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Program UP helps single mom, kids escape life of poverty
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Story - March 28, 2018 - Brittney Papike believes the Uplifting Parents Program helped her escape a life of poverty. Over the next five years, the University of Notre Dame’s Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO) wants to test if Papike, a Rapid City single mom of two kids, is right. LEO will conduct a randomized controlled trial study to…
Chief Executive Officer
Job - May 3, 2024 - BACKGROUND: Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County helps people of all cultures and beliefs rise up out of poverty and overcome barriers to economic mobility and wellness. Rooted in a legacy of faith-based social services for nearly a century, the agency takes a holistic approach to helping people change their lives for good, focusing on…
Mentor, mentee a perfect match
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Story - January 12, 2018 - Caro and Esse have been matched since January of 2015 through T.E.A.M. (Together Engaging Adolescents through Mentoring), a program of Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of Boston. Esse is 12-year-old girl living in South Boston. She originally joined the program because many of her friends were in T.E.A.M. and told her that it was a lot of…
Family and Youth Success (FAYS) Case Manager OR Counselor (Lubbock)
Job - April 17, 2024 - POSITION TITLE: Family and Youth Success (FAYS) Case Manager OR Counselor (Lubbock) STATUS: Full Time POSITION: Family and Youth Success (FAYS) Case Manager/Counselor at Catholic Charities-Diocese of Lubbock – MUST BE BILINGUAL (English/Spanish) STATUS: Full-Time (with benefits) ABOUT THE ROLE Our Family and Youth Success (FAYS) program helps families deal with everyday struggles. We help youth overcome…
Disaster Case Management Director
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Job - March 19, 2024 - Summary Description Be the subject matter expert in Disaster Case Management, an essential function of disaster services efforts throughout the Catholic Charities network. Liaise with fellow Disaster Case Managers at the local agency level to identify knowledge and training gaps, current challenges in service delivery, and changes to state or federal guidelines. Update current trainings,…
Who speaks for refugees?
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Story - August 12, 2016 - “This work is personal for me. When I go to the airport, it’s hard not to see my family’s journey unfold in front of me. When I see refugees standing there with their light luggage, I know it’s the very beginning, and the sky is the limit. In some ways, I really worry about them,…
Struggling mom turns her life around with help of Catholic Charities
Story - January 21, 2016 - Kim came to our Homeless Services Center “a broken woman,” as she called herself. Born in Ukiah, California, Kim was a bright young woman who graduated college with a business degree. She worked for a Fortune 500 company in San Francisco, then moved back to Ukiah for her “dream job” as the sports editor for…
A home for homeless teens provides solid foundation to build on
Story - August 12, 2015 - In St. Cloud, Minnesota, a Catholic Charities group home dedicated to homeless teens is helping young people begin their adult lives on a solid foundation. Opened in 2014, Youth House gives young people, ages 16-24, not only a roof over their heads, but round-the-clock guidance as they build the foundations for the rest of their…
A mother’s grit is a gift to her daughter
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Story - March 21, 2024 - When Sarah came to the Pregnancy Health Center (PHC) in 2021, her life looked much different than it is now. She was dealing with multiple challenges while anticipating the arrival of her little girl. She enrolled in our Earn While You Learn classes and began learning about labor and delivery, self-care and parenting. Sarah invested…
Thomas Merton Center celebrates fifty years of serving the community
Story - February 14, 2024 - Catholic Charities Fairfield program has grown exponentially since ‘soup kitchen’ days It started with a challenge. Back in 1974, Fr. John Giuliani, the charismatic Sacred Heart University (SHU) campus minister, and his prayer group invited Kathleen Thorsby of the Washington, D.C. Center for Creative Non-Violence to report on the recent opening of a soup kitchen…
MAX: A unique intervention program from Catholic Charities Cleveland
Story - December 1, 2021 - By Tara McMullen A patient awakens in a hospital room. Bright lights. Beeping monitors. A nurse enters and informs them they’ve been revived from an opiate overdose. They were lucky this time. Would they like to speak with someone about recovery? Here in this hospital room is where the Max Kolbe Program (MAX), a unique intervention program launched by Catholic Charities, Diocese of Cleveland (CC…
A father and daughter find housing and a new beginning
Story - July 25, 2022 - Stepping off a plane at Boston Logan Airport, moments after returning home from a trip, Orlando Fontanez’s phone began to buzz with text and voicemail notifications. One was from the mother of his then three-year-old daughter Najla. The other was from the Department of Children and Families. Both conveyed the same nerve-racking news — Najla…