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Case Manager I Employment Specialist

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Job - September 4, 2024 - Ministry:  Newcomers MRS                    Primary Office: Manassas Hours per Week: 40 Hours non-exempt.       Staff Supervisor:  Site Supervisor Starting Hourly Rate: $24.14 Telework Available:  hybrid (*After 90 days training)   Position Description: The Case Manager I-Employment Specialist of Catholic Charities Diocese of Arlington, Migration & Refugee Services, assists and prepares refugees and asylees to become self-sufficient through…

A mother’s grit is a gift to her daughter

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Story - March 21, 2024 - When Sarah came to the Pregnancy Health Center (PHC) in 2021, her life looked much different than it is now. She was dealing with multiple challenges while anticipating the arrival of her little girl. She enrolled in our Earn While You Learn classes and began learning about labor and delivery, self-care and parenting. Sarah invested…

In New Orleans, celebrating one man’s journey out of homelessness

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Story - February 11, 2022 - By Ben Wortham, Vice President of Behavioral Health Integration, CCUSA  In the six months before New Orleans Emergency Medical Services (EMS) referred Jose to Catholic Charities New Orleans (CCANO), he called 911 a total of 55 times, making him the service’s number-one caller. At 46, Jose was a jokester who spoke broken English and had…

A force of nature, she’s doing God’s work on pandemic’s front lines

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Story - January 28, 2021 - She’s a diminutive woman whose work is not the stuff of headlines. You probably don’t know her name. You probably won’t recognize her face. But ask the people who are lining up for groceries at an outdoor food pantry in a windblown parking lot on Columbia Road in Dorchester as a life-altering pandemic rages on,…

Catholic school partnerships further Catholic Charities mission

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Story - April 22, 2021 - By Allison Cavazos, Associate Director of Parish Relations, Catholic Charities of Central Texas Catholic Charities works to provide service to people in need, to advocate for justice in social structures, and to call the entire Church and other people of good will to do the same. At Catholic Charities of Central Texas (CCCTX), we recognize that this call…

Meet Marisol: A journey toward self-sufficiency

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Story - July 16, 2021 - Two children, six suitcases and $300. This is all Marisol had when she arrived in Columbus five years ago to start her new life. In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, she’d lost both her home and her job in Puerto Rico. She arrived in Ohio with her savings depleted, but faced an even greater challenge…

Donor Advised Funds

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Maximize your impact and support Catholic Charities with a Donor Advised Fund started with an initial investment of $1,500.

Affordable Housing

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Catholic Charities agencies are among the nation’s largest providers of safe, decent, affordable housing. We believe that access to housing is a human right, one that upholds the dignity of all people.   

Uplifting parents: From mentee to math teacher

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Story - November 18, 2020 - When Tyresha Riquelmy-Yankton first entered Catholic Social Services’ Uplifting Parents Program (UP) in 2019, she was hesitant about the mentoring that she would be asked to do twice each month with a UP mentor. “At first I thought, ‘I don’t need anyone to talk to, I’m fine!’” Tyresha said. But as she started to get…

Making room in your hearts: The wonder of foster parenting

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Story - October 29, 2019 - Catholic Charities Community Services of Phoenix (CCCS) provides education, coaching and support to parents who have been approved for foster care by the state of Arizona. Cheryl and Nick are one couple who have benefited from CCCS’ resources. “We actually looked at several organizations, but chose Catholic Charities,” Nick said. Cheryl added that their choice…

From hurt to hope

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Story - October 21, 2019 - “He probably would have killed me,” said Sara when asked where she thought she would be without Catholic Social Services. When Sara decided to leave one December morning two years ago, it was not because the previous night’s fight had been the first to get violent. They had plenty of physical altercations in their nine…

Update from Innovation Challenge runners-up

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Story - December 1, 2021 - By Patricia Cole, Vice President of External Relations, Catholic Charities USA Announced in 2019, Catholic Charities USA’s Innovation Challenge sought to inspire member agencies within the Catholic Charities network to propose a fresh solution toward alleviating, reducing or eliminating poverty. It provided our ministry a platform to think creatively and innovatively about how they address the needs they…