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A S U M M A R Y O F T H E 2 0 1 3 A N N U A L S U R V E Y
HELP AND HOPE REPORT 2014
About 1
Services Overview 3
Hunger 5
Housing 7
Health 9
Education and Training 11
Family Economic Security 12
Vulnerable Populations and Situations 14
Adoption and Pregnancy Services
Immigration and Refugee Services
Disaster Relief
Conclusion 18
End Notes 19
CONTENTS
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Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) is a leader in the national movement to reduce poverty in
America. In communities across the country, Catholic Charities member agencies are helping
individuals and families in poverty achieve their full potential. Together we are dedicated to
creating a life of opportunity and self-suciency for each of the more than 46 million people
struggling to provide for themselves and their families.
Guided by the principles of Catholic social teaching, the work of Catholic Charities embodies
the Churchs call to live in solidarity with those who are poor, to arm each persons human
dignity, and to enhance the common good. Catholic Charities acts in accord with the princi-
ple of subsidiarity, aware that social issues are best addressed at the most local level. We seek
to serve people who are most vulnerable and poor in these communities.
CCUSA was founded in 1910 on the campus of Te Catholic University of America in Wash-
ington, D.C. as the National Conference of Catholic Charities. For more than 100 years,
CCUSA has guided and supported the vast network of Catholic Charities agencies nation-
wide in a common mission to serve, advocate, and convene.
ABOUT CATHOLIC CHARITIES USA
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Tis report synthesizes the qualitative trends and quantitative statistics about the work of
Catholic Charities agencies in the United States, drawing upon the results of the 2013 Cath-
olic Charities USA Annual Survey.
Since 2002, CCUSA has worked with the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate
(CARA) at Georgetown University to conduct an annual survey of Catholic Charities agen-
cies across the country. Tis voluntary survey collects predominantly quantitative information
to measure the scope and scale of social services provided by Catholic Charities agencies across
the country with a commitment to Catholic social teachings option for the poor.
At the beginning of each calendar year, CCUSA member agencies and aliates are asked to
report statistical information for their main diocesan agency and branches as well as diocesan
aliated agencies, institutions, and residential facilities for the previous calendar year. A total
of 151 agencies and aliates participated in the 2013 Annual Survey, a response rate of 86
percent.
Further information about the methods used in the Annual Survey, as well as a collection of
one-page documents highlighting the key ndings can be found on the CCUSA website at
http://catholiccharitiesusa.org/our-impact/service-data/.
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Among our tasks as witnesses to the love of Christ is that of giving a voice to the
cry of the poor. Pope Francis, Address to the Archbishop of Canterbury, (June 14, 2014)
Combined, Catholic Charities agencies and aliates make up one of the largest networks of
social service providers in the country, operating more than 2,500 service sites in 54 states
and territories, spanning the country from Guam to Maine. Called by faith to respond to the
unacceptable reality of persistent poverty in the United States, Catholic Charities provide a
wide array of services to meet the complex needs of those living in poverty.
In 2013, Catholic Charities agencies answered the call to be of service to the most poor and
vulnerable by serving 9,035,223 unduplicated clients, regardless of their religious, social, or
economic backgrounds. Tough representing a decrease from the number of clients served at
the peak of the recession, this years gure remains nearly 17 percent more than the number
served in 2007, demonstrating the continued impact of the Great Recession on the nations
most vulnerable.
Moreover, in 2013, agencies reported 17,283,889 services to clients across 31 service cate-
gories the highest number of services ever recorded by the Catholic Charities USA Annual
Survey. Te number of services provided is nearly double the number of unduplicated clients,
making it highly likely that many of these individuals seeking help are receiving assistance in
more than one area, and therefore highlighting the need for programs and systems that pro-
vide wrap-around services. Catholic Charities agencies are predominantly multi-service sites
that continue to expand the breadth of their services, providing comprehensive case manage-
SERVICES OVERVIEW
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ment that breaks down traditional program silos and takes a holistic approach to addressing
clients needs. On average, agencies reported oering services in 15 of the 31 survey categories
in 2013.
