Catholic Campaign for Human Development

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The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) was created by the bishops in the United States in 1969 to break the cycle of poverty in the United States.  CCHD has a twofold mandate:  to fund low-income controlled projects that will break the cycle of poverty, and to educate Catholics about the root causes of poverty within the context of Catholic Social Teaching.

The annual campaign occurs the weekend before Thanksgiving.  Seventy-five percent of the money collected is sent to the national office to fund two kinds of national grants:  Community Organizing and Economic Development Program.  The remaining twenty-five percent is used to fund local grants.

Successful local grant applications are also in compliance with the mandates of CCHD.  Both levels of grants are evaluated by the local five-member  CCHD committee.

For more information email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , CCHD Diocesan Director or call at 419-244-6711, ext. 431.

 

Interested in becoming a member of the local CCHD Committee.  Contact Germine Kirk for more information.

 

United States Catholic Conference of Bishops-CCHD

 

News and Events

CCHD Grantees for 2011-2012:

A)  National Level

(none)

B)  Local Level

1)  Lima Allen Council on Community Affairs (LACCA), Lima

2)  Moody Manor Residents Organization, Toledo


CCHD Multi Media Youth Arts Contest

The CCHD Multi-Media Youth Arts Contest is an opportunity for schools and parishes to engage young people grades 7-12 in learning about the root causes of poverty; CCHD’s support for groups of empowered, low-income people working to address these causes; and Catholic social teaching’s call for Catholics to support such efforts through both charitable works and social justice. The CCHD Multi-Media Youth Arts Contest is a tool to help engage entire schools and parishes in awareness about poverty and our faith repsonse.

The 2012 contest information and materials are available at http://www.usccb.org/cchd/contestmaterials.shtml

 
  		 

Stories of Hope

Nurturing Families

Toledo couple grateful birth mothers chose life.

Like most parents, John and Amy Schnorberger, of Sylvania, are grateful to God for the gift of her children. But their gratitude is also directed toward specific human beings – the birth mothers of Katy, 7, and Drew, 5.

“To us, these birth families are heroes. They did what was best for the children, and not necessarily what was easiest for them at the time.

“At our house on Mother’s Day, these women are very much honored. It means so much when they tell us, ‘Every time we see you with these kids, we know we did what was best for them.’

“And we’re grateful to Catholic Charities for helping us become the family we are.”