<!--
/* What it does: Remove spaces around the email design added by some
email clients. */
/* Beware: It can remove the padding / margin and add a background
color to the compose a reply window. */
html,
body {
Margin: 0 !important;
padding: 0 !important;
height: 100% !important;
width: 100% !important;
}

/* What it does: Stops email clients resizing small text. */
* {
-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;
-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;
}

/* What is does: Centers email on Android 4.4 */
div[style*="margin: 16px 0"] {
margin:0 !important;
}

/* What it does: Stops Outlook from adding extra spacing to tables.
*/
table,
td {
mso-table-lspace: 0pt !important;
mso-table-rspace: 0pt !important;
}

/* What it does: Fixes webkit padding issue. Fix for Yahoo mail table
alignment bug. Applies table-layout to the first 2 tables then removes
for anything nested deeper. */
table {
border-spacing: 0 !important;
border-collapse: collapse !important;
table-layout: fixed !important;
Margin: 0 auto !important;
}
table table table {
table-layout: auto;
}

/* What it does: Uses a better rendering method when resizing images
in IE. */
img {
-ms-interpolation-mode:bicubic;
}

/* What it does: Overrides styles added when Yahoo's auto-senses a
link. */
.yshortcuts a {
border-bottom: none !important;
}

/* What it does: A work-around for iOS meddling in triggered links.
*/
.mobile-link--footer a,
a[x-apple-data-detectors] {
color:inherit !important;
text-decoration: underline !important;
}
-->

<!--
/* What it does: Hover styles for buttons */
.button-td,
.button-a {
transition: all 100ms ease-in;
}
.button-td:hover,
.button-a:hover {
background: #555555 !important;
border-color: #555555 !important;
}

/* Media Queries */
@media screen and (max-width: 600px) {

.email-container {
width: 100% !important;
}

/* What it does: Forces elements to resize to the full width of their
container. Useful for resizing images beyond their max-width. */
.fluid,
.fluid-centered {
max-width: 100% !important;
height: auto !important;
Margin-left: auto !important;
Margin-right: auto !important;
}
/* And center justify these ones. */
.fluid-centered {
Margin-left: auto !important;
Margin-right: auto !important;
}

/* What it does: Forces table cells into full-width rows. */
.stack-column,
.stack-column-center {
display: block !important;
width: 100% !important;
max-width: 100% !important;
direction: ltr !important;
}
/* And center justify these ones. */
.stack-column-center {
text-align: center !important;
}

/* What it does: Generic utility class for centering. Useful for
images, buttons, and nested tables. */
.center-on-narrow {
text-align: center !important;
display: block !important;
Margin-left: auto !important;
Margin-right: auto !important;
float: none !important;
}
table.center-on-narrow {
display: inline-block !important;
}

}

body {
background-color: #fff;
width: 100%;
margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;
}

p{
line-height:20px;
}

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5{
color:#800080;
}
-->

Catholic Charities USA


You are not in the dark that the day should catch you off guard, like
a thief.
No, all of you are children of light and of the day.
We belong neither to darkness nor to night. 1Thess 5:4-5

Do you know someone who would be interested in receiving the Weekly
Digest? Subscribe HERE.
[link removed]

Highlights from CCUSA

Save the Date! Join us in San Diego for CCUSA's 2021 Annual Gathering!

When: Sept. 20-23, 2021. Where: Sheraton San Diego Hotel &
Marina. This past year of uncertainty has brought many changes,
and we especially miss the opportunity for fellowship, learning and
sharing best practices. We are excited to come together in the new
year and see one another for an amazing event! Mark your calendars and
stay tuned for more details!

Center for Disaster Philanthropy awards CCUSA with $1 Million grant to
help communities recover from wildfires

CCUSA received $1 million from the Center for Disaster Philanthropy
(CDP) Disaster Recovery Fund to assist long-term recovery efforts from
the recent wildfires. One of the largest that CDP has awarded a single
organization, this grant will help Catholic Charities agencies meet
the needs of communities across California, Colorado, Oregon and
Washington State impacted by the multiple devastating wildfires in
2020. Read full press release here.

