Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD)
Catholic Campaign for Human Development is the Catholic Church's domestic anti-poverty program established by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops in 1969. The CCHD philosophy emphasizes empowerment and participation for low income people. By helping low income people to participate in the decisions and actions that affect their lives, CCHD empowers them to move beyond poverty.
National Web site: www.usccb.org/cchd
Local CCHD Information
Twenty-five percent of CCHD’s annual second collection in November is kept locally and administered (via local parish grants and local community grants) by the Parish & Social Justice Ministries Program of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Atlanta with the local CCHD volunteer committee.
The Georgia Bulletin recently did an article on CCHD. You can read it HERE.
CCHD Grant Information
Local CCHD Parish Grants
The purpose of a CCHD Parish Grant is to facilitate education programs rooted in Catholic Social Teaching and/or to offer financial assistance to parish based organizations in their efforts to improve the lives of low income and marginalized groups. Previous Parish Grants have been given to parishes to educate their parishioners in Catholic Social Teaching, create advocacy and community building projects within a parish and to create projects that bring together marginalized and separated groups.
Grant awards in the Archdiocese of Atlanta (north Georgia) will range up to $1,000. Applications will be available on October 1, 2010. Submissions must be postmarked by December 1, 2010.
Local CCHD Community Grants
Community grants (up to $4,000) are awarded to smaller community organizations with 501 (c)(3) status, or a fiscal agent with such status, to support projects which are created with leadership and input from low-income people and that are directed at changing the social and public policy systems that contribute to poverty. Projects must benefit a significant number of people in North Georgia, be consistent with Catholic Social Teaching, non-partisan and cannot focus on charitable services to individuals.
Applications will be available on October 1, 2010. Submissions must be postmarked by December 1, 2010.
National CCHD Grants
National CCHD grants (up to $50,000) are funded through CCHD’s annual national second collection for local projects which focus on the same empowerment and systemic change framework as the community grants described above. These grants are available through the national CCHD office. For more information, please visit http://www.usccb.org/cchd/grants/process.shtml.
Local Events
Information Night for Parish & Local Community Grants on October 5, 2010
The information night will take place at the Archdiocese’s Catholic Center (680 W. Peachtree Street NW - Atlanta, GA 30308) on Tuesday, October 5 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Parish representatives and non-profit, non-partisan organizations will learn about the application process and the purpose of the grants.
Annual Good Friday Pilgrimage on April 22, 2011
The pilgrimage has journeyed through downtown Atlanta for the last 30 years on the Friday before Easter. A multicultural and interfaith event with stops at 14 sites, the experience includes prayer, song and reflections that call to mind social injustices present in our world today and challenges us to reflect on how they connect with the sufferings Christ endured in his Passion and our call to compassion and action.
The pilgrimage on April 22, 2011 begins at the State Capitol at 9 a.m. and ends around 1 p.m. at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Crypt. The pilgrimage will take place rain or shine. Its free of cost and open to the public.
The Good Friday Pilgrimage is a multi-lingual event.
Contact Information
Heidi M. Tauscher, Director
Phone: (404) 885-7208
E-mail: htauscher@archatl.com
Augusto Michael Trujillo, Communications Specialist
Phone: (404) 885-7472
E-mail: amtrujillo@archatl.com
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Letter from Bishop Roger Morin, chair of the CCHD sub-committee of the USCCB
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