Advocacy and Social Policy Initiatives
CCUSA Advocacy and Social Policy team advocates for policies that uphold human dignity and promote integral human development. Informed by the experience of local Catholic Charities agencies, we urge policy makers to see the faces of those in need in their communities and to create policies which assist and support them.
Recent Letters & Statements
Statement in Support of Long-Term Immigration Reform
Catholic Charities President & CEO Sister Donna Markham issued a statement in support of efforts to reach a long-term fix …
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CCUSA welcomes funding to help people in need in the American Rescue Plan
Alexandria, Va. – Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) is encouraged by the commitment to help people and communities impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. “The American …
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Catholic Charities USA President and CEO congratulates President Biden and Vice President Harris, Looks forward to collaborating with new administration and policymakers on issues for the common good
Alexandria, Va. – Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) President and CEO, Sister Donna Markham OP, PhD, congratulates President Biden and Vice …
CCUSA POLICY POSITIONS for 115th CONGRESS
Why We Do It
Catholic Charities upholds the dignity of every human person
Pope Francis says, "the just ordering of society and of the state is a central responsibility of politics." Our Catholic faith calls us to serve the most vulnerable and to advocate for justice in social structures. CCUSA and the entire Catholic Charities ministry has a responsibility to advocate for just policy positions and to share our experience of serving those in need.
“The Church cannot and must not take upon herself the political battle to bring about the most just society possible. She cannot and must not replace the State. Yet at the same time she cannot and must not remain on the sidelines in the fight for justice. She has to play her part…”
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Program officer at Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Chicago testifies before congressional hearing on domestic violence prevention
Ami Novoryta, chief program officer at Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago, gave testimony before the House Committee on …

American Rescue Plan praised for positive provisions that will help ‘the most vulnerable among us’
The American Rescue Plan is “an extraordinarily practical way to help the American people, New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan …

Catholic Charities USA urges Congress to provide funding in next COVID-19 aid package that ensures people remain housed, fed and healthy
Democratic members of the U.S. Senate were hopeful their version of a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package would be passed …
If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day, and one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well,’ but you do not give them the necessities of the body, what good is it?