[link removed]

Catholic Charities USA Healthy Housing Initiative newsletter

Be sure to check out the winter 2021 issue of CCUSA's Healthy
Housing Initiative newsletter here.
[link removed]

Among all the updates of the pilot program, you will also find an
audio interview featuring Sister Maureen McGuire, DC, senior executive
advisor for special initiatives at Ascension Health and Curtis
Johnson, vice president for CCUSA Housing Strategy.

Daily Lenten reflections from CCUSA

Ash Wednesday, February 17, marks the beginning of Lent. Once again,
CCUSA will offer daily reflections on each day's Mass readings,
authored by Catholic Charities employees and other social concerns
ministers. The reflections will arrive by email first thing each
morning. Sign up here to receive them.

[link removed]

Current issue of Charities USA magazine online

The current issue of Charities USA (Volume 48, Number 1) considers the
work of Catholic Charities agencies and CCUSA in providing food
security during the pandemic for individuals and communities. Be sure
to check out the stories about getting a crop of potatoes to people in
need in New England, a new food pantry in southeast Texas, providing
seeds to refugees, a SNAP story, and more! Read here.

[link removed]

Catholic Charities USA Launches the 2021 National Volunteer of
the Year Award Nomination Process

Over 13 million individuals received services from Catholic Charities
agencies across the country in 2019 with the help, commitment, and
compassion of over 300,000 volunteers. The Volunteer of the Year Award
recognizes this impact and honors one an individual who embodies the
mission of CCUSA, demonstrates real impact, and reflects an innovative
approach to help those in poverty.  Honor your all-star volunteer
and nominate them for this prestigious honor!  The finalists of
the 2021 National Volunteer of the Year award will be profiled in the
next issue of CCUSA's magazine, Charities USA, and the winner will be
profiled in the following issue of Charities USA and on CCUSA's
social media pages. The deadline for all nominations is Friday, March
5, 2021. Finalists will be notified the week of March 15-19, 2021.
 Submit your nomination here! For more any questions about the
nomination process, please contact [email protected].
 
[link removed]

Events and Webinars

Lessons on Self-Care from a Trauma-Informed Perspective - For Social
Service Providers, Teachers, and Childcare Professionals

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is stressful. Fear and anxiety about a
disease can be overwhelming and cause strong emotions in adults and
children. Join CCUSA to raise awareness about symptoms of vicarious
trauma in social service staff, teachers, and childcare professionals,
trying to stay resilient during this difficult time. We will address
important ways to practice self-care to maintain our health. Our team
will advise on how to prevent and deal with stress and how to cope
with emotions that will make you, the people you care about, and your
community stronger. 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. Date: Feb. 16, 2021. Time: 3 PM ET. Register here.
[link removed]

Research-Practice Partnership Webinar: How Catholic Charities Agencies
Can Evaluate their Programs with LEO

CCUSA's Research and Evaluation team is hosting a webinar series
with Notre Dame's Lab for Economic Opportunity (LEO). Join us
for one of the two webinar options, same content will be provided:
(1.) Feb 17, 2021 at 3:00 PM EST Register here;
[link removed]

(2.) Feb 19, 2021 at 2:00 PM EST Register here. 
[link removed]

We invite you to learn about LEO and their partnership process to
conduct rigorous program evaluation. Two Catholic Charities member
agencies - Catholic Social Services of Rapid City and Catholic
Charities Atlanta - will be joining us to share how they have
successfully engaged with LEO. This opportunity is for anyone looking
to measure how specific programs and policies impact the people they
serve in areas such as trauma recovery, health management, financial
stability and mobility, educational attainment, housing stability, and
time spent in institutional settings. Both CCUSA and LEO believe
rigorous research is a powerful means to an end to poverty, and a new
beginning for millions of families who are ready to thrive. Please
contact Kerry G. or Ashley R. with any questions that you may have.
[email protected]
[email protected]

Public Forum: CCUSA Poverty and Racism Paper

In a response to events in 2020, CCUSA rewrote its 2008 Poverty and
Racism paper and developed a facilitation guide on racial justice and
anti-racist work for Diocesan Directors of Catholic Charities. Please
join us for a conversation about the best way for Catholic Charities
agencies to conduct anti-racist programming in our communities.
Date: Feb. 18, 2021. Time: 2 PM
EST. Register here.
[link removed]

Strengthening 2Gen approaches through listening, engaging, and
designing with families

