2019 CCUSA Annual Survey Housing and Homelessness Services Results Webinar

Join us for the 2019 CCUSA Annual Survey Housing and Homelessness Services Results Webinar on Wednesday, September 9 at 3:00pm! As part of the new 2019 Annual Survey Results Webinar Series, the presentation will include summary statistics and performance measures to highlight the impactful work completed across Housing and Homelessness programs throughout the Catholic Charities network last year. In contrast to previous years, this format will allow for a deeper dive into each program area and will include an opportunity for open-ended dialogue and inquiry among participants. Register here.

Catholic Social Teaching, Politics, and the Fullness of Faith webinar

This webinar will outline the virture of political participation and the foundations of Catholic social teaching as essential to the fullness of faith. When you register you will automatically receive a link to the recording. Date: Sept. 10, 2020, 3:00-4:00 PM EST. Register here.

Climate Change, Our faith values webinar

This webinar is hosted by Interfaith Power & Light, Catholic Climate Covenant, and Young Evangelicals for Climate Action. This webinar will equip attendees on how to effectively hold 'courageous conversations' with your faithful family, friends, and colleagues about the importance of caring for Creation and voting our values. Date: Sept. 14, 2020, 3:00-4:00 PM EST. Register here.

Creating and sustaining a respite program webinar

This webinar will provide participants with information on transitional and medical respite program models. Scope of work, funding and financial structures, staffing models and cultivation of local medical & mental health partners will be discussed and shared. The latter half of the webinar will serve as a facilitated discussion and sharing of ideas and best practices among respite providers and those interested in developing a respite care program. Date: September 15, 2020. Time: 3pm-4:30 EDT. Register here. NOTE: This webinar offers 1.0 Continuing Education Credit. Course completion requirements - To earn CE credit, participants must log in at the scheduled time, attend the webinar and complete an online course evaluation and CEC post-test. The post-test survey will close 7 days after you receive the link to your email. CE Certificates will be emailed within 10 business days of course completion.

2019 CCUSA Annual Survey Workforce Development and Social Enterprise Results Webinar

Join us for the 2019 CCUSA Annual Survey Workforce Development and Social Enterprise Results Webinar on Thursday, September 17 at 3:00pm! As part of the new 2019 Annual Survey Results Webinar Series, the presentation will include summary statistics and performance measures to highlight the impactful work completed across Workforce Development and Social Enterprise programs throughout the Catholic Charities network last year. In contrast to previous years, this format will allow for a deeper dive into each program area and will include an opportunity for open-ended dialogue and inquiry amongst participants. Register here.

PREPARES - CCUSA Innovation Challenge finalist

Join this webinar to learn about PREPARES, a Catholic Charities USA Innovation Challenge finalist which presently engages over 500 volunteers from 159 parishes who have served 12,000 families. This parish-based program engages a network of parish volunteers, professional staff, and aligned programs to accompany pregnant and parenting women, men, and families with children under five who live in poverty and lack a healthy support network. PREPARES successfully alleviates poverty, increases health care access, and protects children at risk of abuse and neglect. Created by the bishops of Washington state in 2013, funding from the USCCB and CCHD enabled three state Catholic Charities agencies to begin implementation, including Catholic Charities Eastern Washington as featured in this webinar. Date: October 14, 2020, at 3 PM. Register here.

Catalyst Kitchens 2020 National Summit

Catalyst Kitchens by FareStart has worked with CCUSA and several member agencies over the years. Its program development model features 1) Empowerment through job training, 2) Sustainability through social enterprise and 3) Collaboration through community engagement. Next month any interested CCUSA agency representatives are invited to the Catalyst Kitchens 2020 National Summit, a free virtual event for those interested in workforce development, social enterprise, and developing solutions that will help to alleviate poverty and joblessness during COVID-19. This virtual conference is designed to bring together practitioners from across culinary job training programs and the broader industry to problem solve for our challenges in 2020, including increased emergency meals demands, adapting to virtual culinary training, and building anti-racist internal policies. This event is radically accessible this year in a virtual platform and free to all. If you have questions, reach out to Steve Bogus at CCUSA. To get more information or to register go here.

Grant Opportunities and Resources

Sterling Volunteers offering FREE basic background checks to Catholic Charities agencies

Sterling Volunteers, a valued Catholic Charities USA partner, is extending a helping hand to our network to help safely mobilize trusted volunteers around essential services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Sterling Volunteers is offering FREE Basic Background Checks, along with reduced pricing for MVR’s and other screening packages (click here for full details). This COVID-19 special offering has been extended through December 31, 2020. If interested, CLICK HERE to connect with Sterling on this offering and any other specific needs. Please note, the special pricing is not retroactive nor automatic for existing customers; please contact SV if you are interested in utilizing the discounts.

Veterans services professional interest LISTSERV signup

CCUSA is currently looking expand information and opportunities in the Veterans Services program area. If you’re interested in joining this revamped professional interest section, be sure to sign up for the Veterans Services Listserv to stay up to date on upcoming trainings, webinars, funding opportunities and more! Sign up for the Listserv here.

Federal Grant Opportunity: Migrant and Seasonal Early Head Start Expansion and Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Grants

In 1969, the Migrant and Seasonal Head Start (MSHS) program was established to provide services to the children of migrant farmworkers. The program provides funds to grantees that offer Head Start services to low-income, farm-worker families that migrate during the harvest season to engage in agricultural labor. In 1998, language was added to the Head Start Act that allowed migrant programs to serve the children of low-income, seasonal farmworkers. Learn more here. Application due 9/21/20.

Federal Grant Opportunity: Early Head Start Expansion and Early Head Start-Child Care Partnership Grants

New or existing Head Start, EHS, and EHS-CC Partnership grantees can apply to use funding to partner with local child care, including family child care providers to provide comprehensive, high-quality services to eligible infants and toddlers through EHS-CC Partnerships. These EHSCC Partnerships will enhance and support early learning settings to provide full-day, full-year, comprehensive services that meet the needs of low-income working families; enhance access to high-quality, full-time child care; support the development of infants and toddlers through strong relationship-based experiences; and prepare them for the transition into preschool. EHSCC Partnerships play an important role in the child care system by both expanding high-quality early learning services to infants and toddlers and applying resources and lessons learned from EHS to build the system's capacity. Learn more here. Application due 9/21/20.

Employment Opportunities

Catholic Charities job opportunities now listed on CCUSA website 

Anyone can view the job opportunities by clicking on the "Careers" tag on the footer of the CCUSA webpage. To post a job opportunity, one must be a member and have access to the members' portal in order to fill out the submission form (click on "Careers" tag on members only portal homepage). If you have any questions about the new job opportunities submission form, please contact David Werning. Please click here to access job opportunities.

CCUSA Photo Gallery

Did you know that one of the benefits CCUSA provides to member agencies is access to a professional photo gallery? Visit our Flickr photo pages to explore our albums and photos. If you would like a high-resolution version for your agency's use, please email CCUSA with photo number.