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    Catholic Campaign for Human Development

     

    What's New?

    USCCB Subcommittee Chairman Announces Nearly $1 Million In Grants, Efforts For Comprehensive Immigration Reform

    Paid anti-poverty internships are being funded at around 30 diocesan offices around the U.S.  Apply now through March 1.

    Nominate a Catholic Young Adult (age 18-35) for the 2013 Cardinal Bernardin New Leadership Award.

    Congratulations to Latino Union, recipient of the this year's Sr. Margaret Cafferty Award! See Bishop Joseph Perry's word of congratulations here.

    Half a million dollars of this year's CCHD Collection, held on November 18, will go towards aiding the poor affected by Hurricane Sandy. Learn more about the 2012 CCHD Hurricane Sandy allocation here.

    CCHD has announced its Strategic National Grants Program. See more details here.

    Have you seen our new Poverty USA Spanish website? ¡Visite www.PobrezaUSA.org!

    CCHD Resources

    Detailed information regarding the CCHD Review and  Renewal. 

    The Truth About CCHD

    Visit www.PovertyUSA.org for education on economic justice, essential facts on poverty as well as key conduits for action. Para más información en español, visite www.PobrezaUSA.org. 

    Learn more about the type of work CCHD funds; also, LIKE us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter!

    What is life like at the poverty line? The Poverty Tour is available in CCHD's video library, along with many excellent video resources!

    Check out CCHD's latest newsletter, Helping People Help Themselves, featuring the Latino Union of Chicago.

    CCHD Economic Development Brochure     (Folleto en Español)
     
    CCHD Brochure (Folleto de CCHD en Español)

    Handout: What is CCHD? (Que es la Campaña Católica para el Desarrollo Humano (CCHD))

    jphd-living-in-poverty-usa-montageCCHD's Video Library
    CCHD's Video Library offers several videos to help understand CCHD, it's mission, it's work.

    Check out CCHD's newly released Poverty Tour to get a glimpse of what life is like for people living at the poverty line.



    The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) is an instrument of the Catholic Church working to carry out the mission of Jesus Christ,  "... to bring good news to the poor ...  release to captives ...  sight to the blind, and let the oppressed go free." (Luke 4:18)

    CCHD is the domestic anti-poverty program of the U.S. Catholic Bishops and works to break the cycle of poverty by helping low-income people participate in decisions that affect their lives, families and communities. CCHD offers a hand up, not a hand out.

    It has a complementary mission of educating on poverty and its causes. This dual pastoral strategy of education for justice and helping people who are poor speak and act for themselves reflects the mandate of the Scriptures and the principles of Catholic social teaching.

    CCHD also provides the Catholic faithful with concrete opportunities to live out the love of God and neighbor in ways that express our baptismal call and continuing Eucharistic transformation.

    The Catholic Campaign for Human Development is made possible by the generous support of Catholics in the United States, especially through an annual parish collection. CCHD's grants to local anti-poverty efforts are screened, awarded and monitored in close partnership with local Catholic dioceses. CCHD grants to groups in a local community require the explicit approval of the bishop of that diocese.



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