Join our experts for a webinar where participants will engage in peer
learning to develop and strengthen understanding of a Whole Family
Approach (WFA). Additionally, we will focus on ways to become centered
in key WFA concepts like racial equity, engaging and listening to
families, and attending to system and policy changes that support
parents and children. We will address how engaging and listening to
customers can strengthen program design and build buy-in internally
and externally while exploring multiple ways to connect organizations
shifting to a Whole Family Approach (WFA). Date: Feb. 24, 2021 at 2:00
PM EST. Register here.
[link removed]

WIC 101 Webinar - A Presentation for Catholic Charities Agencies

Join us for a webinar to explore the Special Supplemental Nutrition
Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Join our experts to
learn more about one of the nation's premier public health
nutrition program providing nutrition education, breastfeeding
support, referral to health and social services, and supplemental
foods to the nation's low-income women, infants, and children
through age 5. Across the United States, in urban and rural areas,
WIC's time-limited services and benefits ensure that children
get a strong, healthy start in life. There is clear evidence that good
nutrition during pregnancy and in the first few years of life has
long-term, positive impacts on health. When children have a healthy
start, their prospects, and America's prospects, are brighter.
With historically strong bipartisan support and clear evidence
demonstrating how WIC is both efficient and effective at improving the
health of low-income women, infants, and children, WIC ensures the
future health and safety of millions of Americans. Date March 08, 2021
at 3:00 PM EST. Register here.
[link removed]

Grant Opportunities and Resources

Grant Opportunity: CCUSA Financial Education AmeriCorps Program

CCUSA is currently looking for additional grantees for the Financial
Education AmeriCorps program! The AmeriCorps members in this program
will primarily use the FDIC Money Smart curriculum to teach clients
how to enhance their financial skills and create positive banking
relationships. AmeriCorps members can also provide other
asset-development activities, including tax preparation, financial
counseling, IDA enrollment, and much more. This program has a goal to
help clients improve their financial literacy and navigate financial
decisions more efficiently. If your agency is interested in learning
more about this federal grant opportunity, please reach out to Abby
Qualliotine.
[email protected]

Grant opportunity: CCUSA AmeriCorps VISTA program's request for
proposals

CCUSA is taking applications for our Family Strengthening AmeriCorps
VISTA program! The Family Strengthening program funds one-year
AmeriCorps VISTA positions, which support Catholic Charities' programs
through indirect activities, capacity building activities, such as
fundraising and resource development, communications and social media,
outreach, partnership building, volunteer management, and parish
outreach, and much more! On January 28, CCUSA held a webinar
(recording, slides) giving an overview of the VISTA program and the
application process, highlighting sub-grantee expectations, estimated
costs, and allowable activities. The application is due
[link removed]

[link removed]

[link removed]

Friday, February 26 with a program start date of summer 2021. Please
contact Sarah Hendley with any questions.
[email protected]

The Foundation for Financial Planning grant opportunity

The Foundation for Financial Planning is accepting grant applications
(until April 30th, 2021) from nonprofit organizations whose programs
link pro bono financial planners to people in need. Programs should
include one-on-one engagements between Certified Financial
Planner(TM) (CFP®) professionals and pro bono clients, and
comply with COVID-19 safety guidelines. Grants are generally in the
range of $5,000 to $40,000. For more information about eligibility and
how to apply, please visit here. Nonprofits seeking to connect with
CFP professionals who want to provide free, no-strings-attached
financial planning and advice to underserved populations can register
on FFP's Pro Bono Planner Match website. On Pro Bono Planner
Match, nonprofits can post volunteer opportunities that engage
financial planners in one-on-one or interactive, small group (virtual)
sessions with people in need. To access Pro Bono Planner Match, click
here. For more information, please contact Rachel Roth.
[link removed]

[link removed]

[link removed]
%[email protected]

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.

[link removed]
[email protected]
[link removed]

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 
[link removed]

email CCUSA with photo number.

[email protected]/?utm_source=weeklydigest&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=weeklydigest&utm_content=CCUSA_photo_gallery




Donate

[link removed]

Facebook
 

Twitter

[link removed]
[link removed]

View in your browser | Forward to a friend | Unsubscribe
[link removed]
[link removed]
[link removed]

2050 Ballenger Ave., Suite 400, Alexandria, VA 22314 | (703) 549-1390
Catholic Charities USA ©
2021 All
rights reserved.