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CCUSA announces 2021 Volunteer of the Year
News - April 23, 2021 - Sister Donna Markham OP, PhD, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), announced today that Tammy Goodman of Catholic Charities Serving Central Washington (Yakima) has been named the CCUSA Volunteer of the Year for 2021. (Watch a brief video featuring Goodman and her volunteer ministry.) “Catholic Charities has been heavily engaged in bringing relief…
CCUSA expresses concern about executive action limiting asylum access
News - June 5, 2024 - Catholic social teaching affirms the right of each nation to regulate its borders, but policies that achieve this goal should be developed and applied in a manner that respects and upholds human dignity. The executive action announced by the administration on June 4 is concerning because it will restrict and slow access to asylum and…
CCUSA appreciates bipartisan efforts in latest COVID relief bill
News - December 21, 2020 - CCUSA remains concerned on the long-term impact of the pandemic on the most vulnerable Alexandria, Va. – Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) appreciates the bipartisan efforts to pass another round of COVID relief and an end of the year funding bill to bring immediate assistance to people and communities in need. However, our concern remains on…
CCUSA and CHAUSA send a message of hope amid the coronavirus pandemic
News - April 9, 2020 - Today a joint statement from Sr. Mary Haddad, president and CEO, Catholic Health Association of the United States and Sr. Donna Markham, president and CEO, Catholic Charities USA, was issued in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Read the full statement here.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation awards CCUSA $4 million for humanitarian COVID aid
News - April 7, 2020 - Sister Donna Markham OP, PhD, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), announced that CCUSA received a $4 million grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as part of its $50 million effort to provide humanitarian aid to help families and communities feeling the greatest strain under the COVID-19 health emergency. “This grant will…
Gorilla Marketing, Hit Promotional Products raise pandemic funds for CCUSA
News - March 31, 2020 - Practice Safe 6’™ Shirt to Promote Positive Social Distancing While Raising Funds to Meet the Needs of the Most Vulnerable  [RIVERSIDE, CA; ALEXANDRIA, VA; LARGO, FL; March 31, 2020] – Gorilla Marketing, Hit Promotional Products, and Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) announce a unique collaboration that promotes positive social distancing and puts needed resources to work…
CCUSA extremely disappointed in “Public Charge” Supreme Court ruling
News - January 27, 2020 - Alexandria, Va. (January 27, 2020) – Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) is extremely disappointed in the U.S. Supreme Court’s unprecedented ruling in favor of the Administration’s revisions to the “public charge” rule, which harms families, targets lawful immigrants and could prevent families from receiving vital nutrition and housing assistance. “We implore the Administration to reconsider this…
A place to call home: CCUSA magazine features housing ministry
News - May 8, 2019 - Alexandria, Va. – Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) and its 167 member agencies want to keep a promise made 70 years ago. The Housing Act of 1949, part of President Harry Truman’s Fair Deal program, listed as one of its goals a decent home and a suitable living environment for every family. The goal has not…
CCUSA announces bold “Healthy Housing Initiative” to reduce homelessness
News - February 11, 2019 - Alexandria, Va. — Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) has named five Catholic Charities agencies that will be initial participants in an ambitious Healthy Housing Initiative aimed at reducing chronic homelessness by 20 percent over five years in five US cities; decreasing hospital readmission rates for this population by at least 25 percent; and connecting 35 percent…
CCUSA, CRS, USCCB urge humane action towards those seeking protection
News - October 29, 2018 - Alexandria, Va. (Oct. 29, 2018) — Sister Donna Markham OP PhD, President and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, Bishop Joe S. Vásquez of Austin, Chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee on Migration, and Sean Callahan, President and CEO of Catholic Relief Services, issued the following statement urging all people of goodwill to speak…
New CCUSA report demonstrates positive impact of refugees in U.S.
News - June 29, 2018 - Alexandria, Va. – A new report provides solid data that demonstrate the positive impact of refugees in the U.S. communities where they settle. The report – “The U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program, A Return to First Principles: How Refugees Help to Define, Strengthen, and Revitalize the United States” – was released June 20, 2018, the 18th…
Msgr. Michael M. Boland to receive 2017 Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan Award
News - August 28, 2017 - Alexandria, Va. – Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) is pleased to announce that Monsignor M. Boland, president and CEO of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago, is this year’s recipient of the 2017 Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan Award. CCUSA’s Bishop Sullivan award recognizes a person working at a Catholic Charities agency who has distinguished himself/herself…