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From homeless to home
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Story - June 16, 2016 - When Mamie Sanders received the letter from her landlord stating her rent would be considerably raised, she had no choice but to move out in 30 days. With affordable housing a rare find, she and her three children (ages 12, 17 and 18) were without anywhere to live. So they split up and stayed with…
With evictions looming, agencies work furiously to keep families housed
Story - January 12, 2021 - The novel coronavirus threw Maria Arreola for a loop in June, sending her to the hospital for four weeks in a battle with COVID-19. For a while, she was sick enough to be placed on a ventilator. Arreola, 43, who arrived from Mexico 19 years ago and is living in the U.S. illegally, recovered enough…
A home for homeless teens provides solid foundation to build on
Story - August 12, 2015 - In St. Cloud, Minnesota, a Catholic Charities group home dedicated to homeless teens is helping young people begin their adult lives on a solid foundation. Opened in 2014, Youth House gives young people, ages 16-24, not only a roof over their heads, but round-the-clock guidance as they build the foundations for the rest of their…
Creating an inclusive workplace
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Story - October 12, 2020 - By Andrew Campbell, Catholic Charities Jackson, Mississippi At Catholic Charities, Jackson, Mississippi, we operate by a written equity statement to guide us in our interactions and relationships at work: We acknowledge the inherent dignity of each person regardless of race, faith, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status or background. We believe in being compassionate to all individuals…
Money, hard work bring pandemic aid bill to finish line
Story - December 22, 2020 - What had been separate Democratic and Republican coronavirus relief bills became a bipartisan effort thanks to Congress’ Problem Solvers Caucus, according to a lobbyist for Network, a Catholic social justice lobby. The measure was passed late Dec. 21 before Congress wrapped up its work for its two-year session, with President Donald Trump’s signature on the…
Miami child development centers serve families in need of support
Story - August 16, 2019 - Even given the best of circumstances, parents encounter many challenges as they try to raise their children. If one happens to be a single mother or an immigrant who cannot speak the country’s language, or if one has a low income and works all day trying to make ends meet, then the difficulties multiply quickly.…
Erma’s House: Supporting families and protecting children
Story - January 28, 2022 - By Elaine Schweller-Snyder The colorful visitation rooms at Erma’s House are full of toys and comfortable furnishings that project the warm and coziness of home, key ingredients to making children feel loved and secure. But this is no regular house. It’s a supervised visitation center, designed to provide a safe space to allow children from…
Program UP helps single mom, kids escape life of poverty
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Story - March 28, 2018 - Brittney Papike believes the Uplifting Parents Program helped her escape a life of poverty. Over the next five years, the University of Notre Dame’s Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO) wants to test if Papike, a Rapid City single mom of two kids, is right. LEO will conduct a randomized controlled trial study to…
Fifth day in the Octave of Christmas, 2022
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Prayer & Reflection - December 29, 2022 - Today’s first reading from John feels like a late Christmas gift for anyone looking for the Cliff Notes version to the Christian life – the way we know that we are in union with Jesus is to walk just as he walked; we must keep his commandments. John tells us that this is an old…
Text2Give gives West Virginians quick way to donate after disaster
Story - August 11, 2015 - For the first time – after a state of emergency was declared due to a water crisis in West Virginia – Catholic Charities West Virginia was able to provide a quick, effective method for local residents to respond to a disaster by accepting cash donations through text messaging. Funds raised through the text2give campaign supported…
Catholic Charities of Sacramento responds to COVID-19 pandemic
Story - April 8, 2020 - Bishop Jaime Soto and Blake Young, President/CEO of Sacramento Food Bank & Family Services, discuss how Catholic Charities isresponding to the COVID-19 pandemic. [This video appeared originally on the website of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento and is used with permission.]
Adoption always an option with unplanned pregnancies
Story - August 11, 2015 - Adoption is an option. That’s the message Kim Harrell of Catholic Charities in Arlington, Va., wants women with a crisis pregnancy to understand. Most only see two options:Â parenting their child or having an abortion. In presenting adoption as a third option, Harrell, director of pregnancy services and adoption, helps expectant mothers understand what adoption…