Although the nation continues to measure poverty based solely on a familys income, Catholic
Charities recognizes that helping individuals reach their full potential requires a more holistic
approach. CCUSA has emphasized ve areas of well-being that must be addressed: hunger,
health, housing, education and training, and family economic security. Catholic Charities
agencies are making a permanent impact on peoples lives through services that address each
of those areas individually, while striving to ultimately address the full spectrum of human
needs in a way that not only sustains them for another day, but empowers them to achieve
their full potential.
But frst we must speak of mans rights. Man has the right to live. He has the right to
bodily integrity and to the means necessary for the proper development of life, par-
ticularly food, clothing, shelter, medical care, rest, and, fnally, the necessary social
services. In consequence, he has the right to be looked after in the event of ill health;
disability stemming from his work; widowhood; old age; enforced unemployment; or
whenever through no fault of his own he is deprived of the means of livelihood.
Pacem In Terris, Encyclical of Pope Saint John XXIII on Establishing Universal Peace in Truth, Justice, Charity, and Liberty (April 11, 1963)
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8,000,000
12,000,000
16,000,000
20,000,000
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Catholic Charities Clients and Service Trends
Unduplicated Clients Total Client Services
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Many clients rst come to a Catholic Charities agency to meet an immediate need such as a
lack of food, which is unsurprising given that nearly 49 million people in the United States
live in food-insecure households.
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Catholic Charities believes that having access to adequate
food is a basic human right, and a need that must be addressed before an individual can hope
to move permanently out of poverty. Indeed, hunger services make up the majority (56 per-
cent) of all services provided by Catholic Charities agencies and aliates,
In 2013, agencies served 9,640,567 clients in food services. Most of these clients are reached
through food distribution services. Approximately 105 agencies served 6,265,895 clients at
1,471 food banks and pantries. While this is one of the most traditional types of charitable
service, many of the food distribution programs being run by Catholic Charities today are
anything but traditional. To preserve client dignity and self-determination, many pantries
operate like grocery stores, providing a variety of food options, including fresh fruits and
vegetables in addition to canned items. Some Catholic Charities agencies also expand their
programming beyond the immediate assistance of soup kitchens or food pantries, to oer
services with more long-term impact, like educational programs about healthy eating, such as
Share Our Strengths Cooking Matters at the Store program.
Nationally, there is increasing concern for the quality of nutrients consumed by individuals
who are food-insecure.
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Responding to this need, Catholic Charities Maine has piloted a
program called Farm for ME. In partnership with local farms, the program produces fresh
and frozen organic vegetables to be sold in their food pantry that serves nearly 24,000 peo-
ple annually. Prior to the Farm for ME pilot, Catholic Charities Maine struggled to provide
HUNGER
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healthy options in their food bank, due to high costs. In 2013 they produced approximately
8,870 pounds of vegetables that were distributed to the clients in their food pantry.
3
In the
future, Farm for ME plans to double their acreage and triple the harvest to 25,000 pounds of
food each year. Additionally, as a way to provide a hand up rather than a hand out, Farm
for ME plans to expand their services to include workshops to train people to grow their own
vegetables. Teir goal is to reach 90 participants, to grow 90 gardens, in 90 days of summer.
In addition to expanding healthy-eating options, agencies are expanding programming to
reach youth year-round. More than 31.6 million children rely on the free and reduced-price
school lunch program during the school year, but are left without an alternative solution
during the summer months.
4
In 2013, Catholic Charities agencies and aliates sponsored
summer lunch programs at 377 sites across the country. To address the summer gap, agencies
like Catholic Charities of Gallup in New Mexico have expanded their breakfast programs to
serve meals all year. In total, Catholic Charities reported serving 1,287,136 children through
food services, making up nearly a quarter of all clients receiving food services.
Feeding the Rural Poor: A Success Story from Florida
Some of the biggest obstacles reported by agencies supporting
rural areas is a lack of access to transportation and, as a result,
the inability to access available services. In response, agencies
such as Catholic Charities Bureaus Lake City regional offce in
Florida, are meeting the needs of the rural poor by bringing the
services to them. With the help of a refrigerated truck, Catholic
Charities Bureaus FeedA- Family program is meeting the
needs of this underserved, rural community by delivering frozen,
canned, and fresh foods to them; thereby eliminating the trans-
portation barriers that prevents them from receiving the nutrients
they need.
