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CCUSA urges inclusion of critical elements in Tax Cuts and Job Act
News - December 14, 2017 - Catholic Charities USA wrote to the members of the Conference Committee for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act urging them to include several critical elements in any tax reform: to prioritize relief for those living in poverty; to foster a culture of giving; to promote family stability; to expand affordable housing; to promote family economic…
CCUSA letter urges Congress to limit economic impact of COVID-19
https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/2020/03/11/ccusa-letter-regarding-covid19/
News - March 11, 2020 - CCUSA urges Congress and the Administration to enact immediate and effective policies and appropriations to limit the impact of COVID-19, to support and protect lives, and stabilize our economy. Read the full letter.
U.S. Catholic community supports robust use of TPS
News - July 19, 2022 - Alexandria, Va. – In a letter to the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of State, U.S. Catholic leaders expressed gratitude for several recent country designations for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and called for the same status for additional countries that are experiencing armed conflict, environmental disasters and other dangerous conditions. Catholic Charities USA…
CCUSA calls for budget that protects programs for poor, vulnerable
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.
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…
CCUSA, CHA comment on proposed changes to Medicaid eligibility
News - November 7, 2022 - Catholic Charities USA and the Catholic Health Association of the United States (CHA) submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on proposed rulemaking to streamline the Medicaid, Children’s Health Insurance Program, and Basic Health Program application, eligibility determination, enrollment and renewal process. CHA and CCUSA, guided by the singular mission of…
CCUSA, USCCB call for a third disaster supplemental aid package
News - December 12, 2017 - Sister Donna Markham OP, PhD, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, joined Bishop Frank Dewane, chairman of the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, in writing a letter to the House of Representatives urging swift action on a third disaster supplemental aid package. The devastating consequences…
CCUSA calls on Congress to support housing first
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…
Leadership 18 supports Legacy IRA Act
https://www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/2019/03/08/leadership-18-supports-legacy-ira-act/
News - March 8, 2019 - Catholic Charities USA joined fellow members of Leadership 18 in supporting the Legacy IRA Act, which encourages charitable giving be enabling seniors to make tax-free contributions from their individual retirement accounts to charities through life-income plans. Read the full letter.
Letter in support of CRA challenge to OCC lenders rule
News - June 17, 2021 - Dear Members of Congress: We write to express our support for the Congressional Review Act (CRA) challenge to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency’s (OCC) “National Banks and Federal Savings Associations as Lenders” rule. The OCC rule overrides state usury laws, legalizing predatory lending even in states that have outlawed it. On March…
CCUSA, USCCB urge THUD subcommittees to provide adequate funding for poor families
News - March 7, 2016 - In joint letters to the Senate and House Subcommittees on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, as they begin work on their appropriations bills, CCUSA and USCCB urge the members to provide adequate funding for programs that serve poor and vulnerable households. Read the full letters: Senate, House.
CCUSA urges House to pass emergency spending bill for Puerto Rico
News - February 4, 2020 - Catholic Charities USA requested that the House of Representatives pass H.R. 5687, the $4.67 billion emergency supplemental spending bill for Puerto Rico. As introduced, $3.26 billion is allocated to the Community Development Block Grant Program, which would allow Puerto Rico to spend money on long-term recovery, housing and economic revitalization and mitigation. Another $1.26 billion…