Program areas at Catholic Council for Social Concern Catholic Charities
Refugee services - 464 refugees were resettled or served through resettlement programs. Refugees are individuals who come to the united states legally because they have been forced to leave their homeland due to war and persecution. Resettlement efforts include assisting with housing, food, transportation, cultural orientation and job placement for the first 90 to 240 days.
Domestic violence and sexual abuse program: it has assisted 1,107 victims of domestic violence and 128 victims of sexual assault including 26 human trafficking survivors. The program has provided shelter to 53 families that included 82 individuals for a total of 3,926 nights of shelter. It has provided one-on-one counseling to 563 survivors, group counseling to 203 survivors, assisted 403 people in criminal court and 305 people in civil court and 230 with housing and financial advocacy. The program staff/volunteers also responded to 46 hospital emergency department calls for assistance for survivors after sexual assault or domestic violence.
Food pantry: 8,474 families received an emergency food box (20,344 total persons served). 8,474 unduplicated households received one or more of the following services in fy24: food box, infant formula, diapers, personal hygiene and baby wipes. 106,242 people were served at our food window in fy24.
Emergency family shelter: 138 unduplicated families and 446 people found shelter last year. Catholic Charities offers services to families who are working to move form homelessness to self-sufficiency.
Counseling: 112 unduplicated clients received professional counseling by licensed therapists, who provided 828 therapy sessions.