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Aordable and safe housing is essential to the stability and well-being of families and indi-
viduals, especially for those living in poverty. In 2013, it is estimated that 222,197 people in
families were homeless on a single night in the United States.
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Contributing to this issue is
the rising costs and aordability of housing. Te United States Department of Housing and
Urban Development estimates that 12 million renters and homeowners spend more than 50
percent of their annual income on housing.
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Catholic Charities agencies across the country
are working at every point in the housing continuum - providing aordable housing, oering
foreclosure prevention support, and conducting street outreach to the homeless.
HOUSING
How Our Network Serves
Total Housing-Related Client Services: 472,758
9%
SUPERVISED
LIVING
SERVICES
14%
PERMANENT
HOUSING
29%
TRANSITIONAL
HOUSING
AND SHELTER
SERVICES
48%
HOUSING
SERVICES
Number of Agencies Providing Other Types
of Housing Services
Rental
Assistance 120
Case
Management
102
Housing Search and
Information
68
Housing Counseling
62
Home Mortgage
Assistance 59
Foreclosure
Counseling 34
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Helping Homeless Families: A Success Story from Indiana
Launched in 2009 by Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of India-
napolis, the Holy Family Shelter helps homeless individuals transition
in place by emphasizing ongoing supportive case management
services. With an initial goal of transitioning 25 families each year out
of homelessness, the Holy Family Transitional Services program now
helps 30 families annually move into stable, long-term housing.
Housing services make up just 3 percent of all Catholic Charities client services, but agencies
provided assistance to nearly 472,800 individuals in 2013. Most signicant within housing
services is the number of clients who were placed in permanent housing through Catholic
Charities programs. More than 66,250 clients were placed in permanent housing in 2013,
and Catholic Charities directly provided 33,629 units of aordable housing. Agencies have
reported a 27 percent increase in the number of permanent housing clients since 2008. Over
the same period of time, the number of transitional housing units provided has declined by
50 percent, demonstrating the shift agencies have made to prioritize long-term solutions for
clients. Despite these eorts, there is still a signicant need for both permanent housing and
shelter services that exceeds local agencies ability to serve. An estimated 73,058 people were
turned away from shelter service in 2013 due to a lack of available bed space.
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Catholic Charities arms access to equitable and aordable healthcare as a basic human right,
but unfortunately, despite recent increases in health insurance coverage, many of the most
vulnerable continue to fall through the cracks.
7
Te Urban Institute projects that in states
that did not expand Medicaid, 6.7 million people will remain uninsured.
8
Catholic Charities
continues to respond to the needs to these individuals, with health services accounting for ve
percent of all services provided by local agencies. Health services include preventative care
and treatment at health and dental clinics, as well as educational programming and training,
and mental health services.
In recent years, it has become increasingly dicult for Catholic Charities agencies to provide
mental health services, which have been cut nearly in half over the last decade. Te high costs
of providing services and lack of qualied sta, particularly in rural areas, make it dicult
to fund services to meet the increasing demand. Each year, an estimated 43.7 million adults
deal with a mental illness. Of those, 5.4 million adults report not receiving mental health
services due to costs or because of the stigma related to mental illness.
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Despite the growing
challenges in providing mental health services, Catholic Charities agencies continue to be a
major provider nationally; in 2013, 117 agencies in 47 states provided counseling, mental
health, or addiction services to more than 415,000 clients, including more than 95,000 chil-
dren. However, these services fall far short of the need in local communities; more than half
of all agencies report maintaining a waiting list or turning people away from their counseling
and mental health services.
HEALTH
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Agencies are engineering innovative programming to reach out and walk in solidarity with
those struggling with mental illness. Several agencies have developed community-based men-
tal health rst aid programming, and prevention and early intervention programming in local
public schools for children and their families. Catholic Charities of Kansas City-St. Joseph
Inc. started the Welcomed and Valued campaign, a community outreach program to reduce the
stigma and isolation for those living with mental health challenges and their families. Reach-
ing out to the increasing number of veterans struggling with post traumatic stress disorder
(PTSD), anxiety, and depression, Catholic Charities of the Dioceses of Rockville Center in
Hicksville, NY developed suicide prevention training specically for veterans and their peers.
