What began in 1945 as Catholic Charities in Utah with four full-time employees and 30 clients has grown to include over 150 staff members, serving over 29,000 clients annually. This year volunteers contributed 53,971 hours of service, and St. Vincent de Paul produced more than 440,696 meals. Catholic Community Services looks to a future of continuing to provide help and create hope for those in need, regardless of personal circumstance.
Last year at CCS
440,696
Hot Meals Provided
625
Refugees Resettled
2,149,176
Pounds of Food Distributed
1,342
Immigrants Assisted
50,551
Grocery Bags Given to Students
83,522
Individuals in Homelessness Served
Stories of Our Impact
In 2012, Chris was unexpectedly thrust into homelessness. St. Vincent de Paul Dining Hall became a haven for him and a place to get a warm meal daily. With our team’s assistance at the Weigand Homeless Resource Center, he was able to find a job and access housing.
A woman grappling with several medical conditions came to CCS for help fighting a deportation order filed against her. Our immigration defense attorney quickly responded and found out that she was eligible to stay in the U.S.
Shadrick, a refugee from Zambia, traveled to the U.S. in early 2018 after spending most of his life in refugee camps with his two brothers. Once in Utah, Shadrick was welcomed by the Lloyd family into their happy home through the CCS Refugee Foster Care Program.
A refugee woman came to CCS after ICE picked up her immigrant husband, and detained him in Denver. CCS worked steadily on the case, and our immigration team represented the husband and wife to help her achieve citizenship and allow him to apply for his green card.
Hector and Martin are brothers who immigrated to the US with their father over 15 years ago. There was never enough money for green card application fees, until after they were 18 and they were told were too old to apply for green card status through their parents. The family came to CCS and our immigration lawyers were able help them re-apply.
The Mamesani family was separated in 2010 when the parents were arrested and imprisoned. The five children were shuffled between family members and countries and a refugee camp in Kenya with their aunt. They stayed for four years before the children were resettled and placed in a loving foster home in our Refugee Foster Care program, while their aunt was in the adult refugee program.