"CCHD" stands for the "Catholic Campaign for Human Development." It is a subcommittee of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, with the collective aim of reducing poverty in the United States. CCHD has a dual mission of education and empowerment.
The education initiative
teaches about the prevalence and the severity of poverty,
offers options and opportunities to work towards social and institutional change
The empowerment initiative
works with those experiencing poverty to enable full participation in decisions impacting their lives.
Rather than providing handouts that meet immediate needs, CCHD works towards long-term systemic change, furthering Catholic Social Teaching’s goal of authentic human development.
The annual CCHD collection is taken up in the Fall, usually 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 to be awarded in grants.
PLEASE BE AS GENEROUS AS YOUR MEANS ALLOW!
Brenda L. Rascher, MSW, JD
Acting 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
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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.
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