CCHD Grants Announced for 2006

Each year, through the generosity of Catholics in our diocese and across the United States, we have the opportunity to support local, self-help groups who are working to alleviate poverty.

CCHD, the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, is the domestic anti-poverty, social justice program of the United States bishops. Its mission is to address the root causes of poverty in the United States through promotion and support of community-controlled, self-help organizations. Since 1970, CCHD has supported over 7,000 community-based development projects with grants totaling over $280 million.

In the diocese of San Jose, grants of $83,000 for the year 2006-2007 have been awarded to eight local groups.

• Low Income Self-Help - $20,000
• SIREN (Services, Immigrant Rights, and Education Network ) - $30,000
• CHAM (Community Homeless Alliance Ministry) - $2,000
• Day Worker Center of Mountain View - $8,000
• Eastside Neighborhood Center - $4,000
• Mayfair Improvement Initiative - $8,000
• 9-5 Bay Area - $3,000
• Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition - $8,000

For a complete listing of the groups and a description of their activities, click here.

The annual collection to support the work of CCHD this year will be on November 19. Materials including envelopes, flyers and a poster have been mailed to parishes. If you would like a speaker from our local committee or one of the funded groups to speak at your parish, please notify Linda Batton at 408-983-0158 or by email at batton@dsj.org.