Subject: CCUSA Weekly Digest

From	Catholic Charities USA <[email protected]>
Subject	CCUSA Weekly Digest
Date	October 11, 2021 2:31 PM

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Catholic Charities USA

If today you hear his voice,
harden not your hearts. Ps 95:8

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Highlights from CCUSA

Catholic Charities and the synodal process

On October 17, all dioceses around the globe will embark on a
six-month listening process to discern what steps the Holy Spirit
invites us to take in order to journey together as a Church. This
effort, entitled "For a Synodal Church: Community,
Participation, and Mission," envisions broad consultation across
the Church and beyond. Pope Francis has stressed that genuine efforts
must be made to include persons at the margins, such as
"...the poor, the homeless, young people addicted to drugs,
everyone that society rejects..." Catholic Charities can
fulfill a critical role by helping to identify and solicit such voices
for individual diocesan reports, which will be submitted to the USCCB
in preparation for the Vatican's international Synod of Bishops
in October 2023. To help Catholic Charities leaders understand and
participate in this initiative, a video panel conversation has been
scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, at 3 PM ET, featuring the
following speakers: * Msgr. John Enzler, President and CEO of
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington; * Lacy de la
Garza of Catholic Charities of Dallas, who is directing the synodal
process for the Diocese of Dallas; and * Yohan Garcia, Catholic
Social Teaching Education Coordinator at the Justice, Peace and Human
Development Department at the USCCB. Register here.

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Updated 2020 Annual Survey data visualizations

* 2020 Community of Practice dashboards: Refer to the 2020
Community of Practice dashboards visualizations for detailed
programmatic information for 10 different program areas. Review
a network-wide overview or select a diocese from the dropdown
menu to review more detailed information about each agency's
activities.

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* 2019 member agency profiles: Refer to the 2020 member agency
profiles visualization for information about each agency's
operations, programs, and services. Simply select a diocese from
the dropdown menu and the visual will update with an overview of
each agency's reported activities.

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* 2019 agency service inventory: Refer to the 2020 agency service
inventory visualization for the roster of agencies that reported
providing any of the 200+ service elements across 20+ categories
in the latest survey. Start by selecting a service category and
a corresponding service element to view all agencies offering
the respective service.

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* 2019 member agency FTE visualization: Refer to the 2020 member
agency FTE visualization to view a comparison of agencies'
reported full time equivalent (FTE) staff count. Such
comparisons may be useful for benchmarking, enhancing regional
or national context, or in planning for/considering partnership
opportunities among Catholic Charities agencies.

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All of these visualizations also can be accessed through the CCUSA
Members Portal under Annual Survey Resources under the Member Network
Data Visualizations tab. Please reach out to Ashley Rininger with any
questions or technical issues.

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Events and Webinars

The Service at the Speed of Light: The New Non-Profit Normal webinar

This year has been one of the most challenging faced by non-profits,
and the needs are incredible. By January 2021, American renters
already owed $34B in back rent and growing! Agencies must work closely
with community and civic leaders to broaden impact and improve
effectiveness by quickly expanding service capacity through creative
technology use allowing millions of dollars of assistance in a day. Is
your agency ready to implement a program providing over $60M in
financial assistance in 3 months? Does your agency understand impact
on hiring, call volume, compliance, and finance? These are all
challenges Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
confronted when they received a contract to provide CARES funding to
more than 50,000 families in 3 months. This presentation will provide
you with the insights gained through their experience. After this
workshop, the answer to any of the questions listed above will be,
"Absolutely, we can!" It is the new non-profit normal. It
is service at the speed of light! Date: Oct. 12, 2021. Time: 2 PM
EST. Register here.

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Catholic Charities West Virginia: Innovation Challenge follow-up
webinar

In the old days, when senior citizen Mary got discharged from a
hospital, family was there to take her home. Today, when Mary gets
discharged, no one is there. Through the Hospital Transition Program,
Mary will now be helped, as will her neighbors whose situations may be
even more complex and require coordinated care for healthy living. The
primary population affected by this initiative are low-income
individuals with disabling conditions or chronic health concerns in
the geographic area served by Wheeling Hospital. Program participants
will be involved in the design and implementation of their transition
post-discharge through their interaction with CC West Virginia's
onsite case manager and mutual coordination of a plan of care. Date:
Oct. 13, 2021. Time: 2 PM ET. Register here.

