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Hurricane recovery ongoing, two years later
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Story - June 12, 2019 - Hurricane season 2019 has arrived, but did you know Catholic Charities of Central Florida (CCCF) is still working to assist local families who haven’t recovered from storms two years ago? The 2017 hurricane season was one of the most active on record. Hurricane Irma hit Florida’s southern coast on September 10 as a category 3…
CCUSA applauds Supreme Court’s decision in Catholic Charities case
News - June 5, 2025 - In reaction to the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in favor of Catholic Charities Bureau of the Diocese of Superior in their appeal of a decision by the Wisconsin Labor and Industry Review Commission, Catholic Charities CEO and President Kerry Alys Robinson issued the following statement: At Catholic Charities agencies across the United States, staff and…
Catholic Charities ministry to combine housing, healthcare services
Story - May 6, 2019 - Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), with five Catholic Charities member agencies, has launched a Healthy Housing Initiative that combines health and housing services to help homeless people remain off the streets. The five agencies are Catholic Charities of Southeast Michigan (Detroit); Catholic Charities of St. Louis (St. Louis, Mo.); Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada (Las Vegas);…
CCUSA President and CEO urges senators to protect Medicaid and SNAP that support the poor and vulnerable
News - June 3, 2025 - In a letter addressed to United States Senators, CCUSA President and CEO Kerry Alys Robinson urges protection for Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and support for a just and fair tax code that prioritizes poor and vulnerable seniors, children, individuals with disabilities, and families. Read the full letter.
There is always hope
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Story - April 17, 2019 - Imagine being in a packed baseball stadium with fans cheering. It’s the bottom of the ninth. Two outs. The bases are loaded. Zach Drexler steps up to home plate, bat in hand, ready to deliver the game-winning hit. The 30-year-old Drexler said that’s how he looks at his life, like a baseball game. “My life…
CCUSA urges opposition to Medicaid cuts that would impact the poor and vulnerable
News - May 13, 2025 - Catholic Charities USA, on behalf of its 168 member agencies located across the United States and its territories, urges the House Energy and Commerce Committee to oppose any changes to the current Medicaid program. Even modest cuts to Medicaid would have profound and lasting consequences for the most poor and vulnerable, and any changes to…
A better option for homeless women: The Kenton Women’s Village
Story - April 10, 2019 - Since opening two years ago, the Kenton Women’s Village, which offers shelter for women experiencing homelessness on the streets of Portland, Oregon, has helped 24 women move into permanent housing. What is the cause of this success? Rose Bak, director of homeless and housing services at Catholic Charities of Oregon, said it comes with community…
Catholic Charities Diocese of Pueblo marks 75 years of caring
Story - April 9, 2019 - It was 1944, and with the world ravaged by war, the Diocese of Pueblo formally began its commitment to strengthen and empower families and individuals throughout Southern Colorado. Seventy five years ago, what was launched as Catholic Social Service Inc. with a single social worker will today celebrate 75 years of bettering the lives of…
Families struggling with poverty learn healthy eating tips
Story - March 25, 2019 - Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Santa Rosa (CCSR) uses the Two-Generation (2Gen) model of service to help impoverished families attain a healthy, self-sustaining lifestyle. 2Gen programs consider the holistic needs of families and the individual needs of family members, both children and adults. The 2Gen service model provides high quality and mutually reinforcing services…
Employee gives help and hope to clients
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Story - March 25, 2019 - For Allison Kulbeth, a typical day in the Shreveport office of Catholic Charities of North Louisiana (CCNLA) consists of answering or returning over 100 phone calls, coordinating client appointments, organizing files and paperwork, data entry, fulfilling staff requests and helping people who walk into the office requesting assistance. Through it all, no matter how hectic…
Ouweleen, Purvis join CCUSA Board of Directors
https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/2025/04/25/ouweleen-purvis-join-ccusa-board-of-directors/
News - April 25, 2025 - ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Two new members — Mark Ouweleen and Gloria Purvis — have joined the Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) Board of Directors. Purvis and Ouweleen began their service in January. Ouweleen, a partner at Bartlit Beck LLP, is a trial lawyer who has litigated and tried high stakes civil cases across the country for over…
CCUSA helps hurricane-impacted communities help each other
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Story - March 21, 2019 - With the spate of hurricanes that hit the U.S. mainland and its territories in the fall of 2017, disaster relief was urgent and widespread. Many people focused their efforts in their local communities, and rightly so. Residents, charitable organizations like Catholic Charities, and government offices – already embedded in neighborhoods – became good Samaritans to…