Our mission statement:
Following Christ’s example, we recognize the dignity of all people and serve our neighbors.
Our Service Model: How We Help
Basic Needs and Emergency Assistance
• Rent
• Mortgage
• Utility payments
• Housing stability
• Rapid rehousing
• Hunger relief
• Disaster relief
Counseling and Education
• Licensed Master’s level social workers
• Individual and family counseling
• Trauma victims
• Children and schools
• Lifeskills training
• Assistance w/ legal issues
Job Readiness and Skills Training
• Workforce Development
• Culinary/Hospitality
• Bilingual Banking
• Sewing
• Building trades
• Financial literacy
• Working in teams
The 3 E’s
Emergency assistance
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•Employment
Emotional support
services
$13 million budget (plus $15M for TOR)
160 employees
25,000 served annually
FY 2023-24
The business of helping people
• We don’t need to advertise for clients.
• Our funders are not our clients.
• Unlike many philanthropy-funded revenue models, it is nearly impossible for us to cultivate “alumni” who can give back.
• As a faith-based nonprofit, many donors assume we are fully funded by the Church.
The business of helping cont’d
• To grow the business at the scale at which we operate, your best revenue option is state social services grants.
• Federal social service programs are designed to give block grants to states, who then parcel out funding to community-based organizations.
• If your customers return for more services, you haven’t done a very good job.
• Anti-poverty
The Catholic Charities Story
• Diversity of ministries
• 160 agencies across the country
• Service to people in need
• Advocate for justice in social structures
• Call the entire church and other people of good will to do the same.
Deus Caritas Est (God is Love)
Encyclical letter of Pope Benedict XVI (2005)
The Church’s deepest nature is expressed in her three-fold responsibility of:
• proclaiming the word of God (kerygma martyria),
• celebrating the sacraments (leitourgia), and
• exercising the ministry of charity (diakonia)
More from Pope Benedict
God is Love Encyclical letter (2005)
“Church agencies, with their transparent operation and their faithfulness to the duty of witnessing to love, are able to give a Christian quality to the civil agencies.”
Job Training
Sewing/Tailoring
Christiana owns Threads by Dreads, a company that has its roots in her Ghanaian heritage. She is a secondgeneration American, and because of her full-time job schedule, she needed a non-degree based program to gain skills to start her own home-based business.
Job Training
Bilingual Banking
Many new Americans have solid job skills and work experience but their credentials do not transfer to the U.S. This Bank of America-funded training program provides a professional career path for those who are bilingual.
Job Training
Culinary Arts/Food
Service
Nashville’s famous tourism and hospitality industry opens doors for many, if they have the right skills.
Catholic Charities’ culinary training program taps neighbors who are eager to learn the trade, get their foot in the door, and start building a career.
Job Training
Trades
The demand for apprentice level workers in the booming Nashville construction industry makes our entry level training programs attractive to partners such as The Lee Company, Nashville State, and Tennessee College of Applied Technology.
Five Counties, Eight Locations
NASHVILLE
Catholic Pastoral Center
Casa Azafran
C.E. McGruder Center
Loaves & Fishes at Holy Name
Rural Locations
Clarksville Cookeville Tullahoma Columbia
We are co-located at the American Job Center office
Located one block from the town center, with several partners sharing space
Situated on Hatcher Lane, in a main road of town
Location TBA
Funding to start July 1, 2024
Will use space at the St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church until office space is leased
Four Catholic Charities Hubs
Montgomery – red
Maury – teal
Putnam – brown
Coffee – Orange Parishes are indicated with red dots
Grey shaded counties are in sister dioceses
Catholic Charities Strategic Plan 2029 Launches July 1, 2024
By 2029, Catholic Charities will be the leader in Middle Tennessee in assisting people in need to achieve persistent selfreliance.
Six Areas of Focus – Strategic Plan 2024-29
1.Long-Term Self-Sufficiency of Clients – Long-Term Impact
2.Long-Term Case Management – Program Design
3.Employees/FTE’s - Workforce
4.Interns, Volunteers, Community and Parish Engagement
5.Philanthropy and Public Grant Support
6.Reputation and Awareness
A core value: Catholic Charities believes that everyone deserves to be safe and healthy by having:
1. A safe place to call home
If you don't have a safe place to live, you can't focus on anything else in your life.
2. Positive feelings about your future
Tackling life's challenges and cultivating resilience provides hope for a brighter tomorrow.
3. A job that supports you and your family Sustainable employment is the key to self-reliance.