Catholic Charities agencies provide a range of other community-based health programs in-
cluding dental clinics, health-related support groups, home health services, parish nursing,
and prescription assistance. Nearly three-quarters of all agencies provide prescription assis-
tance. In addition, many of our agencies work in partnership with Catholic hospitals to en-
sure adequate health care access in their communities.
Helping Vulnerable Youth: A Success Story from Ohio
Catholic Charities Corporation of Cleveland Ohio is working to
increase collaboration and decrease service gaps across government
health systems, particularly as it relates to their work with vulnerable
youth. With the help of a grant through Ohios Strong Families Safe
Communities initiative, and through partnerships with government
agencies and community based programs, Catholic Charities has been
able to begin breaking down some of these silos to provide on-call
crisis intervention, respite services in specialized foster homes, family
support groups, and training for frst responders. Through intensive
wrap-around services and community based training, this program
provides potentially lifesaving services to ensure that these vulnerable
youth do not fall through the cracks.
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By empowering clients through education and skill building, agencies are helping create a
competitive workforce and a strong economy that will benet society as a whole. Services in
the area of education and job training are a key step in providing long-term, sustainable solu-
tions to help lift people out of poverty. In 2013, agencies served 776,456 clients in education
and job training related services.
Every year 1.3 million students drop out of high school, the majority of who come from low
income families. According to the United States Department of Education, children from low
income families fail to graduate at ve times the rate of students form middle income families,
and six times that of higher-income students.
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Catholic Charities provides this at-risk popu-
lation a chance to succeed by providing opportunities through mentoring and post-secondary
programming. Eleven Catholic Charities agencies report providing post secondary degree or
certicate programming to 8,028 clients - double the number reported in 2012. Agencies
also reported that 310 clients obtained their GED, and 21 agencies sponsored high school
dropout prevention services that reached 8,439 youth.
As with hunger, children are a special priority for education services, with substantial research
supporting the benets of intensive early childhood interventions.
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In 2013, 41 Catholic
Charities agencies impacted the lives of more 57,000 young children through Early Head
Start, Head Start, and other similar pre-kindergarten programs, helping set them up for fur-
ther success later in life.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
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Catholic Charities believes that all persons should have the opportunity to adequately provide
for themselves and their families, yet every day there are approximately 30 million people at
risk of falling into poverty a number that has grown approximately 10 percent since the start
of the Great Recession in 2008.
12
Tese people in low income households are more vulnerable
to economic instability that is caused by the loss of a job, health emergencies, and changes in
costs of daily necessities such as housing, food and transportation.
13
Programming in the area
of Family Economic Security works to promote and strengthen the nancial stability of fami-
lies living in and near poverty by providing emergency assistance when necessary, but focusing
on long-term solutions for employment and asset building to reduce emergency situations.
FAMILY ECONOMIC SECURITY
Partnering to Provide Employment: A Success Story from
Mississippi
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Biloxi is providing opportunities
for homeless people in their community. In partnership with Back
Bay Mission homeless service center, Catholic Charities interviewed
and hired a client from Back Bays shelter program to work at their
Twelve Baskets Food Bank. While employed and receiving job training
at Catholic Charities, the client also receives case management from
Back Bay Mission. As a result the client is now in stable housing and
will become a permanent employee of Catholic Charities later this
year. Once fully employed, the client will act as a mentor to the next
person to come into this program.
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In 2013, agencies helped 84,655 clients through employment related services, including in-
terview skills training, mentoring programs, and job search assistance. Nearly 18 percent
of individuals (14,580 clients) were able to obtain full time employment, and over half of
those achieving employment (8,610 clients) are now receiving pay above the minimum wage.
Catholic Charities believes that everyone should have the right to work and access to a fair
living wage.
Over the last several years, agencies have signicantly expanded asset development program-
ming, empowering individuals to make smart choices about their nances and increase the
value of their earnings. In the last year alone, the reach of asset development programs oered
by Catholic Charities has increased by 51 percent, serving 129,990 clients in 2013. Financial
literacy programs were oered by 79 agencies to 93,108 clients, and through the eorts of 40
agencies, 55,749 individuals received benets through the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).
