the past few years as he has examined poverty in depth, including opportunities for our agencies and for our clients to share their experiences on Capitol Hill. CCUSA appreciates…
CCUSA collaborates with Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship
News - January 16, 2020 - Catholic Charities USA is collaborating with the Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship to launch a special US-focused accelerator designed to help organizations, who serve some of the most marginalized populations in the country, develop more sustainable and scalable solutions. Eighteen organizations were selected for Miller Centerโs Pathways Out of Poverty (POP) Global Social Benefit Institute…