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Building the donor pipeline: The power and impact of individual donor
relations

From donors giving $10 a year to major donors giving 5 to 6 figure
gifts each year, individual donors bring your mission to life. Join us
for a webinar to learn how to maximize your engagment with individual
donors, bringing them closer to your mission and encouraging ever-more
generous gifts into the future. Following this presentation, the
attendee will be able to: (1.) Understand the impact of individual
donors and their long-term value to your organization; (2.) Understand
the individual donor pipeline concept, how to build the pipeline and
how to move donors through it; (3.) Walk away with an outline of
fundamental steps to start and/or maintain a successful individual
giving program: annual giving, mid-level giving, major gifts,
capital/principal gifts, and planned gifts. Register in advance for
this webinar here.

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Date: Oct. 14, 2021. Time: 1 PM ET.

Unaccompanied children in 2021: Serving immigrant and refugee youth

This webinar will provide details on who unaccompanied children are
and where they come from, factors driving their migration, and the
challenges they face once they arrive in the United States.
Participants will learn more about the recent surge in migrant
children crossing the US-Mexico border and the implications this has
had on their care prior to reunifying with a sponsor or being placed
in long term foster care. We will also consider the impact of the
COVID-19 pandemic on this population and the ways this has affected
the services provided to youth as well as their experience in their
new communities. USCCB and CCC will provide a picture of USCCB's
model of care for unaccompanied migrant children through small-scale
shelters, group homes, and foster care placements. Presenters will
highlight how USCCB's model provides continuity of care for
youth coming into the United States, including pursuit of legal
relief, reunification with family and sponsors in the community, and
long-term foster care and independent living options for youth who are
granted legal status. After registering, you will receive a
confirmation email containing information about joining the
webinar. Date: Oct. 14, 2021. Time: 2 PM
ET. Register here.

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Early evidence from the evaluation of Uplifting Parents webinar

Join us as Catholic Social Services Rapid City and Notre Dame's
Wilson Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities (LEO) share early
evidence from the ongoing randomized evaluation of the Uplifting
Parents program, a coalition-based comprehensive support program for
single parents pursuing a college degree. Early results show promising
evidence of large effect size for persistence in two- and four-year
degree programs. Date: Oct. 14, 2021. Time: 2 PM
ET. Register here.

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Applying medical ethics frameworks in Catholic Charities

Catholic Charities provides services which are medical or
quasi-medical in nature, such as providing behavioral health services,
dental care, primary care, FQHC, nursing home care, and assistance
with advance care planning documents. Given this, knowledge of secular
bioethics, social work ethics, and the USCCB's Ethical and
Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care Services is essential
for Catholic Charities professionals. Join this webinar to explore and
apply relevant ethical frameworks to cases encountered in Catholic
Charities. This webinar will be led by Dr. Amy VanDyke, and Rev.
Ragan Shriver. Dr. VanDyke, MSW, LSW, PhD, is Vice President of
Programs at Catholic Social Services of Columbus Ohio. For many years
she served as an ethicist at Catholic and secular hospitals and is a
national and international speaker on ethics. Rev. Ragan Schriver,
PsyD, LAPSW, is the Special Assistant to the President of Catholic
Charities USA for Strategic Integration and Director of the MSSW
program at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, where he serves as
an associate professor. He is the former executive director of
Catholic Charities of East Tennessee. After registering, you will
receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the
webinar. Date: Oct. 18, 2021. Time: 1:30 PM ET.
Register here.

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Identifying unresolved reproductive grief and facilitating the healing
process webinar

Studies indicate that individuals experiencing reproductive loss are
at greater risk for complicated grief, relationship problems, and
substance abuse. Yet, social service professionals often lack the
training to confidently enquire into a client's reproductive
history and offer appropriate support. This webinar explores how to
help this vulnerable population. Date: Oct. 19, 2021. Time: 2 PM
ET. Register here.

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Adapting to change - Keeping your Volunteer Income Tax Assistance
(VITA) program current

The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program is one of the most
impactful poverty reduction programs in the United States. This
program represents the local partnership between the IRS,
community-based nonprofits, and volunteers. VITA helped move over 10
million individuals out of poverty and significantly reduced the
severity of poverty for an additional 17 million. Over the past 50
years, the program has evolved to incorporate the various changes to
the tax code and integrated technological improvements allowing for a
better consumer experience. Join us for a webinar to share best
practices and updates to the VITA program, particularly over the past
year. During the webinar, we will be highlighting two Catholic
Charities agencies that have developed successful VITA programs during
COVID-19 by adapting to the changes required.
Register here.

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Date: Oct. 20, 2021. Time: 2 PM ET.

