Catholic Charities Regional Agency

“The tax return is given to the Finance Committee for review before it is filed.”

“The policies are updated on a regular basis by the Board. Should a conflict arise, the employees and Board are reminded on a regular basis to disclose these immediately if encountered.”

“The Executive Director's compensation is determined by the Board through a performance evaluation on a yearly basis; at which time, raises are recommended.”

“These documents are made available upon request only.”

“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: The Agency provides counseling services regarding marriage, premarital, family, child-parent, group, individual, aged, pastoral and medical insurance and financial counseling. Through family support, people are helped to work through problems and find solutions using community resources, interaction with a social worker, and solution based problem solving. This program includes outreach grief and stress groups at various locations as well as education regarding bullying at a local elementary school. The Agency handled 1,320 cases which encompassed 3,120 hours of service and served over 3,851 individuals. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 5: The Agency provides financial assistance in the form of distribution of funds to the the unemployed and low income for the payment of rent, food, utilities and emergency prescriptions. This includes the P.A.T.H. and C.O.A.C.H. programs for Homeless Outreach, along with housing counseling. This program assisted over 4,000 families encompassing over 8,000 family members. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 6: The Agency provides an emergency shelter for up to 30 days for women who are victims of domestic violence and their children. The women and children receive counseling, case management, legal advocacy and transportation if needed. Other services provided are: supervised visitation, hospital advocacy, 24 hour telephone crisis line and community education and outreach. This program provided 43 adults and 30 children with 913 shelter nights. Over 2,960 individuals received other services. OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 7: The Agency assists families in danger of foreclosure of their homes, provides pre and post purchase housing counseling through their Housing Counseling Program. 282 households were assisted.”

“Catholic Charities Regional Agency received over 5,200 hours of services donated by various volunteers.”