News - October 20, 2020 - Catholic Charities USA joins other organizations in urging the Senate Armed Services Committee to provide needed assistance to struggling military families by prioritizing the Military Family Basic Needs Allowance in the Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Read the full letter.

News - June 29, 2020 - Sister Donna Markham OP, PhD, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, urges Congress to pursue a holistic and integrated approach to racial justice, including establishing a Commission on the Social Status of Black Men and Boys and passing the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act. Read the full letter

News - April 9, 2020 - In a letter to congressional leaders, CCUSA, along with over 135 nonprofits, requests a Nonprofit Track change to the CARES act to ensure that charitable nonprofits are supported in their service, responding on the front lines to the COVID-19 crisis. Read the full letter.

News - March 18, 2020 - Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) joins the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration (USCCB/COM), Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA), and the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC), in urging DHS and its components to remove barriers to healthcare access so that immigrants may safely comply with government recommendations during this global…

News - March 17, 2020 - Catholic Charities USA and its 166 member agencies serving in all 50 States and the U.S. territories, are requesting, in light of the coronavirus crisis, a substantial funding increase for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program (EFSP) from the existing FY 2020 $125 million to $250 million. This request is based on the proven history…

News - February 5, 2020 - In a letter to Congress, Catholic Charities USA President and CEO Sister Donna Markham urged members to adopt a Housing First approach to tackling housing instability in America. Housing First is an evidence-based approach to addressing housing instability by eliminating barriers to access housing. Once a family is housed, Catholic Charities agencies can then administer…

News - September 23, 2019 - Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) joins the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA), Catholic Rural Life and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul to issue comments today opposing the proposed rule because it would make the SNAP program less efficient, discourage personal savings, undermine the…

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…

News - July 3, 2019 - Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) joins the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc. (CLINIC), and the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA) in sharing grave concerns on the proposed rule making by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) concerning the eligibility for covered housing assistance programs.…

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.

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.

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.