CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF THE DIOCESE OF FORT WAYNE-SOUTH BEND

Ending poverty requires a two-geneartion approach, which means we must assist both parents and children. A child's success depends upon their family's ability to meet their needs. In our approach, Catholic Charities, along with many partners, we provide support and services designed to help families flourish. In our Bridge to Self-Sufficiency (please see our website for more information) model, we work with individuals and families to stabilize a crisis through degree completion or job acquistion and retention, through sound management of finances.

Constituents served at Catholic Charities typically face complex, chronic concerns that prevent them from moving ahead in their lives. These barriers and needs often require years of support and intervention to overcome. We specialize in professional case management for people of all ages, job training and job development, refugee resettlement, legal immigration services, adoption planning and placement, and mental health treatment. Our strategies are designed to bridge gaps that inhibit thriving and reaching one's goals and full-potential. We also engage partners and community members in our strategic initiatives.

Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Inc. (CCFWSB) is part of a large network of Catholic Charities agencies across the United States. For over a thousand years, the Catholic Church as responded to the Gospel imperative to serve those in need. The Catholic Church in North America is organized to serve the needs of the most vulnerable through Caritas North America. All of the Catholic Charities agencies, under the leadership of the Bishop of the Diocese, are organized under Caritas to serve the needs of our brothers and sisters domestically, and Catholic Relief Services is organized to serve internationally.

Catholic Charities agencies are experts on poverty issues and other challenges to dignity in the United States. We are experts because we see these social problems every day in our work in homes, in the streets, in schools, in hospitals, in mental health facilities, and the community-at-large.

Catholic Charities' annual accomplishments consists of many wide-ranging and impactful outcomes. All of Catholic Charities' programs consistently perform as expected and designed, and accomplishment the goals of the programs. Specific examples of outcomes include: Teen parent graduation rates of 90% and above every year; constituents receiving health-related services comply with recommended health protocols 80%, or higher, of the time; job acquisition rates at 75% or higher; rates of approved applications of legal immigration status that exceed the general market place; higher than average participant retention rate (i.e., constituents who remain enrolled in services through successful completion of goals); 75% or higher approval of new applications and renewals of funding from private and public funding sources; 100% compliance with contractual and grant agreements.