Catholic Campaign for Human Development

The annual CCHD collection is taken up the weekend before Thanksgiving. 75% of monies collected are sent to the national office of CCHD BUT 25% is retained by the Diocese of Trenton and awarded in grants.

PLEASE BE AS GENEROUS AS YOUR MEANS ALLOW! 

The diocsean office of CCHD offers a grants annually in the amounts of $2,000-$10,000 each.

A grant can be received for two consecutive years. If a grant is awarded for two consecutive years, one year must pass before another application can be submitted.

The 3 major criteria used to evaluate CCHD grant applications are:

1. Priority will be given to new initiatives taken by agencies or parishes that enhance or provide for a foundation of self-sufficiency, including use of Dynamic Budgeting.

2. The agency or parish outreach program will have a mission of providing social services with a focus on basic human needs (food, clothing, shelter, jobs etc.).

3. Applications will only be accepted from Catholic agencies (listed in the Official Catholic Directory) and Parish Social Service Outreach Programs within the Diocese of Trenton.

Essential Information:

• Grants will not be given to fund building upgrades, operating deficits, research projects or cost of fund-raising, but 20% may be used to support the salary of a person needed for the project.

• Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

• A site visit to potential grant recipient may be necessary.

• An end of the year report is due by grant recipient.

• Grant monies must be used within a year of receiving the grant. At this time a determination will be made re: grant funds that have not been spent.

• Grant recipient must be willing to publicize how the grant was used by the Diocese of Trenton.

Brenda L. Rascher, MSW, JD 
Diocesan Director
Catholic Campaign for Human Development
701 Lawrenceville Road
P.O. Box 5147
Trenton, NJ 08638-0147

1-609-403-7180
Fax:  609-406-7422

brasch@dioceseoftrenton.org

• teaches about the prevalence and the severity of poverty,
• offers options and opportunities to work towards social and institutional change.

• working with those experiencing poverty to enable full participation in decisions impacting their lives.

The Catholic Campaign for Human Development is the domestic anti-poverty, social justice program of the U.S. Catholic bishops.

Its mission is to address the root causes of poverty in America through promotion and support of community-controlled, self-help organizations and through transformative education.

Founded in 1969, CCHD's pastoral strategy is empowerment of the poor through a methodology of participation and education for justice, leading toward solidarity between poor and non-poor as impelled by the Church's biblical tradition, modern Catholic social teaching, and the pervasive presence of poverty in the United States. This ministry for justice is rooted in our baptism and faith commitment.

The grants, economic development, and education for justice programs of the Campaign, implemented in collaboration with local dioceses, are supported from an annual collection in U.S. Catholic parishes.

-Approved by the USCCB-CCHD Committee, November 1992

Poverty USA is a unique poverty education initiative launched by CCHD to provide resources to individuals and communities with the aim of acknowledging and addressing the root causes of poverty and economic injustice in the United States, as well as promoting solidarity and social awareness among people of all economic statuses.