Advocacy and Social Policy Initiatives
CCUSA’s 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 policymakers to see the faces of those in need in their communities and to create policies that assist and support them.
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CCUSA urges Congress to prioritize funding for vulnerable populations
September 9, 2023
As Congress considers the administration’s request for supplemental funding and works to pass a stopgap funding bill, CCUSA President and …
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CCUSA, USCCB urge support for legislation protecting religious freedom
July 14, 2023
In a letter to Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops …
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CCUSA calls for bipartisan support of the Reentry Act
June 27, 2023
Catholic Charities USA President and CEO Sister Donna Markham OP, PhD, wrote to congressional leaders in support of the Reentry …
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CCUSA POLICY POSITIONS for 115th CONGRESS
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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 have 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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The only home they’ve ever known: DACA at 10 years
Note: DACA recipients’ names have been changed to protect their identities. The thrill of being granted DACA protection — the …Continue reading "The only home they’ve ever known: DACA at 10 years"

Despite reducing poverty, expanded child tax credit’s future is uncertain
A few weeks before Christmas, Jessica Moreno and her three kids were able to move from her parents’ home in …Continue reading "Despite reducing poverty, expanded child tax credit’s future is uncertain"

Catholic Charities Baltimore honors justice-oriented pastor for 43 years of speaking to the spirit of the community
A local pastor whose faithful labor of love has made his parish a beacon of working for justice is one …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?