Catholic Community Services Of Southern Arizona

Programs for persons with disabilities strive to maximize independence for Deaf, DeafBlind, people with hearing loss, or those with development disabilities. Deaf and DeafBlind clients received 23,000 hours of interpreting. 275 people received case management, 50 received 760 hours of counseling. Community Living Program provided residential living support for 34 individuals with disabilities, ranging from a few hours each day to 24-hour comprehensive care in a licensed group home.

304,395 meals for elderly and disabled individuals were provided through Catholic Community Services' home-delivered meal program and congregate nutrition centers throughout Southern and Western Arizona. In addition to the balanced and nutritious meals, the home-delivered meal program brings a friendly visitor to check on everyone's wellbeing, and the congregate centers provide social interaction and exercise for seniors. Older adults received 25,350 hours of care in our Adult Day Health Center. CCS also assists 122 low- and middle-income seniors with safe and affordable housing at Barrio Viejo Elderly Housing and Casitas on East Broadway. Seniors received Adult day health services.

The goal of Catholic Community Services' Family and Children's Services is to help build strong and healthy families in which children are protected, happy and thriving. CCS helps meet immediate/fundamental needs, helps those in transition to become stable; and supports families as they achieve strong, secure, and independent lives. These programs are provided in a variety of locations with varied goals. Pio Decimo Center provided 10,332 families with food, clothing, and household items; its volunteers and staff prepared over 16,614 tax returns for low-income families, resulting in over $20.3 million in tax refunds. 1,643 families were kept in their homes through rental assistance. CCS programs for children/families included: child abuse prevention; 558 supervised visits between parents and children, 373 parents supported in addiction treatment to achieve permanency with their children, 86 families in transitional housing for homeless families; 129 children in foster family care; supervised visitation; low-cost day care and after school programs; 335 individuals participated in financial and foreclosure avoidance education, 1,281 persons were assisted in securing affordable housing and 12,186 hours of housing counseling were provided.

CCS helped refugee seniors to resolve challenges and 16 refugees found employment. CCS also worked with 80,120 asylum seekers in their efforts to unite with family members and immigrate to the United States through Casa Alitas. Help was provided to 229 individuals seeking immigration consultation services. CCS oversees two ministries, one to nursing homes and the other to prisons and detention centers. The St. Jeanne Jugan Ministry for Elders focused on a remote program to provide end of life planning as both a direct service and as a training model to expand this program to staff of parishes. CCS provided therapeutic services to 878 individuals for a total of 4,134 hours. Domestic Violence prevention and intervention services assisted 428 individuals for a total of 14,824 shelter nights. Community based services for this same group were provided with 3,253 hours of advocacy.