Te average EITC for a family with children is $2,905, which can boost monthly incomes by
$240. Research shows that families use EITC for necessities, home repairs, or maintenance of
vehicles that are necessary for commuting to work.
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Innovation Leading to Social Change: Success Stories from
Arizona and Missouri
Social enterprises are the next generation of innovative anti-poverty
programs. These bold businesses models lead to social change, by
employing agency clients and developing another source of revenue
for agencies. Over the last several years, Catholic Charities agencies
across the country have been developing social enterprises with 30
Catholic Charities operating at least one social enterprise in 2013,
resulting in resulting in nearly $6.3 million in combined revenue.
Catholic Charities Community Services in Phoenix, AZ operates
Refuge Caf. This combined coffee shop and wine bar features
hand-crafted arts made by local refugees, and produces a private
label coffee called Caf Esperanza which currently is sold at over
70 retail stores in the community.
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of St. Louis, MO operates a program
called Our Begin New Venture; a business incubator that assists
start-up businesses who in turn commit to hiring their clients.
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VULNERABLE POPULATIONS & SITUATIONS
In fdelity to the Gospel, and in response to the urgent needs of the present time, we
are called to reach out to those who fnd themselves in the existential peripheries of
our societies and to show particular solidarity with the most vulnerable of our broth-
ers and sisters: the poor, the disabled, the unborn and the sick, migrants and refugees,
the elderly and the young who lack employment. Pope Francis (10/4/13, WCC)
Catholic Charities agencies provide services across ve key areas hunger, health, housing,
education and training, and family economic security to all individuals in need, with spe-
cial attention paid to, and specic programming developed, those who are most vulnerable in
our society, including the unborn, immigrants and refugees, and those impacted by disasters.
While Catholic Charities directs services to a number of other vulnerable and hard-to-serve
populations, such as veterans and military families, ex-oenders, and victims of human traf-
cking, agencies have developed a reputation as a preeminent services provider in adoption
services, immigration and refugee services, and disaster services.
Pregnancy and Adoption Services
Catholic Charities agencies provide vital services that protect life and dignity from the very
beginning in the lives of the unborn, the newly born, and their families. Catholic Charities
across the country provide abstinence education oer pregnancy services, and facilitate adop-
tions to promote a culture of life.
As national statistics continue to show declines in teen birth rates,
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Catholic Charities re-
mains engaged in addressing this issue through abstinence education and promotion pro-
grams; agencies reached nearly 29,000 youth in 2013.
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Additionally, Catholic Charities remains committed to supporting pregnant women to ensure
they have the nancial and medical resources, as well as the emotional encouragement, to
support a healthy pregnancy and birth. In 2013, pregnancy services accounted for 13 percent
of all health services provided by Catholic Charities, with agencies supporting more than
124,000 expecting and new mothers. Pregnancy services include supportive counseling, pre-
natal care, case management, parenting education, maternity homes and transitional housing.
Finally, Catholic Charities promotes a culture of life as a leading adoption agency. Catholic
Charities agencies completed 2,364 adoptions in 2013, including more than 1,500 from
foster care and 900 hard-to-place children. Overall, agencies provided adoption services in-
cluding home studies, adoption search, and support groups to 32,177 clients.
Immigration and Refugee Services
Catholic Charities across the country have been trusted providers of services to immigrants
and refugees in their communities for more than 100 years. Trough this work to welcome
the stranger, Catholic Charities touched the lives of more than 375,000 individuals seeking
better lives in the United States in 2013, supporting their journey toward integration and
self-suciency through services such as translation, legal services, English as a Second Lan-
guage (ESL) classes, and employment training.
Te majority of these services are immigration legal services. Nearly 118 Catholic Charities
in 46 states and territories provided immigration services to 302,252 clients. Te majority of
services provided were for assistance in preparing and ling for citizenship. As a result of their
eorts, agencies assisted 8,515 clients achieve citizenship in 2013.
In August of 2012, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began receiving applica-
tions for relief under Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). As of March 2014,
nearly 658,430 DACA applications had been received by DHS.