West Coast disaster recovery and resiliency during a pandemic webinar

Join the webinar to explore how a disaster recovery program can
continue despite in rural and urban communities despite COVID-19. The
West Coast is subject to wildfires, earthquakes, floods and mudslides.
In 2020 alone, nearly 10,000 wildfires burned over 4 million acres
that damaged or destroyed over 10,000 homes and resulted in 33
fatalities. Smoke-filled summers and recovering from large disasters
are becoming the new normal for the West Coast. COVID-19 adds even
more challenges to preparedness and recovery efforts. This webinar
will focus on the prioritization of disaster survivor cases, data
collection to inform funding needs, construction analysis as it
relates to unmet needs, and building preparedness activities into
recovery plans. NOTE: This webinar offers 1.0 Continuing Education
Credit. Date: Oct. 20, 2021. Time: 3:15 PM EST. Register here.

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United in Mission - Leading self and others through Catholic
culture webinar

An organization can have many good leaders (managers, directors, even
key volunteers), but without a foundation in understanding oneself
from a Catholic perspective, something will be missing that enhances
culture and mission. This webinar will present the United in Mission
initiative of Catholic Charities of Eastern Oklahoma, consider how its
framework can be applied within other agencies, and explore its
components: Leading the Spiritual Self; Leading the Outer Self; and
Leading Others. Join us to cover the following components. The
presenter is Deacon David Hamel, Chief of Mission Integration for
Catholic Charities of Eastern Oklahoma. Date: Oct. 25, 2021.
Time: 3:30 PM EST. Register in advance for this webinar here.

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Engaging the diaconate: How Dallas equips deacons to integrate faith
and service

Permanent deacons in the Roman Catholic Church have the unique
opportunity to be activated, engaged, and unleashed to strengthen the
integration of faith and service for the Church and for its
people. With the intention of empowering deacons to work closely
with their local Catholic Charities office, and in service to each
deacon's specific parish and the greater diocese,
representatives from Catholic Charities Dallas Parish & Community
Relations Office and the Diocese of Dallas Diaconal Ministry and
Formation Office will present how this is being done in the Diocese of
Dallas. This webinar's presenters are Lacy de la Garza,
M.Psy., Director of Parish & Community Relations for Catholic
Charities Dallas, and Fr. Emmett Hall, Director of Diaconal Ministry
& Formation for the Diocese of Dallas. After registering, you
will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining
the webinar. Date: Oct. 27, 2021. Time: 3 PM ET.
Register here.

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Fund development for the healthy nonprofit webinar

Trying to learn effective fund development techniques can be
difficult. In this session, you will learn from a company that has
passion, strategic vision, and tactical elements for fundraising
success. We will share how the approach of Let's Build Hope has
impacted Catholic Charities of St. Louis since 2019. Join us for a
webinar to overview the three pillars of development success: board
development, case development, and annual planning. Starting with
these three pillars not only leverages your scarce resources but
enables you to meticulously project performance and consistently
transform prospects into the family. These engaged donors and
stakeholders feel the passion for your cause so deeply and hope so
profoundly that they understand your organization is not in it for the
money, but because you can help them change the world. This workshop
will share how these pillars became the drivers that changed the way
Catholic Charities of St. Louis approaches development and creates
lasting and inspired relationships with supporters. Date: Oct. 27,
2021. Time: 3 PM ET. Register here.

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Old age - our future: Continuing the conversation

We need you to help us keep up the momentum! Joan a conversation that
builds on our four-part webinar series sponsored by the Catholic
Health Association, the Community of Sant'Egidio and Catholic
Charities USA. Watch a highlight video from the sessions. This
conversation and webinars are in follow-up to the Pontifical Academy
for Life's 11-page "note," Old Age: Our Future. The Elderly after the
Pandemic, which calls us to respond to the needs of elders. To
continue the conversation, we invite all interested in further
discussing how we, as church, volunteers, agencies and service
providers, can help our older neighbors age in place. We need you to
formally participate with one of these two opportunities: (1.) Spend
five minutes during the call describing how you are supporting older
people. (2.) Record an interview - or recommend someone we should
interview - who is able to stay at home despite some frailty or
limitations. Complete this Participation Opportunities Survey link to
take part in this upcoming event. We need innovators, collaborators
and people of good will to join the conversation. Please register
today. Program information.

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Date: Oct. 28, 2021. Time: Noon ET. Register here.

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Leveraging trends and emerging technologies to deliver an improved
client experience

The webinar will show how technology and for-profit sector
partnerships can create creative solutions to long-standing problems.
Our team will breakdown how the use of artificial intelligence allows
organizations to reach clients quickly in a fast pace area of law, as
well as improve onboarding of clients during the intake process. Our
top priority and focus has been 1.) driving significant Client
Experience improvements, and 2.) Meeting our clients where they are
with the use of creative technology. Together, we brainstormed on the
use of current and emerging trends and technologies to realize these
objectives. Trends and technologies we embraced and are leveraging are
AI-based videos, automated forms with Application-to-Person (A2P)
messaging, smartphone document scanning integrated with back-end case
management system. Date: Oct. 28, 2021. Time: 2 PM ET.
Register here.

