Program areas at Catholic Charities Diocese of Charlotte
Direct assistance - direct assistance program -the direct assistance program provides burial assistance, food assistance, emergency financial assistance, and holiday assistance from our three regional offices in asheville, Charlotte, and winston-salem. Services are provided to clients in need regardless of their age, race, ethnicity, gender, religious or political affiliation. In fiscal year 2022-2023, ccdoc provided direct assistance service (financial, holiday, disaster relief, gift card and clothing) to 6,474 unduplicated persons. 16,229 unduplicated persons received emergency food assistance. 146 persons were served through the agency burial assistance program.
Veterans' services - the va's suportive services for veteran families program's purpose is to provide supportive services to very low-income veteran families in mecklenburg county who are homeless or at risk of homelessness and ultimately, to end homelessness among veterans. Ssvf prioritizes the delivery of rapid re-housing services to homeless veteran households. Services include: outreach, case management which includes: housing search & placement, eviction prevention, security deposits assistance, rental assistance, assistance with childcare expenses, transportation assistance, assistance obtaining va and other benefits. Ccdoc served 67 veteran families during fy22-23.
Refugee and immigration-the refugee and immigration services programs provide resettlement and immigration services. The rro program administers the reception and placement (r&p) program through its affiliation with the us conference of Catholic bishops/migration and refugee services (usccb/mrs). The ccdoc has resettled 256 refugees during the 2022-23 fiscal year and provided employment assistance for more than 62 clients. The immigration services program is recognized by the board of immigration appeals. Our immigration program provided 435 services to 265 clients between three office locations during the 2022-23 fiscal year.
Other programs: family life, nfp, oeo, pregnancy support and adoption, respect life, teen parenting, youth counseling, social concerns advocacy, and parish outreach.