Program areas at Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City
Family support services - emergency rent and utility assistance - provides limited financial assistance for rent and utility bills to families struggling to achieve self-sufficiency. Once approved for assistance, families must participate in a one-time budgeting course and are strongly urged to enroll in family h.o.p.e. Case management. Families may access this assistance annually and a set number of families are assisted per week. - family h.o.p.e. Case management- offers strength-based case management that builds partnerships with families threatened by homelessness and severe financial stressors to eliminate barriers to success and self-sufficiency. - transitional housing- provides affordable housing to low-income families and individuals. To be eligible to live in housing units, adult family members must enroll in the family h.o.p.e. Program.
Immigration legal services - provides affordable immigration legal services to low income families in Oklahoma. Immigrants and non-immigrants are able to obtain reliable and trustworthy assesments of cases of family petitions, u-visa, vawa, t-visa, adjustments of status, citizenship, and temporary protected status.
Homeless services - sanctuary women's development centers - provides homeless and low-income women and their children resources in Oklahoma City and norman. Women are offered support and advocacy to alleviate the effects of poverty, empowering them with the tools to overcome homelessness. Shower and laundry facilities, computer lab food and beverages, clothing, hygiene items, life-skills classes, job search, counseling and case management are available. - holy family home - provides a multi-generational transitional housing facility for community-based services and case management to homeless women and their children - educating, empowering and promoting positive lifestyles to residents.
Adoption and pregnancy services
Pregnant women in crisis are offered
Support, counseling and case management.
Ethical, pressure-free licensed child
Placement is available for infant
Adoptions. Support and counseling for
Birth parents and adoptive parents is
Provided during the adoption process
Including on-going post-adoptive
Services.
Refugee resettlement
Provides social service assistance for
Refugees, in collaboration with the u.s.
Department of state and Oklahoma
Department of human services.
Helping refugees become self-sufficient
Through assistance with navigating
Government processes, arranging initial
Housing, medical treatment,
Language training and employment services.
Advocacy and outreach
Disaster services
Provides emergency assistance, trauma
Counseling service coordination and
Long-term case management after
Disasters. Also worked with communities
To enhance and strengthen preparedness
For and resiliency after a
Disaster.
St. joseph's counseling, education &
Outreach
Provides professional, family-
Strengthening counseling and related
Services to individuals, couples,
Families and Catholic school staff/
Students who are experiencing
Emotional stress. Suicide prevention
TRAINING (qpr) AND PSYCHO-EDUCATIONAL
Presentation are available to parish
And Catholic schools.