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CCUSA responds to executive action on immigration
News - November 22, 2014 - Alexandria, Virginia (November 21, 2014) – Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), one of the largest networks of social services providers in this country, responded to the executive action on immigration announced last night by President Obama by calling it an important step towards protecting immigrants and strengthening families. The decision moves our nation closer towards creating…
Social Ministry Secretariat, Providence
https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/members/social-ministry-secretariat-providence/
Member - August 17, 2015 - Services
Homeless advocate lives up to God’s counteroffer
https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/stories/homeless-advocate-lives-up-to-gods-counteroffer/
Story - April 5, 2019 - As she neared her retirement, Liz Stanton offered God a deal she hoped he couldn’t resist. She just never expected that God would make her a counteroffer. “When I retired at 66, I told him I would give him my time, energy and prayer, in exchange for him guiding me into opportunities to serve others—ultimately…
CCUSA statement on USCIS public charge final rule
News - August 12, 2019 - Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) is deeply concerned with the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) final rule on public charge, scheduled for formal publication in the Federal Register on August 14, 2019.[1] The rule will harm vulnerable immigrant communities and families by limiting access to social safety net programs and further impact them by removing access…
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.]
CCUSA rejects dramatic cuts in key social safety net programs
News - July 19, 2017 - Alexandria, Va. — Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) President and CEO Sister Donna Markham, OP, PhD, expressed the following in a letter to the Chairperson and Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee urging members to prioritize and protect programs that support and uplift the poor and vulnerable in our country. “While CCUSA supports the responsible…
Bakhita program in Palm Beach works to combat human trafficking
Story - April 22, 2021 - By David Werning, Managing Editor “You don’t have to be in chains to be a human trafficking victim.” So says Ivonne Vadi, a case manager at the Bakhita Empowerment Program of Catholic Charities, Diocese of Palm Beach, Florida (CCDPB). The Bakhita program, named after Saint Josephine Bakhita, patron saint of human trafficking survivors, has two main…
To choose adoption is a choice of love
https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/stories/to-choose-adoption-is-a-choice-of-love/
Story - October 29, 2019 - When Dagny Bartlett became pregnant, her boyfriend walked out of her life. Without a large support network, Dagny thought it would be best to place her daughter for adoption. Still she had worries. “I don’t know if at that time in my life I could have even parented a child,” Dagny said. “It was scary.…
Fighting the dramatic rise of food insecurity during a crisis
Story - May 13, 2020 - Over a century ago, a few dozen men and women believed that the collective efforts of the Church to faithfully serve people in need could change the course of poverty in our nation. This is why Catholic Charities was founded and it’s why we exist today. There have been many defining moments over the last…
Vermont Catholic Charities, South Burlington
https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/members/vermont-catholic-charities-south-burlington/
Member - August 17, 2015 - For over 95 years, Vermont Catholic Charities is proud to have been providing services to individuals and families throughout our state. Our programs support the young and the elderly, individuals and families, the imprisoned and the newly released. Our goal is to enhance the dignity, self-respect, confidence and personal development of individuals whose lives are…
Catholic Charities of Baltimore: A trauma-informed care agency
Story - November 1, 2018 - Catholic Charities of Baltimore is implementing a trauma-informed care approach throughout its agency to improve interactions not only with clients but also among staff. The process began within the Family Services division of the agency, according to Jon Hackbarth, who until recently had worked as a mental health care administrator at Catholic Charities. “That’s where…
CCUSA, USCCB, CRS, CRL letters to agriculture appropriations subcommittees
News - March 17, 2016 - Catholic Charities USA, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committees on Domestic Justice and Human Development and International Justice and Peace, Catholic Relief Services and Catholic Rural Life address the moral and human dimensions of FY 2017 Agriculture Appropriations in letters to the corresponding subcommittees of both the House and the Senate. The letters…