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Parent engagement strategies in a pandemic and beyond webinar

Join us and learn how elevating parent-voice and promoting civic
engagement can build resilience! This webinar will explore the
readiness of your agency to partner with parents and brainstorm
training options necessary for staff and parents to advance
leadership. By the end of the session, participants will know about
the five commitments essential to promote strong parent engagement and
equal and equitable partnerships. Date: Nov. 3, 2021. Time: 2 PM
ET. Register here.

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Catholic Charities Cleveland: Innovation Challenge follow-up webinar

Max Kolbe Program: An enhanced peer support program that eliminates
poverty by incorporating peer recovery support, job training,
community collaborations, and social enterprise that partners with
local Health systems and provides 24/7 access to on call peer recovery
coaches and responds to drug related ER visits. The unique combination
of programs within MAX will allow for the service of two, often
overlooked, populations of poverty. First, is the population that is
in recovery from a substance use disorder, while still living in
poverty because of the challenges in finding livable wage employment.
Poverty and unemployment together increase the likelihood of
developing a substance use disorder. The second target population is
those living in poverty who experience a substance use crisis. Date:
Nov. 4, 2021. Time: 2 PM ET. Register here.

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Catholic Charities Omaha: Innovation Challenge follow-up webinar

This three-year project delivers the Catholic Charities of Omaha
Microbusiness Program through an online format to 315 budding
entrepreneurs served at six Catholic Charities member agencies across
the US, facilitating the creation of 150 new businesses and 160 jobs.
The work is an expansion of a proven microbusiness program model that
annually helps 650+ low-income Nebraskans avoid poverty while
strengthening local economies. This initiative serves low-to-moderate
income adults seeking opportunities to become small business owners,
but lacking business knowledge, resources and capital. Participants
are actively receiving services from a Catholic Charities member
agency. Client feedback ensures our curriculum is relevant and
effective; curriculum is offered in both English and Spanish, and is
tailored to the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the
groups we serve. Date: Nov. 9, 2021. Time: 3 PM ET. Register here.

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The theology of the Good Samaritan: Putting Fratelli tutti into action
webinar

This webinar will explore Pope Francis' new encyclical, Fratelli
tutti, and its invitation to renew our commitment to caring for our
neighbors and global society through actions of justice, solidarity,
and dignity. It will incorporate participants' personal experiences to
embrace key topics at the center of the encyclical and the Catholic
Social Teaching tradition. Particular focus will be given to the
encyclical's meditationi on the parable of the Good Samaritan. The
webinar will incorporate the methodology of see, judge, and act to
discern the "signs of the times" in the service of solidarity, the
promotion of justice, and pursuit of the common good. Participants
will appreciate their vocation as missionary disciples by responding
to community needs and questioning those structures that inhibit human
development. Presenter: Mr. Yohan Garcia, Catholic Social Teaching
coordinator for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops'
Department of Justice, Peace, and Human Development. Date: Nov.
11, 2021. Time: 3 PM EST. Register in advance for this
webinar here.

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Grant Opportunities and Resources

Catholic Prison Ministries Coalition presents video project regarding
prayer in prison

CPMC is thrilled to announce the launch of Holding Still
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, an event in partnership with Prison Contemplative Fellowship. The
documentary premiere - hosted by Fr. Jim Martin, SJ - presents a
diverse group of spiritual seekers speaking candidly about their
journey of practicing centering prayer while serving time at Folsom
Prison. Their intention is to bring this practice to other
incarcerated men and women, knowing the power of this practice can
heal trauma and trasform toxic shame. After the viewing there will be
a Q&A between Fr. Jim, the filmmakers, and the men featured in the
film. Date: Oct. 20, 2021. Time: 7:30 PM ET. Please take a moment
to register here and share the event with you network using
this promotion kit.
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New Child Tax Credit resources

The Child Tax Credit is part of the American Rescue Plan and aims to
help families raising children make ends meet. Experts estimate the
new Child Tax Credit has the potential to cut child poverty in half.
See the new video series about Advance CTC: The IRS YouTube channel
contains a video series on Advance Child Tax Credit that addresses
information on eligibility, how to receive the payments and how to
avoid tax scams related to the Child Tax Credit.

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Employment Opportunities

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

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Nick Paige. Please click
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here to access job opportunities.
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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
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email CCUSA with photo number.

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