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Catholic Charities across
the country responded to the increased need for immigration legal services by dedicating
additional sta and resources to ling these applications. Service gures reported reect this
response, showing an increase of more than a fth in the area of immigration legal services
since 2011. Catholic Charities of Arkansas of the Diocese of Little Rock not only responded
by increasing service capacity, they also addressed the costs associated with ling by develop-
ing a scholarship program to pay for the ling and biometrics fees, thus reducing nancial
barriers to applying for DACA.
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Collectively, Catholic Charities agencies serve as one of the largest providers of refugee inte-
gration and resettlement services. In 2013, through the eorts of 64 local agencies, 21,446
refugees achieved self-suciency, a 22 percent increase from the number reported in 2012.
Self-suciency is achieved when an individual has achieved stable housing, and employment.
Disaster Services
In the last decade, the United States has consistently ranked among the top ve countries
most frequently impacted by natural disasters, and 243 million people nearly 80 percent of
the U.S. population live in counties that experienced at least one weather-related disaster
since 2007.
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Catholic Charities are uniquely positioned to respond to disasters they are integral parts
of the community before, during, and long after a disaster occurs, giving them the relation-
ships and perspective to help their community develop resilience and fully recover. Catholic
Creative Programming in Tough Economic Times: Success
Stories from Member Agencies Across the Country
In response to tough economic conditions, agencies have become
increasingly creative to help refugees become self-suffcient. Through
partnerships with local businesses or by creating their own, these agen-
cies facilitate stable and dignifed employment opportunities for refu-
gees. For instance,
Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Worths WORN as a way to lever-
age the traditional hand-knitting skills of women refugees by provid-
ing them with a supplemental income which not only affords them
an opportunity to provide for their families, but has also improved
the lives of this population, boasting a 48 percent decrease in de-
pression rates and a 55 percent decrease in anxiety.
Catholic Charities of Onondaga County of the Diocese of Syracuse,
NY, has launched a program that trains and certifes refugee women
to operate their own child care businesses.
Several agencies, including the Catholic Charitable Bureau of the
Archdiocese of Boston, Catholic Charities of Louisville, Catholic Char-
ities Maine, and Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Worth, and Com-
monwealth Catholic Charities in Richmond, VA, operate interpreter
and translation services businesses that leverage the diversity of their
refugee clients as expert interpreters in more than 70 languages.
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Charities recognizes that the needs of disaster survivors continue well beyond the time when
the disaster ceases to be covered in the news. Catholic Charities agencies is seen as a leader in
disaster case management services, and many agencies are adding to this traditional service
provision to create innovative long-term recovery programs targeting the specic needs of the
disaster impacted populations.
More than half of all Catholic Charities agencies responded to a disaster in the past year, as-
sisting more than 78,000 individuals as they put their lives back together. Agencies were there
for communities impacted by the Black Forest Fire in central Colorado, winter storm NEMO
in the upper Midwest, and the tornadoes that devastated communities in Oklahoma. Nearly
a dozen agencies continued to serve individuals impacted by hurricanes that occurred in prior
years, such as hurricanes Sandy and Isaac in 2012, and hurricane Irene in 2011. In addition,
Catholic Charities responded to man-made disasters in 2013 including the Boston marathon
bombing, Sandy Hook elementary shooting, and the petroleum explosion in West, Texas.
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While we will never move away from our core mission of providing assistance to those
in need and accompanying the poor, homeless, and disenfranchised, our network is
proudly seeking innovative and collaborative ideas that have tremendous potential to
create even more opportunity for those we serve. Fr. Larry Snyder, President CCUSA
Trough all of these services and more, Catholic Charities lives out the social mission of the
Church, providing help and creating hope for the most vulnerable in our society. No two
agencies are the same; rather, each strives to respond to the unique needs of their community
to walk in solidarity with our brothers and sisters in need.
Te impact of Catholic Charities, while impressive, falls short of the level of need in this na-
tion, as demonstrated by the waiting lists they keep and the individuals they are forced to turn
away. Agencies are innovating creative ways to stretch their services and do more with less, but
creativity only goes so far. Catholic Charities calls on all people of goodwill, and government
and business in particular, to work in partnership with agencies throughout the country. To-
gether, we can make signicant progress toward reducing poverty in America.
To learn more about Catholic Charities and join our movement to reduce poverty and provide
a path toward opportunity for those in need, please visit: www.CatholicCharitiesUSA.org.

CONCLUSION
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