Story - January 8, 2024 - This National Mentoring Month, CCUSA is sharing stories that showcase Catholic Charities agencies’ incredible efforts to foster the development of youth to their full potential. Catholic Community Services of Utah, through its Refugee Youth Mentoring program, matches newly arrived refugee youth with mentors who help them adjust to a new cultural environment, discover and develop…

Story - January 4, 2024 - A recent grant in the amount of $100,000 from Dignity Health, CCSN’s Catholic health partner, renews their support for the residential services case management program at St. Vincent Apartments. The program provides help, hope and housing to some of the most vulnerable members of our community and expands the services that CCSN is able to…

Publication - December 1, 2021 - The CCUSA Healthy Housing Initiative (HHI) pilot program combines healthcare and housing services in five cities to help the chronically homeless get off and remain off the streets.  Summary An overview of the five-year Healthy Housing Initiative that has been piloted in five cities – Detroit, Las Vegas, Portland (Oregon), St. Louis and Spokane –…

Story - April 26, 2021 - By David Werning, Managing Editor St. Paul asks the Romans a rhetorical question: “How can people believe in Jesus if they haven’t heard of him?” (See Rom 10:14). St. Paul’s point: Go out and tell people.  Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas (CCNEK) got the point. CCNEK helps those living in the 21 counties of northeast Kansas…

Story - December 1, 2021 - By Ryan Eades Innovative member agency program seeks to break the cycle of poverty  As a cleaning professional for six years, Sylvia Sanchez Enciso had gotten used to working into the evenings, missing her children’s soccer practices and working on weekends. “I would work until 6:30 p.m. Monday to Friday,” Sylvia says. “Often, I would work weekends too, at least Saturday.”   Her…

Story - December 1, 2021 - By Maura Sullivan Hill When Sister Jen Berridge visits patients in their rooms at Wheeling Hospital, more often than not she comes bearing gifts: a box of groceries, paper goods, and hygiene products from the on-site Catholic Charities food pantry for the patient to take home.  As the Hospital Transition Program case manager for Catholic Charities West Virginia (CC WVa.), Sister Jen supports vulnerable West Virginians to ensure a safe and…

Story - August 11, 2020 - By Kim Burgo, Vice President of Disaster Operations, CCUSA If responding to natural disasters wasn’t complicated enough, COVID-19 places new challenges in the disaster response work Catholic Charities accomplishes. As agencies try to navigate an already complicated disaster process, it becomes even more challenging when the process includes new terms like “social distancing,” new equipment such as…

Publication - June 6, 2023

Publication - June 1, 2021 - Despite the enormous challenges posed by the global pandemic in 2020, the Catholic Charities network remained steadfast in our service to the millions struggling with poverty and other complex issues throughout the United States and its territories. Summary 2020 was a year like no other. The COVID-19 pandemic forced children, adults, families and entire communities…

Member - August 17, 2015 - Catholic Charities, Diocese of Allentown, helps individuals and families of all faiths in Berks, Carbon, Lehigh, Northampton and Schuylkill counties. We provide critical programs to connect clients with human services. These programs include counseling, case management, supportive services for veterans and their families, soup kitchens and food pantries, a mobile community kitchen, pregnancy and parenting…

Member - August 17, 2015 - The seeds of Catholic Charities Serving Central Washington were established 75 years ago in Yakima, Washington, to help vulnerable children and families. At its inception in 1949, the organization focused on providing safe, loving homes through foster care and adoption services. We continue to support pregnant women, young families, foster children and youth and the…

Member - August 14, 2015 - For 125 years, Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens has been providing social services to those in need. Catholic Charities offers 160+ programs for children, families, older adults and those with mental illness. Since 1975, Catholic Charities has built over 4,567 affordable housing units. Last year, we provided $6.5 million in food assistance at 60 parish-based…