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CCUSA requests funds for critical programs that serve poor, vulnerable

https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/2019/05/07/ccusa-requests-robust-funding-for-critical-programs-that-serve-poor-and-vulnerable/

News - May 7, 2019 - Catholic Charities USA asked both the House and the Senate to allocate robust funding for critical programs that serve persons and families who are poor and vulnerable in the fiscal year 2020 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education appropriations bill. The programs include the Unaccompanied Alien Children Program, Head Start, the Social Services Block…

CCUSA urges sufficient funds in FY20 agriculture appropriations bill

https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/2019/04/30/ccusa-urges-sufficient-funds-for-agriculture-programs-in-fy2020-agriculture-appropriations-bill/

News - April 30, 2019 - Catholic Charities USA joins the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Relief Services, and Catholic Rural Life in urging for sufficient funds in the FY2020 Agriculture appropriations for hunger programs including Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). Read the full letters.

Circle of Protection urges disaster assistance package for Puerto Rico

https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/2019/03/28/circle-of-protection-urges-congress-to-pass-disaster-assistance-package-for-puerto-ricos-nutrition-assistance-program-nap/

News - March 28, 2019 - The Circle of Protection, a coalition of 60 leaders who head Christian denominations and organization, urges Congress  to immediately pass a disaster assistance package with $600 million for Puerto Rico’s Nutrition Assistance Program (NAP). Absent action, 1.35 million people in Puerto Rico, a third of its population, will see deep cuts to their current nutrition…

CCUSA, USCCB ask Senate leaders for robust disaster recovery package

https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/2019/03/25/ccusa-and-usccb-ask-senate-leadership-for-robust-disaster-recovery-package/

News - March 25, 2019 - Catholic Charities USA and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops ask Senate leadership to provide critical supplemental relief for people recovering from disasters over the past year. Read the full letter.

CCUSA calls for budget that protects programs for poor, vulnerable

https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/2019/03/18/ccusa-calls-for-budget-that-protects-programs-for-poor-and-vulnerable/

News - March 18, 2019 - Sister Donna Markham, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, on behalf of the Catholic Charities ministry in the United States, urged the House and Senate budget committees to pass a bipartisan solution that addresses the sequester caps and protects programs that help poor and vulnerable families. Read the full letters: House and Senate.

Leadership 18 supports Legacy IRA Act

https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/2019/03/08/leadership-18-supports-legacy-ira-act/

News - March 8, 2019 - Catholic Charities USA joined fellow members of Leadership 18 in supporting the Legacy IRA Act, which encourages charitable giving be enabling seniors to make tax-free contributions from their individual retirement accounts to charities through life-income plans. Read the full letter.

Circle of Protection calls for budget responsive to vulnerable populations

https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/2019/03/08/circle-of-protection-calls-for-budget-responsive-to-low-income-and-vulnerable-populations/

News - March 8, 2019 - Catholic Charities USA, along with its fellow members of the Circle of Protection, urge the administration and Congress to pass a bipartisan budget agreement that both reverses harmful sequestation cuts and expands investments in critical programs serving people in poverty. Read the full letter here.

CCUSA concerned over reopening of small dollar lending rule

https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/2019/02/15/ccusa-expresses-concern-over-the-reopening-of-the-small-dollar-lending-rule/

News - February 15, 2019 - In a joint letter with USCCB and other Christian organizations, CCUSA urges Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to protect borrowers from the predatory and unjust business practices of payday and auto title lenders. Read the full letter here.

CCUSA commends House leadership for bipartisan, compromise Farm Bill

https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/2018/12/12/ccusa-commends-house-leadership-for-bipartisan-compromise-farm-bill/

News - December 12, 2018 - Catholic Charities USA, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Relief Services, Catholic Rural Life and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul commend Chairmen Roberts and Conaway, and Ranking Members Stabenow and Peterson, for their leadership in negotiating a bipartisan, compromise Farm Bill. Read the full letter

CCUSA, USCCB file comments on proposed public charge rule

https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/2018/12/04/catholic-charities-usa-and-the-u-s-conference-of-catholic-bishops-file-comments-on-the-administrations-proposed-public-charge-rule-2/

News - December 4, 2018 -   Catholic Charities USA and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops file comments on the Administration’s Proposed Public Charge Rule strongly urging return to the current, longstanding interpretation of “public charge.” Read the full letter here

CCUSA joins USCCB, SVdP in support of First Step Act

https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/2018/11/26/catholic-charities-usa-joins-us-conference-of-catholic-bishops-and-society-of-st-vincent-de-paul-in-support-of-the-first-step-act-2/

News - November 26, 2018 - Catholic Charities USA, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul sent a joint letter to the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary encouraging the passage of the First Step Act. According to the letter, the First Step Act includes good measures of prison reform that move people from…

CCUSA, other Catholic groups express deep concern about restricting access to asylum

https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/2018/11/14/chairman-of-the-usccb-committee-on-migration-presidents-of-catholic-relief-services-catholic-charities-usa-and-catholic-legal-immigration-network-issued-statement-regarding-their-deep-concern-about-2/

News - November 14, 2018 - Bishop Joe S. Vásquez, of Austin, Texas, Chairman of the U.S Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Migration, Sister Donna Markham, OP, Phd, President and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, Jeanne Atkinson, Executive Director of Catholic Legal Immigration Network, and Sean Callahan, President and CEO of Catholic Relief Services issued an statement reiterating that it…