FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Andrea Slivka
Public Relations Coordinator
419-244-6711, ext. 139

aslivka@toledodiocese.org

www.catholiccharitiesnwo.org

Germaine Kirk
Social Ministry Program Coordinator
419-244-6711, ext. 431

gkirk@toledodiocese.org

Catholic Charities Offers Grants to Fight Local Poverty

FEB. 1, 2012—Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Toledo is accepting applications for two types of local grants — community development and economic development grants — made available through funding from the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD).

Local CCHD grant applications for up to $15,000 are available to 501c3 non-profit organizations that demonstrate grass-roots efforts to break the cycle of poverty by empowering the poor within the 19-county Diocese of Toledo.

CCHD is the domestic anti-poverty program of the U.S. Catholic Bishops and is funded by an annual national collection in parishes.  Applicants do not need to be affiliated with the Catholic Church but must be in compliance with Catholic moral and social teachings.  

Local grant applications are due March 21.  To obtain an application or for more information, please contact Ms. Germaine Kirk, Catholic Charities Social Ministry Program Coordinator, at gkirk@toledodiocese.org or 419-244-6711, ext. 431. 

In 2010, Catholic Charities served 31,000 people in the Diocese of Toledo by providing food, shelter, prescription and emergency rent assistance as well as adoption services, jail and prison ministries and services to the elderly. 

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