Programs and Services

Clinical Services
St. Mary's Home for Men
Marillac House
Women's Treatment

Immigration and Refugee Resettlement
Refugee Resettlement
Immigration
Refugee Foster Care
Sharehouse

Emergency Services
St. Vincent de Paul Resource Center
Emergency Assistance
Ministry with Older Adults

Northern Utah
Joyce Hansen Hall Food Bank and Social Services
Hall Learning Center
St. Martha's Baby Project

Catholic Community Services of Utah (CCS) was established in 1945 when Most Rev. Duane G. Hunt of the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City recognized the need for an organized effort to assist the poor and those with specialized needs. He established Catholic Charities. A tiny office was opened on the upper floor of the red brick house next to the Cathedral of the Madeleine. Msgr. Joseph P. Moreton, the first Executive Director implemented various programs including: adoption, foster care, family counseling, supplementary aid and transient relief. Catholic Community Services of Utah has grown and experienced many developmental milestones and currently deliver a comprehensive array of social services.

Some of the significant milestones occurring during the sixty years of service have included:

1945 - Started adoption, poverty assistance, foster care, family counseling and transient relief programs
1951 - Became a United Way agency
1955 - Established transient and emergency services
1967 - Opened The St. Vincent DePaul thrift shop
             Started the Soup Kitchen to serve sandwiches to the homeless
1974 - Refugee Resettlement Program started by Fr. Terence M. Moore
1975 - Refugee Foster Care Program started to assist unaccompanied minor refugees
1981 - Elderly Outreach established
             Immigration services added; aid to the disabled and the Utah Immigration Project in place
             Name change to Catholic Community Services of Utah
1982 - Northern Utah services offered in Ogden
1983 - Marillac House established to provide safety and emergency protection for women and their children
1986 - St. Vincent de Paul Soup Kitchen and Thrift Store were destroyed by fire
1987 - St. Vincent de Paul Center rebuilt and re-opened
1989 - Kennecott Corporation donated its engineering building for CCS corporate/program offices
1990 - Services to Seniors started
1993 - Robert Weyher donated a warehouse
             Alsam Foundation helped rebuild homeless day center
             Women's Substance Abuse Program started
1994 - St. Mary's Home for Men joined the CCS family
             Expansion of Northern Utah program with rental assistance program and food pantry
             Development office incorporated into operations
1995 - Established in-home care for persons with HIV/AIDS
1996 - New Bishop William K. Weigand Resource Center for the Homeless
1997 - Services to Seniors program renamed Ministry with Older Adults
2000 - Counseling services were consolidated
             Organization support functions centralized with new Director of Resources position
2001 - Northern Utah operations officially designated as Food Bank

Under the direction of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Salt Lake City, the Executive Director and Board of Trustees, Catholic Community Services of Utah remains committed to the continued organizational self-assessment, innovation and change essential to address the shifting needs of our Utah community.

Individuals, families and local businesses that support CCS with gifts of time, talent and financial resources provide the vital link that joins this organization with the multitude of hands and hearts that reach out for help. Together, as a team, we have the opportunity and privilege of affecting the lives of those in need and - in so doing - changing our lives.