News - March 9, 2023 - Jack Catholic Charities of the Diocese of St. Cloud, Minnesota  Jack, a disabled veteran with PTSD, had been homeless for more than a year, living in his car. A longtime cross-country truck driver, he could no longer drive due to back pain and had to put his mother in assisted living. His Social Security disability…

News - March 28, 2023 - Alexandria, Va. — On Monday, March 27, Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) submitted comments in response to the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking titled “Circumvention of Lawful Pathways.” CCUSA opposes the proposed rule because it creates additional barriers for people fleeing harm to exercise their legal right to…

News - September 30, 2022 - Alexandria, Va. – After eight years of leading Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA), Sister Donna Markham OP, Ph.D., will retire as its President and CEO in summer 2023. Sister Donna is the first woman to lead the U.S. domestic humanitarian work of the Catholic Church and is the 10th president in CCUSA’s 112-year history. Her retirement…

News - April 27, 2022 - Alexandria, Va. — Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) President and CEO, Sister Donna Markham, OP, PhD, and Bishop Mario Dorsonville, Auxiliary Bishop of Washington and Chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Committee on Migration, sent a letter to Congress today expressing concern over several measures that would prolong the misuse of Title 42.…

News - September 22, 2021 - WASHINGTON—Over the last several weeks, there has been a substantial increase in the number of migrants present in the Del Rio Sector of the U.S.-Mexico border, roughly 145 miles west of San Antonio. The majority of these individuals are Haitian nationals, many of whom have been living in or traveling through Latin America for varying…

News - July 19, 2021 - Alexandria, Va.–Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) is pleased to announce that Nancy Cook Owens, program director at the Room to Grow Early Childhood Learning Center, Catholic Charities of Fairfield County, is the recipient of the 2021 Bishop Joseph M. Sullivan Award. CCUSA’s Bishop Sullivan Award recognizes a person working at a Catholic Charities agency who has…

News - June 23, 2021 - (ALEXANDRIA, Va. and BEVERLY, Mass., June 23, 2021 ) — Catholic Charities USA, the nation’s largest social service provider, has selected ITK Solutions Group to lead an extensive digital transformation that will help it provide even more assistance to those in need. The initiative, “Transforming the Delivery of Poverty Services,” will result in a new…

News - May 24, 2021 - Alexandria, Va. — Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) praises the Biden Administration’s decision over the weekend to grant a new 18-month designation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to persons from Haiti. Sister Donna Markham OP, PhD, President and CEO of CCUSA said, “Granting TPS recognizes the continued poverty-stricken conditions of Haiti and relieves those living here…

News - June 5, 2024 - Catholic social teaching affirms the right of each nation to regulate its borders, but policies that achieve this goal should be developed and applied in a manner that respects and upholds human dignity. The executive action announced by the administration on June 4 is concerning because it will restrict and slow access to asylum and…

News - December 6, 2020 - This is an important victory for this country’s Dreamers Alexandria, Va. — Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) commends the decision by the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn to fully restore the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. “This is an important victory for our country’s Dreamers,” said Sister Donna Markham OP, PhD, president and CEO…

News - August 22, 2019 - Alexandria, Va. – The announcement that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will terminate the Flores Settlement Agreement is extraordinarily troubling. We are gravely concerned about the families, and particularly the children, who will face indeterminable amounts of time in detention and the emotional and psychological effects…

News - May 22, 2019 - Alexandria, Va. (May 22, 2019) –Catholic Charities USA (CCUSA) is pleased to announce that it has received over $1.2 million in AmeriCorps funding from the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), the federal agency responsible for AmeriCorps and other national service programs. The funding will be used to support four national AmeriCorps projects including…